4/23 - Marlins @ Phillies

[BigGameFish]

Our line-up is actually looking quite good as a whole:

Gordon - .353
Prado - .288
Stanton - .246
Morse - .237
Ozuna - .286
Realmuto - .304
Ichiro - .265
Hech - .300

Once Yelich gets healthy and turns up to his usual .285, that is one of the best line-ups in the NL. Problem is our lack of extra base hits. That was something I have noticed just on the eye test, but just confirmed - our SLUG is 12th in the NL (currently 8th in average). Stanton needs to pick up his game. I would like to see Ozuna batting 4th and Morse 5th. Put Yelich 6th when he returns. Followed by JT and Hech.

[Namaste]

Smallest crowd ever at whatever the Phillies stadium is called.

We did it.

I think it's in the high 40's there, though.

[BigGameFish]

Salty hitting just .071. Horrible.

[Nick]

Serves them right for living in Philly.

[nny]

Our line-up is actually looking quite good as a whole:

Gordon - .353
Prado - .288
Stanton - .246
Morse - .237
Ozuna - .286
Realmuto - .304
Ichiro - .265
Hech - .300

Once Yelich gets healthy and turns up to his usual .285, that is one of the best line-ups in the NL. Problem is our lack of extra base hits. That was something I have noticed just on the eye test, but just confirmed - our SLUG is 12th in the NL (currently 8th in average). Stanton needs to pick up his game. I would like to see Ozuna batting 4th and Morse 5th. Put Yelich 6th when he returns. Followed by JT and Hech.

Stanton has a .491 SLG/.245 ISO going into todays game...

Stanton is not the problem in power. It's literally everyone NOT named Stanton.

[HUGG]

Stanton, Dee Gordon and Adeiny Hechavarria are the only hitters with .400+ SLG

[Spork5812]

That was a fantastic couple of plays by Hech, I thought that was a hit for sure. Also great start by Phelps. I hope we can keep it going.

[Nick]

Stanton is striking out an alarming rate. Amazing his numbers are what they are despite that.

[nny]

Stanton, Dee Gordon and Adeiny Hechavarria are the only hitters with .400+ SLG

Gotta love Dee being second on the team in SLG with a 0.094 ISO.

[Jay]

Stanton is striking out an alarming rate. Amazing his numbers are what they are despite that.

2.8% higher than his career rate isn't a big difference and can probably be explained by sample size.

[nny]

Stanton is striking out an alarming rate. Amazing his numbers are what they are despite that.

He's not far from his career line (29% vs 28%). That's still bad since he has steadily improved every year (26% last year) but it's not really out of line.

[BigGameFish]

Prado looking much better in that 2-hole. Where is the batting position splits guy to claim his honor?

[nny]

Also, Prado is the hitter I'm really only worried about. His K rate shot way up last year and he posted his worse K/BB in his career (dropped from 0.89 the year before to 0.33). And his K rate is still around there. I still think he'll be a solid ~100 OPS+ guy but just not the 110-120 I was hoping for

[Jay]

Prado looking much better in that 2-hole. Where is the batting position splits guy to claim his honor?

I don't know who you're referring to but his OPS from the 2-hole is lower than all other spots but the 5th and 7th. Sample size clearly comes into play because the only other position other than the 2nd where he has a seasons worth of at bats is 1st.

[HUGG]

Prado looking much better in that 2-hole. Where is the batting position splits guy to claim his honor?

Prado hit .333/.345/.481 in the 4 spot. he's been fine since the road trip started