February 26, 201412 yr Today's opening spring training game lineup according to Jamie Ramsey: Hamilton Phillips Votto Bruce Ludwick Frazier Cozart Mesoraco Pena (DH for Simon)
February 26, 201412 yr 2012 he was on pace to have one of the best seasons historically for any player. It's a shame he got hurt or I think he would have been MVP 3 seasons? 2010 - Huge numbers. Posted career high and league top 5 numbers in HR (37), RBI (113), BA (.324), OBP (.424), and SLG (.600); Wins MVP. 2011 – Doesn’t have an effective Rolen behind him, also is consistently pitched to like an MVP (i.e. - no fastballs, less pitches). Consequently, BA went down (.309), power numbers went down (lost a full .69 off his slugging percentage). But he’s not an idiot, he walked more, and OBP didn’t take much of a hit even though his BA went down .15 points. 2012 – Trend continued, walking at a juiced-up Bondsian rate, hitting doubles at a record pace, OBP was an INSANE .474, slugging bounced back a bit with all the doubles, Bill James creamed his jeans, but he hurt his knee, missed a lot of the season and his final production numbers were down, HR pace was WAY down. 2013 – OBP is off the charts again, slugging percentage was the worst of his career (.491), highest number of strike outs for his career (138), worst full-season totals in HR (24) & RBI (73) of his career...with Choo always on base in front of him mind-you.
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