In Case You Were Wondering...

by R.J. Anderson on Jan 6, 2009 12:29 AM EST Comment 2 comments

Burrell ranks:

36th in wOBA in 2008

22nd in wOBA since 2006.

64th in wOBA* in 2008

51st in EqA in 2008.

5th in unintentional walk rate; teammates Carlos Pena and B.J. Upton rank 4th and 6th respectively in 2008.

1st in walk% over the past three years.

8th in O-Swing% over the past three years and 34th in 2008.

In other words, get ready to see a ton of this:

via lh5.ggpht.com

There will be runs.

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where do we rank as a team now in players who draw walks?

has to be at least top 5

MLB-Rays,Marlins,Twins, and Reds
NFL-Vikings,Lions(i know Shut up),texans, and Bills
NBA-Timberwolves(also shut up),Cavilers(bye bye LeBron in '10)
NHL- Wild and Penguins
College-Gophers,Gators,Longhorns and Irish.
all of the above mentioned teams are in order by my favorites

by RaysOfHope on Jan 6, 2009 1:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Is it just me

or does it not seem that long age when our team never took walks and was an OBP nightmare. Back in the days of Crawford, Baldelli, Harris, Hollins, Hall, etc, it seemed like our whole line up was full of agressive no-walk hitters. Now we have three elite walk artists (Burrell, Pena, Upton) and aside from Crawford and Bartlett, everyone else works walks well. Even Bartlett really had a down year in the walk department and has been much better in the past. I wonder what has changed since then? Oh yeah, Friedman and Maddon. Nice.

by BossmanJunior333 on Jan 6, 2009 4:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs