Talking Chop article on Chris Johnson

Keep in mind, while Headley isn't hitting his potential right now. He's been great defensively this year so far. His 9 DRS is third best among third baseman in MLB too. He's not Machado great at third base, but he's still been very impressive. He'd also look even better playing next to Simmons.

Simmons great defense is the main reason starting CJ at third hasn't hurt us more. The Braves have the luxury to be able to use two bad defenders at second and third because they have the best shortstop in the game.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Why does Headley get a pass for his horrible hitting this year. If we traded for him in the offseason and he had hit this poorly for 300 at bats I think posters would be all over him. His career high is .773 OPS outside of 2012. They moved the fences in this year so home park isnt much of an excuse anymore. He is actually hitting better at home.
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-Petco is 29th in park factor this year.

-Headley is coming off a fractured thumb, which can take some time to get back. Fingers/hands/wrists injuries in baseball are terrible.

-Headley's career road numbers are .294/.365/.452...in the last 3 years his road numbers show a .177 iso SLG with an OPS of .854
 
Ok maybe I was wrong about park factors but in June he had an Upton-esque sub .600 OPS. His production by month was trending downwards, that makes me doubt the injury recovery excuse. I acknowledge conventional wisdom would be to take Headley but I just find it odd to trade a guy hitting .333 for a guy hitting .233. Johnson was a semi-useful player before this year, he isnt a Charles Thomas kind of situation.
 
Right now I am favoring the chariot that hasnt turned into a pumpkin over the pumpkin that hasnt turned into a chariot. Outside of 2012 their OPS's are very similar. Defense favors Headley a lot but that would matter more to me if we didnt have Simmons at SS.
 
Doubt if headley is ever a nrave. I think cj will be a brave again mext uear. Fw and co deserve a lot of credit for wanting him to be included in the deal.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Ok maybe I was wrong about park factors but in June he had an Upton-esque sub .600 OPS. His production by month was trending downwards, that makes me doubt the injury recovery excuse. I acknowledge conventional wisdom would be to take Headley but I just find it odd to trade a guy hitting .333 for a guy hitting .233. Johnson was a semi-useful player before this year, he isnt a Charles Thomas kind of situation.
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A 235 BABIP will do that to anybody. Every other month his BABIP has been 300+ (like it has been for his career) and he's had very good numbers (especially when you look at the park he plays in). For the year his BABIP is around 50 points below his career mark. Everything else like K rate and BB % are in line with his career marks. Correct the BABIP and his numbers once again look great. Many people claimed Mac was done last year when I and others simply stated he was having some major luck issues and he would be back to being great next season. That was the case and will be the case with Headley. He's already doing better in July so I suspect he's over his bad luck spell.
 
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