tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post3133862845384263942..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: You Say DeLefty, I Say DeRosaobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-49539827680755082852009-12-29T16:09:01.678-08:002009-12-29T16:09:01.678-08:00Marc, the reason people like DeRosa above others w...Marc, the reason people like DeRosa above others we have in the lineup is that prior to 2009, before his injury, he has hit .280/.348/.423/.772 from 2001-2008. <br /><br />Only Sandoval and Uribe hit above that over the whole season while playing significant number of AB.<br /><br />Presumably, if healthy, he can hit like he did before. Plus, he improved once he reached his 30's, hitting .287/.364/.451/.816 from 2005-2008, though that is partly from playing in a hitter's park like Texas, but he did hit well in Chicago, which is only slightly a hitter's park.<br /><br />In addition, people are too hung up over getting a good hitter. That is what I call Fan's Bias: no matter how good your team might be, they always want the best at any position that the team is lacking in. It was true when Bonds and Kent was in the lineup, it is even more true today. Just look at any of the Yankee fans, they still hunger for more and better.<br /><br />The fact is, as I showed last off-season, a team that has a superlative pitching staff, like the one the Giants have, don't need a superlative offense. In fact, they don't even need an average offense. <br /><br />The Giants last year had the worse offense in the majors. But their pitching was so good that we won 88 games, better than 22 other teams. Even if you take out pythagorean luck, there were still 21 teams with less wins. Even if you took out the luck that BP calculates, they still ended up with a record over .500, something 15 other teams failed to do.<br /><br />So people are too scared because of the offense. It's improved now with DeRosa taking AB from hitters who are not as good. And Franchez in the lineup improves greatly over Burriss et al, plus Sandoval has figured out how to hit for power, plus hopefully Renteria healthy and returned to his norms.<br /><br />Also, it was Barnes we traded away for Garko. Barnes is nice but I didn't see much upside for him, at best a middle rotation guy, but more probably back of rotation. <br /><br />I have no problem taking the risk to get Garko, Barnes would only have been a trading chip later and, frankly, given his poor K/9, he likely would flame out when he rises higher, at some point. We got to try out Garko and he wasn't worth keeping. Move on.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-27142982614575985122009-12-29T15:37:56.417-08:002009-12-29T15:37:56.417-08:00I like the signing of DeRosa - hey, it's not m...I like the signing of DeRosa - hey, it's not my money, plus I don't think the Giants are really truthful about that kind of thing. They have the $$.<br /><br />Two things, though - all over the bloggesphere I see these "DeRosa is good in case player X fails" - times 10. This gives me the willies about the rest of the lineup.<br /><br />The other is if one person mentions Holliday, Bay, Dye or Uggla again I'll lose my mind. NONE would be good deals - they'll get their money somewhere, and those won't be good deals for the teams either. All very overrated, sans Uggla, who will come at too high a trading price.<br /><br />Overall... I feel eh. Garko is still a puzzlement to me, and I have the same creepy feeling about anything Sabean does as 22gigantes. Alderson pans out or not, that deal ended up making no sense at all. I have more fear.marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-59773701231744865002009-12-29T14:43:24.788-08:002009-12-29T14:43:24.788-08:00There is a reason DeRosa has not held a starting j...There is a reason DeRosa has not held a starting job in the majors for very long. He can't hit RHP.<br /><br />As badly as Ishikawa has hit in the MLB, he has hit RHP to the tune of .264/.329/.413/.742<br /><br />Meanwhile, DeRosa has hit .265/.333/.397/.731 vs. RHP.<br /><br />Thus, Ishikawa has hit RHP better than DeRosa thus far, should continue to hit better, plus is young enough that he should improve on that over the next 3-4 years. Offensively he should be better than DeRosa over the next few years.<br /><br />Then, when you throw defense into the mix, Ishikawa totally wins out.<br /><br />Ishikawa, despite playing a little more than half the innings available, was 4th in 2009 in the Dewan Plus/Minus fielding stat with 10. Had he played a full season, he would have had about 15-17. The leader, Albert Pujols, had 12.<br /><br />DeRosa, manning 3B, had a -9, despite not playing that many games there in the season.<br /><br />DeRosa should be rotating around, taking AB when a starter is struggling, perhaps holding onto LF as a starter if one of Bowker/Schierholtz falters in grabbing a starting spot.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-62962000497100781282009-12-29T11:12:40.070-08:002009-12-29T11:12:40.070-08:00Sandoval will be the starting 1B. Bank on it.Sandoval will be the starting 1B. Bank on it.DProfessorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13585959977253146856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-28294464045082103032009-12-29T10:05:11.670-08:002009-12-29T10:05:11.670-08:00DeRosa has certainly proved himself over the years...DeRosa has certainly proved himself over the years, but I still can't get the bitter taste of Garko out of my mouth and wonder if this signing will taste the same.22giganteshttp://www.22gigantes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com