I don’t like that…
–Nick Swisher, not including last night’s game which is still going on, has a walk rate under 6% in the second half and has walked just six times. That ~8% jump in O-Swing% may be starting to catch up with him.
–Brett Gardner has a .501 OPS in the second half. That’s just icky. As Steve pointed out in the RAB comments last night, that could be a hangover effect from the thumb injury.
–Alex Rodriguez’s OBP in the second half is .306. In a similar vein, Curtis Granderson’s is .298.
–Phil Hughes has had just two quality starts since the All-Star Break. He’s also averaged almost 19 pitches per inning in that time.
–CC Sabathia has a 1.629 WHIP in the second half.
–This is an all year thing, but it’s funny anyway: in 148 more plate appearances, Francisco Cervelli has five fewer walks than Nick Johnson.
Now, let’s go to things that I like…
–Despite the low OBPs, both Granderson and Rodriguez have IsoPs around .200 in the second half.
–Robinson Cano has a .975 OPS in the second half.
–Robinson Cano’s non-last night-inclusive second half non intentional walk rate is 10.10. With IBBs, it’s up to 14.14. Love this so much.
–Mark Teixeira has a 1.038 OPS in the second half, including a .118 IsoD and a .368 IsoP.
–Kerry Wood, not including last night, has seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
–Jesus Montero’s July and August wOBAs: .442 and .568. Haha. Wow.
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I was nervous when Swisher and Long changed his approach to try and hit for average because I figured it would be at the expense of his walks. Luckily he has managed to hit for a nice average that keeps his OBP around his career OBP, but the problem now is that when he slumps, he doesn’t walk. So instead of rocking a .360-70 OBP when he’s hitting .240, he’s rocking a .300 or less OBP. I think he really needs to go back to his old approach, because if he regresses to his career BA, his OBP is going to BLOW.
That said agreed on all of the positive notes. Another one (although this might be the season as a whole): Marcus Thames has proved everyone wrong and is awesome
As far as the season goes: Bret Gardner leads all MLB in pitches seen per plate appearance with 4.63…