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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Posnanski: Depressing Royals story of the Day
I just thought this tidbit was too funny/amazing to not share:
Here’s the thing: Last year, there were seven players in baseball who qualified for the batting title with OPS+ of 80 or less. You got that number in mind? Seven.
– Two of those players — Yuniesky Betancourt and Jason Kendall — have been locked up by the Royals.
– Jose Guillen had an OPS+ of 80, but did not get enough at-bats to qualify for the batting title — he and his $13 million contract will be in the everyday lineup as either a DH or (gasp) a right fielder.
– Chris Getz, who had an OPS+ of 74 in 415 plate appearances (not enough to qualify) was acquired by the Royals and figures to be in the everyday lineup at second base.
– And now, Brian N. Anderson, with his career 69 OPS+ is the leading candidate to be the Opening Day centerfielder.
If you click through, make sure to check out Joe’s article on NeL Strat-o-matic, which was linked earlier by Repoz.
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Just one? Things are lookin' up!
So at least they're doing the little things right, which is nice.
It's still early.
I attended a game in 2002 against Roger Clemens and the Yankees. The Royals lineup included Chuck Knoblauch, Neifi Perez, Luis Ordaz, Brent Mayne and Aaron Guiel. I didn't even pay for the tickets and I felt ripped off.
I have Neifi's 2002 season as the least valuable year (offensively) of the whole decade
in fact you have to go back to George Wright in 1985 and Ted Simmons in 1984 to find worse ones, so yes, the Neifinator was in his "prime"
(Wright hit a stunning .190/.241/.242 in 393 PAs for an OPS+ of 33- as an outfielder)
(Simmons .221/.269/.300 in 500+ PAs as a 1B/DH)
Of course the least valuable offensive season ever was by the immortal Bill Bergen, who hit .139/.156/.156 in 1909, yes it was the deadball era, and yes he was a catcher, but that was 372 PAS and an OPS+ of 1
The median Starting pitcher hit .138/.242/.149 that year
That lineup scored five runs and had 15 baserunners in five innings against Clemens.
The best thing about Bergen's season is that it's not an outlier.
1910 161/180/177 OPS+ 6, 1911 132/183/154 OPS+ -4
Career line 170/194/201 OPS+ 21 in 3328(!) PAs
His manager(s) must have been real morons.
Last year:
268PAs OPS+=68
That's very true. The core of that lineup wasn't bad: Beltran, Sweeney, Ibanez, Randa. Beltran was 0-fer that night, but you can do worse than that foursome in 2002.
Still, you can't tell me that if you go to a game and see Knoblauch-Neifi 1-2 that you don't die a little inside.
after all it COULD be worse. you could be an astros fan....
Last year:
268PAs OPS+=68
And even though he's averaged only 250PAs a year from 07-09, he's managed to be the third-worst 3B in MLB in defensive plus-minus and runs saved.
Now that's a ballplayer.
I sat a row in front of Bill James at this game. Very nice guy. He was amused that the Royals were carrying both Denny Hocking and Joe McEwing.
I still remember the sense of despair I felt at the sight of Hocking and McEwing making up the right side of the infield, even if for only two innings. Oh, and Terrence Long was on that team, too. I guess some things don't change that much.
Last year:
268PAs OPS+=68
And sadly, Josh Fields is the hitter I'm probably most optimistic about.
...
Nope...
to an injured neck/shoulder, hurt diving for IPHR
Nope...
That was one of the worst looking "dives" I've seen. It wasn't a matter of whether he would get up. It was more a matter of whether they would have to bring a separate cart out on the field to pick up his arm.
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