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Saturday, May 29, 2004
1B Production
When Darin Erstad went down with a hamstring injury we all silently celebrated. Surely anyone will have better production then Erstad, right? Wrong. Erstad's replacement has been 21 year-old uber-prospect Casey Kotchman, who has fallen flat on his face. Sure, he gave us reason to be excited early, but it's been all downhill from there.
I wasn't expecting much in the way production from first base this year- I've said many times that Darin Erstad is the worst hitter in the American League- but this is just ridiculous:
|
AB
|
H
|
HR
|
BB
|
BA
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
|
D. Erstad
|
129 |
34 |
0 |
5 |
.264 |
.294 |
.333 |
.627 |
|
C. Kotchman
|
58 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
.241 |
.286 |
.276 |
.562 |
|
R. Quinlan
|
12 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
.500 |
.571 |
.667 |
1.238 |
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Total:
|
199 |
54 |
0 |
10 |
.271 |
.310 |
.337 |
.647 |
- The Angels are the only team without a homerun from a first baseman this season.
- The only teams that are getting worse production are Atlanta (.230/.280/.364 for a .644 OPS) and Montreal (.204/.297/.309 for a .606 OPS. Ouch.)
- Without Rob Quinlan the Angels line would be .256/.293/.315 for a .608 OPS. Tell me again why Rob Quinlan isn't playing?
- Of all first basemen with at least 50 PA, Kotchman ranks 40th out of 41in OPS, and Erstad is not far behind in 38th
How in the hell is this team scoring runs?
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