5/21 Post-Game: Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:40 PM EDT

Player	WPA
Zobrist	0.472
Garza	0.186
Crawford	0.16
Aybar	0.148
Navarro	0.109
Bartlett	0.062
Upton	0.06
Kapler	0.05
Shouse	0.041
Longoria	-0.027
Pena	-0.072
Wheeler	-0.125
Iwamura	-0.16
Nelson	-0.19
Percival	-0.213

The best results are sometimes the least expected.

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Zobrist see's pitchers like this.

HE IS THE ONE.

Sign lady must die.

by EminenceFront on May 21, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Shirt idea: LIL shaped out like "9" and Late Inning Lightning underneath

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Huh?

Not following.

Sign lady must die.

by EminenceFront on May 21, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

He means a picture of Casey Fossums outline with "DOWN RIGHT FOSSUM"

by Sylar on May 21, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Or do a outline of Zo doing a Shroyuiken

Then have it say “Just like Zorilla, i’m DOWN RIGHT FIERCE”

by Sylar on May 21, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Hard to explain.

I mean have a L I L form a 9. Like, the stick of the 9 being straight as one of the Ls, etc.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Hm.

Can you do a quick MSPaint and email it to me?

Sign lady must die.

by EminenceFront on May 21, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Sent.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

i like that shirt idea.

by walkoffwalk on May 21, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

and we ask once again,

why the hell is zobrist not in the lineup every god damn night?

by davidsmarch on May 21, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions

Because then he'd be exposed for what he actually is. I'm happy bringing him in for two ABs every other night.

by ReasonableDoubt on May 21, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

also

why use wheeler, percival, and nelson in high leverage situations?!??!

when you have howell, balfour, and cormier who have all been far superior this year!!!

by davidsmarch on May 21, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Using exclamation points helps us understand your point better!!!!

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

i'm sorry about the punctuation,

but the use of these relievers has been so infuriating and aggravating it’s hard to understand. i know you agree with that…

by davidsmarch on May 21, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm just giving you a hard time man.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions

the same brain that...

put crawford in the 2 hole, navarro in the 9 hole, & didnt PR for fat catcher is the same brain that used the BP the way he did tonight. think of it that way…

by liquidmuse3 on May 21, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

results based analysis!

by liquidmuse3 on May 21, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Most catchers are fat.

Your description of Navarro is lacking.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Pink eye.

by Suttree on May 21, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

matt wieters is svelte

mostly ‘cause he’s 6-5.

by liquidmuse3 on May 21, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Mancrush alert.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions

only on my fantasy team...

when’s june again?

by liquidmuse3 on May 21, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I figured you would be more of a Mauer type.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

i was.

but i pussed out when he got hurt & didnt draft.
i did give up on napoli too soon.

by liquidmuse3 on May 21, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

he's dreamy

with that open top jersey.

by liquidmuse3 on May 21, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Zobrist = All-star

by rays_world_champs on May 22, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions

I love the Rays and RJ

by Raymondo on May 21, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions

UHHH

Kiss Up alert!!

We need Robots....The time is now Bud.

by 4QB on May 21, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Play Zo 5x a week

We need offense to compensate for this inconsystent pitching

by Raymondo on May 21, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions

*inconsis

by Raymondo on May 21, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Geniouses in our own time

They ignore our please. The sons of baseball analyists and corrupted web site owners will look up and shout “Save us Edwin”, but he will look down and shout “No”.

by Sylar on May 21, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

It's amazing that opposing teams

continue to throw Zobrist fastballs. Practically all of his HRs this season have come on fastballs, and a lot of them have been right in the heart of the plate.

Take nothing away from Ben, but I’d love to see what would happen if teams gave him a healthy dose of breaking pitches.

Hello.

by killa3312 on May 21, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions

they do

and he walks

by FreeZorilla on May 21, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions

He's seeing less fastballs than any other point in his career.

Odd.

by R.J. Anderson on May 21, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Because more than at any other point in his life, he can hurt pitchers who throw them too him.

When he came up, stat heads (very early versions, a lot has happened that make stats significantly more useful now than they were 3 years ago) argued his plate discipline would make him useful. My argument was always, no, his plate discipline would disappear because pitchers would challenge him within the strike-zone because he couldn’t hurt them. His lack of power would make him a utility guy at his very best.

Well, I was right, until last year, when he went absolutely nuts.

Tools Whore

by Tyler on May 21, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions