Let's compare some current batting averages

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Let's compare some current batting averages

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Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
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Re: Let's compare some current batting averages

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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
So what’s the comparison point..
Should we be very impressed that a player with only 22 at bats ha s higher batting average ?
Just wondering
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ramfandan wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:33 am
Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
So what’s the comparison point..
Should we be very impressed that a player with only 22 at bats ha s higher batting average ?
Just wondering
I am more concerned about the BAs of some guys with quite a few ABs.
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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
What good is a singles hitter when they are fat and slow and don’t walk and don’t hit for power? Burleson’s last HR was August 17, 2024. At least 209 PAs ago. He has a whopping 13 RBI since then.
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Futuregm2 wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:35 am
Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
What good is a singles hitter when they are fat and slow and don’t walk and don’t hit for power? Burleson’s last HR was August 17, 2024. At least 209 PAs ago. He has a whopping 13 RBI since then.
Oh wow! I didn't realize he's been that bad.. That is absolutely woeful...
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Re: Let's compare some current batting averages

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slimjay63801 wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:40 am
Futuregm2 wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:35 am
Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
What good is a singles hitter when they are fat and slow and don’t walk and don’t hit for power? Burleson’s last HR was August 17, 2024. At least 209 PAs ago. He has a whopping 13 RBI since then.
Oh wow! I didn't realize he's been that bad.. That is absolutely woeful...
How productive have Walker and Contreras been?
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Re: Let's compare some current batting averages

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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:42 am
slimjay63801 wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:40 am
Futuregm2 wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:35 am
Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
What good is a singles hitter when they are fat and slow and don’t walk and don’t hit for power? Burleson’s last HR was August 17, 2024. At least 209 PAs ago. He has a whopping 13 RBI since then.
Oh wow! I didn't realize he's been that bad.. That is absolutely woeful...
How productive have Walker and Contreras been?
Walker more than Contreras, for sure.
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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
Yay, Burleson slapped a single! Now go chasing bad pitches the rest of the game. Ken Reitz had a career .260 average but The Zamboni was not an offensive dynamo.
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other than the title, does this qualify as the 3rd Saggese thread in the last 3 days?
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How many of these idiotic, failed attempts at comp threads/posts are you going to make trying to make your beloved Burleson look good and WillyC, a multi time all-star w/a career .806 OPS who's in a mini slump, look bad after a mere 18 games? :roll:

I'll repeat in case you missed it:

Bumbles/.627 OPS

-Bottom 1% sweet-spot%

-Bottom 1% barrel %

-Bottom 7% xwOBA

-Bottom 10% xSLG

-Bottom 4% in sprintspeed



-TOP 9% in Whiff%

-TOP 6% in K%

These statcast rankings SCREAM........................AAA!
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greyhawk wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:49 am other than the title, does this qualify as the 3rd Saggese thread in the last 3 days?
Is it a Saggese thread, a Burleson thread, or a let’s bash Contreras because he thinks nobody else is frustrated at Contreras this season thread?
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Burly has been taking some deserved heat for poor production at DH. But aren't RF and 1B production just as vital? Rather than moan so much, maybe we should just start pulling for Burleson, Walker and Contreras to hit to their potential.
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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:15 am Saggese at .455, Burleson at .263, Walker at .239 and Contreras a whopping .139.
Setting aside the inanity of comparing batting averages (or pretty much anything else) over such small samples, last year you (erroneously) claimed that Burleson's batting average was suppressed by bad luck because he allegedly was hitting "rockets" right at people. Well, let's take a look at the statcast xBAs so far this season (obligatory SSS warning):

Player/PAs/BA/xBA/Difference
Saggese: 23/.455/.382/+.073
Contreras: 78/.139/.212/-.073
Burleson: 61/.263/.208/+.055
Walker: 73/.239/.201/+.038

Why aren't you similarly talking about all the low EV, low xBA hits Burleson has gotten so far this season with his 0.0% barrel rate?

Furthermore,

Player/PAs/wOBA/xwOBA/Difference
Saggese: 23/.457/.426/+.031
Contreras: 78/.192/.290/-.098
Burleson: 61/.277/.236/+.041
Walker: 73/.291/.258/+.033
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Re: Let's compare some current batting averages

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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:52 am Burly has been taking some deserved heat for poor production at DH. But aren't RF and 1B production just as vital?
This thread was a pretext for your Burleson, now shifting toward Saggese, obsession. I'm all for Saggese taking Burleson's ABs.
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Mort Gage wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:53 am
Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:52 am Burly has been taking some deserved heat for poor production at DH. But aren't RF and 1B production just as vital?
This thread was a pretext for your Burleson, now shifting toward Saggese, obsession. I'm all for Saggese taking Burleson's ABs.
And maybe some of the slumping Contreras' ABs. In addition to, possibly, DH. Wonder if Saggese could be OK at 1B, defensively, occasionally.
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Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 12:02 pm
Mort Gage wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:53 am
Shady wrote: 18 Apr 2025 11:52 am Burly has been taking some deserved heat for poor production at DH. But aren't RF and 1B production just as vital?
This thread was a pretext for your Burleson, now shifting toward Saggese, obsession. I'm all for Saggese taking Burleson's ABs.
And maybe some of the slumping Contreras' ABs. In addition to, possibly, DH. Wonder if Saggese could be OK at 1B, defensively, occasionally.
no...you've been told, you even wanted to compare him to Steve Garvey b/c of his short stature. The answer was no then, and it's no now.

And no to your Saggese is the next Steve Garvey of LF. Those threads still exist on TCN if we need to bump them. :roll:

But I'll still defend you, when others call you a "Moron"... :wink:
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