03-08-2009, 12:56 PM
<!--quoteo(post=22432:date=Mar 8 2009, 12:30 PM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Mar 8 2009, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=22429:date=Mar 8 2009, 09:42 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Mar 8 2009, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=22428:date=Mar 8 2009, 11:04 AM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ Mar 8 2009, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Fuk hit .276 against lefties last year and only .251 against righties, just sayin.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
His OPS was 17 points higher against righties, though. Also just sayin'. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
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Yeah all 10 of his HR were off righties, so he obviously hits the ball harder more often against righties, my point was just that he isn't that type of hitter that sucked against lefties, his walks and strikeouts stayed the same and his batting average and OBP were even quite a bit higher, so the statement that he only sucked because it was a lefty wasn't too comforting to me.
From watching him last year I actually think he handles a lefty curevball as well as any pitch there is. He slaps it into left field very often which is probably why his batting average was higher against lefties but he had no power.
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I think he stopped doing that later in the year, though. I can't think of a time in August or September where he actually waited on an outside, offspeed pitch, and slapped it the other way.
I just remember him spinning like a retarding whirling dervish.
His OPS was 17 points higher against righties, though. Also just sayin'. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
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Yeah all 10 of his HR were off righties, so he obviously hits the ball harder more often against righties, my point was just that he isn't that type of hitter that sucked against lefties, his walks and strikeouts stayed the same and his batting average and OBP were even quite a bit higher, so the statement that he only sucked because it was a lefty wasn't too comforting to me.
From watching him last year I actually think he handles a lefty curevball as well as any pitch there is. He slaps it into left field very often which is probably why his batting average was higher against lefties but he had no power.
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I think he stopped doing that later in the year, though. I can't think of a time in August or September where he actually waited on an outside, offspeed pitch, and slapped it the other way.
I just remember him spinning like a retarding whirling dervish.
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