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M. Holliday OAK 2009 -- .831 OPS
M. Holliday STL 2009 -- 1.173 OPS
Of course, the A's played their full interleague schedule while Holliday was still on the team. Holliday went 18 for 67, hitting .269 with an OPS of .743, versus NL pitchers. While he was with the A's, he hit AL pitchers much better than he hit supposedly inferior NL pitchers.
The most reasonable explanation for his splits would seem to be that having to play in Oakland is hugely depressing.
With that same logic you could also say..
M. Teixera ATL (NL) 2008 .283/.390/.512
M. Teixera LAA (AL) 2008 .358/.449/.632
You could also look at players not changing teams at all and find big first-half/second-half splits. It happens, you're smart enough to know that. Holliday was always better than a 124 OPS+ hitter, so it should not be a surprise that he has turned it on. His 143 OPS+ combined between OAK and STL this year is now right on line with he best years in Colorado (137, 150, 140)
I don't disagree that the AL is outclassing the NL at this point but the idea of the NL as a "AAAA" league is not just silly but also shows a tremendous misunderstanding about exactly how big the gap between the AAA ball and MLB ball is. Its night and day
Isn't Adam Eaton being on the active roster evidence of the latter? Aaron Cook is on the DL with a sore shoulder, he's out for at least 3 weeks, and obviously with a shoulder, it could be a lot longer.
The choice to replace him will probably between something of a tandem start by Eaton/Fogg or bringing up Chacin again. The guys they thought would provide depth at the start of the season, 2006 1st rounder Reynolds and ex-A's starter Greg Smith were never healthy this season. Chacin flubbed his first start (6 walks in 3 innings) but had some decent relief appearances. On being sent down to AAA, he threw the first 5 innings of a combined no-hitter. Maybe he'll get a 2nd shot, but he's essentially making the jump from AA. Though, given the Holliday translation above, that's a lateral move.
I don't understand why Franklin Morales isn't a possibility. He's been pretty great in relief.
Giambi's season only looks bad if you're a sheeple who looks at BA. His OBP is better than the league average, his SLG is worse, his ISO is slightly better, his OPS+ is 89
He's having his worst season, but he's still better than most of the Royals.
.193/.332/.364 in 328 PAs, so he has a .171 ISO, which means almost nothing since he seems he can't hit the damn ball.
And Brandon, you'd be pissed off if the Royals actually did sign Giambi to a $4 million contract like the A's did.
True, and he started the season in the rotation. I don't know why they're not considering it, but I haven't read of it being discussed.
Well, also, from all evidence, it appears the the A's may have the worst pitching and hitting coach in the majors, and training staff. This seems to have been true for several seasons, though players like G and Holliday are veterans who ostensibly might not need it.
EDIT: Well, except maybe Pittsburgh.
Well, also, from all evidence, it appears the the A's may have the worst pitching and hitting coach in the majors, and training staff. This seems to have been true for several seasons, though players like G and Holliday are veterans who ostensibly might not need it.
Something like that should be easily fixable by Beane. That he doesn't either screams neglect or simply not understanding why this is a problem.
Smoltz 2009 AL: 8.33 ERA
Smoltz 2009 AAAA (StL): 0.00 ERA
he's like a rich-man's Greg Norton. I'm not sure why the Braves are keeping him around: he can't hit or field.
In one game, five innings, against one of the worst hitting teams in the league playing in one of the best parks for pitchers in MLB. Smoltz started one other game against an NL team this year - allowing 5 ER and 7 hits in 5 IP against the Nationals.
I don't think there's a lot of difference between the best teams in each league. What drags the NL down is the quality of the worst teams. One could make a good argument that of the six worst teams in MLB, five are NL teams.
-- MWE
To translate for Rich, Bradley is the one you called the N word.
he's like a rich-man's Greg Norton. I'm not sure why the Braves are keeping him around: he can't hit or field.
Dodgers are having the same problem with Mark Loretta. Guys who clearly can't hit or field anymore worth a damn, but are kept on the team due to their veteran presence.
That is a wonderfully thought out response -- to an obviously tongue-in-cheek post.
NL as AAAA is pretty much just trash talk, for the fun of it. Apparently works real good for poking some folks in the eye.
By the way NL fans ... another tough outing today for Cliff Lee in AAAA baseball.
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