De Aza Will Bat Leadoff

Hooray!

6 months ago U-God 24 comments 0 recs |

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"He will be given a suggestion though as to the Opening Day lineup."

heh.

by Trooper on Nov 15, 2011 8:53 PM CST reply actions

Yeeeeeeeees

by Shoeless In SC on Nov 15, 2011 8:53 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Catdaddy agrees !!

Sabermetrics hurt my head, just give me the facts.

by CATDADDY47 on Nov 16, 2011 8:30 AM CST up reply actions

I probably would've put "Unless..." instead of "Hooray!"

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by Jim Margalus on Nov 15, 2011 9:03 PM CST reply actions

But "Hooray!" is so much happier!

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by U-God on Nov 15, 2011 9:05 PM CST up reply actions

"Hooray" is justified

Previous news reports implied the Sox felt the need to replace Pierre with something Pierre-like. Recognizing that De Aza kicked ass last season is a comparative triumph in talent evaluation. Not enough for me to forgive picking up Frasor but I’ll let that go if they manage to trade Crain for something useful…but probably, I should just be satisfied with the Sox not re-signing Pierre.

by hitlesswonder on Nov 15, 2011 9:30 PM CST up reply actions

and that's how low our expectations have become for this regime.

by Shoeless In SC on Nov 15, 2011 9:46 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs

What could possibly go wrong?

by Shinons* on Nov 15, 2011 9:15 PM CST up reply actions

i like that morel's job is secured too.

just as well he hit so well at the end of the season.

by craigws on Nov 15, 2011 9:50 PM CST reply actions

well.

by craigws on Nov 15, 2011 9:50 PM CST up reply actions

well well.

by Trooper on Nov 15, 2011 11:43 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well

to what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit?

I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.

by thatshortkid on Nov 16, 2011 12:56 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

wally wally wally wally wally wally WORLD

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by BoeJouma on Nov 16, 2011 5:27 PM CST up reply actions

nice. bonus marks if your name is alex and you are little.

by craigws on Nov 16, 2011 5:46 PM CST up reply actions

probably also reflects off-season plans

not shopping for a “leadoff” hitter

by ruffster on Nov 15, 2011 9:59 PM CST reply actions

this means they also have to play him in CF now too right?

because they’re the same position

NAOPOS

by blackoutsox on Nov 15, 2011 10:18 PM CST reply actions

Maybe I'm just new to baseball but...

Why do we keep reading that De Aza isn’t a typical leadoff guy? He’s fast and his hit numbers have only improved since the first time he put on a Sox uniform. Is it b/c he doesn’t walk enough/ strikes out too much?
The ‘12 season will only be my fourth year of watching baseball so maybe I’m missing something obvious, but I don’t see any problem with him batting first in the lineup

by THE_CELEBRATOR on Nov 16, 2011 12:57 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

No, you're doing good.

There are two reasons why they keep bringing up the “prototypical leadoff hitter” thing.

1) The walks. De Aza doesn’t see a lot of pitches. He’s not exactly a happy hacker, but he can go a couple weeks without drawing a walk, and that’s become unusual as more and more teams started valuing OBP over batting average.

This is a valid criticism. Problem is, the same can be said about Juan Pierre, who these same beat writers consider a “prototypical leadoff hitter.” Which means their definition is more…

2) De Aza hasn’t hit first in a major league lineup for years and years.

by Jim Margalus on Nov 16, 2011 1:09 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

yah i don't get it either.

just because he hasn’t hit leadoff before doesn’t mean that he isn’t a prototypical leadoff hitter. he’s fast and gets a lot of hits. the same as pierre. only de aza has some gap power.

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by KenWo4LiFe on Nov 16, 2011 1:30 AM CST up reply actions

Except Pierre also never strikes out.

That’s gotta be good for some grindy points with the beat writers.

Also, De Aza seems to be almost “reliant” on BABIP. At this late hour I’m wondering what that means as he moves forward. His line drive rate was not through the roof in limited playing time this year.

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by Uribe Down on Nov 16, 2011 3:26 AM CST up reply actions

Plus the beat writers in this city suck when it comes to actually knowing something about baseball.

Phil Rogers…come on.

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by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Nov 18, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

1) The walks. De Aza doesn’t see a lot of pitches. He’s not exactly a happy hacker, but he can go a couple weeks without drawing a walk, and that’s become unusual as more and more teams started valuing OBP over batting average.

I think Pierre walked less….or run for that matter!

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by JofpGallagher on Nov 16, 2011 5:52 AM CST up reply actions