01-26-2010, 03:07 PM
I'm happy to see him added. I was looking through his splits and saw a few interesting things.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...=Career&t=b
His platoon splits are pretty much average. He's not that much better at hitting lefties. It sounds like he'll be taking some of Kosuke's starts against lefties, but I think he'll do well filling in against righties when needed as well.
He has some good opposite field power. 15 HRs in 112 opposite field hits.
If it's on the ground, he's pretty much out. .509 OPS on ground balls.
Has a better OPS against finesse pitchers vs. power pitchers. It's likely that he can hit a breaking ball.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...=Career&t=b
His platoon splits are pretty much average. He's not that much better at hitting lefties. It sounds like he'll be taking some of Kosuke's starts against lefties, but I think he'll do well filling in against righties when needed as well.
He has some good opposite field power. 15 HRs in 112 opposite field hits.
If it's on the ground, he's pretty much out. .509 OPS on ground balls.
Has a better OPS against finesse pitchers vs. power pitchers. It's likely that he can hit a breaking ball.