Delmon continues assault on pitchers

by delmonfan on Jul 1, 2006 10:54 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

4-5, 4 RBI, 2 doubles. His average is up to .374. All of you haters out there are going to be sorry for doubting him. He is the real deal and you are smoking crack if you think that he's struggling just because he hasn't been hitting homers. He is starting to drive the ball and the longballs will come. His numbers now are a solid improvement over his stint in AAA last season.

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Hahahaha

Did you say that he's assaulting pitchers?

Couldn't help myself.

I like the batting average, but you gotta think it's a bit skewed because of the whole 50 game suspension.

Also, 1 HR? C'mon...

by Jacob Larsen on Jul 2, 2006 1:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What is his OPS, you ask?

Why, it is .869. That is below the likes of Kevin Witt! He doesn't walk, and he doesn't hit for power, he has an empty batting average.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 2, 2006 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Doesn't hit for power?"

He has two doubles and a homer in the last two games. Are you not reading these posts, or just hating on him because you think it is cool?

When he's destroying the majors, are you going to be nitpicking like this, or happy that he's on the Rays?

by delmonfan on Jul 2, 2006 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In his last two games.........

Two games does not a good player make. He has a .472 Slugging Percentage, that is fifth on the team, once again, below Kevin Witt. His Iso is below .100, that is not good power. Broaden your scope instead of trying to use a hot streak to foster your arumgent.

If he hits one home run in the major leagues, that is not destorying. If he has an Iso under .100 in the majors, that is not destroying. When he is an ass to fans, players, or coaches again and gets called out, are you going to be kissing his ass? Of course you are, because he can do no wrong.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 2, 2006 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why are you such a hater?

Yes, Delmon is killing the ball in the last two games - that's exactly what I was trying to say! He's starting to show the power. It's almost like you don't want him to be as good as he's going to be.

As for all the YTD numbers you keep trotting out to slag on him, I would bet right now he finishes in the top two of the team in slugging if he stays down at Durham the entire year. He's in the leaders in the minor leagues in BA and you guys are poo-pooing it just because the HR haven't come yet. He's going to hit for power - that's something I am not at all concerned about and you guys are freaking out about it.

Do you seriously think his ISO is going to remain this low for the rest of the year?

I think the major belief I have that you guys don't seem to have is that Delmon is the one guy in all of the minor leagues where I don't need to see any more of to know that he will eventually be an absolute stud in the majors. He is going to absolutely rake - I don't need to see him repeat his AA statline at AAA to know that. A lot of people here seem to want the checklist validation whereas I would rather just see him in a Devil Rays uniform getting used to major league pitching.

by delmonfan on Jul 2, 2006 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why am I such a hater?

I'm not. I would not be ragging on him at all if you weren't bending over and kissing his ass all the time. Seriously, dude, everyone knows he is a good hitting prospect, are you blind? No one has ever said to the contrary. You, however, come to this site every single day with daily updates on when Delmon uses to toilet, whether he brushed his teeth, and yet fail to show up during the entire 50 game suspension. Were you here when he was an ass to the Durham reporter? No, because you are a fan of his when it is convenient for you. I'm not a hater, you're just a brown-noser that sticks up for a thug whenever it is to your advantage.

As for your waste of space blabber underneath that stupid headline, two games does not a good player make. If it were, when Delmon went 0 for 9, I assume you would be trumpeting around telling everyone what a bad player he is? No, of course you wouldn't. Think of the opposite scenario before launching into some long, useless fact-void diatribe.

He has started to show the power, huh? One home run does not a Silver Slugger make. You can't say that yet. You keep bringing up his batting average, and yes, it is good. He has been killing the ball. Unfortunately, it has been all weak singles and garbage time base hits. He doesn't walk, he has bad power, and you ignore that.

And no, actually he isn't among the minor league leaders in BA, why? Because of a little 50 game suspension that you carefully omitted. I agree he will hit for power, but trying to make up indicators in his current performance that he is hitting for power is pathetic and without merit. No one thinks he will keep his power drought up, but he hasn't showed it yet in Durham, and the stats back that up. Yet you try to ignore them constantly.

No one thinks that Delmon won't be a stud, and no one has thought that ever at any point in his pro career. Because he was a can't miss prospect. We get that, we don't need daily reminders, and we don't need you trying to make up metrics to inflate his empty BA in the effort.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 2, 2006 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs