JohnAdcox (05-28-2015)
Braves offense being inconsistent has coincided with Freeman struggling. that will not continue.
Natural Immunity Croc
The Braves are hitting .249 overall, and .289 with RISP.
Well, damn. Why don't they just pretend there's always RISP?
JohnAdcox (05-28-2015)
JohnAdcox (05-28-2015)
The point is:
1. The Braves offense has been better than been expected so far this year
2. The performances from several people who has led to that surprise is likely unsustainable and have already started regressing
3. The approach is better than last year, and could lead to better situational success
4. A large enough sample size will likely pit our offense in the bottom third of the league when all is said and done
5. We will need to acquire or develop some power if we want to seriously contend in the near future
I don't think anything said above is unreasonable.
All fair points.
In regards to the 4 though I think we are going to improve in the following areas:
1) Freeman is going to snap out of his slump
2) Uribe/Johnson will be an offensive upgrade over what we had at 3B the last month
3) Kelly Johnson will be an improvement over LF from what we had in the last 3 weeks.
I think we have to improve for sure somewhere on the diamond from a power perspective but if that trade is not available then we can't just throw our hands up and give up. You just plug in guys that get on base and play great defense.
Natural Immunity Croc
What you are describing is called cluster luck. You should read about it (Joe Peta). The hits are being grouped together vs. scattered which has created more actual runs scored than what would be expected. 7 singles in 1 inning will score more runs than 1 single in 7 separate innings. This is not something players can control.
If you thought there was value in putting the ball in play and productive outs which is creating the additional runs, you are wrong. The Braves have not been productive in situational hitting. They've grounded into more double plays than league average and are below league average in productive outs (moving runs along).
"Yes, I did think Aldrich was good UNTIL I SAW HIM PLAY. "- thethe
UNCBlue012 (05-28-2015)
Hawk (05-28-2015), jpx7 (05-28-2015), Tapate50 (05-28-2015), UNCBlue012 (05-28-2015), yeezus (05-28-2015)
We are scoring more runs this year. No doubt. So we have a better offense. I wouldn't argue against that.
I also agree we have shown a better approach hitting with RISP. At the same time, our hitting with RISP is 30 points above league average. Our OPS with RISP is 38 points above league average (even though generally we are about 25 points below league average in OPS). I don't think that is sustainable even with the better approach.