Scott Podsednik Re-Signs with White Sox

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I have just a few more fun Scott Podsednik stats before I call it a night.

 

Out of all the players in major league baseball last season who had atleast 465 ABs and 12 SB (35 players) only 3 had a lower OBP than Scott Podsednik's .330 (B. Phillips, J. Barfield, Pr. Wilson.)

 

Out of all the players in major league baseball last season who had atleast 465 ABs and 12 SB (35 players) only one player had a lower SB% than Scott Podsednik's 67.8% (T. Hunter.)

 

Out of all the players in major league baseball last season who had atleast 465 ABs and 9 SB (54 players) only one player had a lower batting average than Scott Podsednik's .261 (A. Everett.)

 

Out of all the players in major league baseball last season who had atleast 465 ABs and 9 SB (54 players) only two player had less total bases than Scott Podsednik's 185 (A. Everett, W. Taveras.)

 

There's more but I'll end it right there.

Those stats don't really say that much. Everyone knows Pods sucked last year, but you are comparing him to guys like ARod, Carlos Lee, Soriano with those parameters.

 

Try comparing him with guys that are more similar to him:

 

J. Pierre .330 OBP, 58/78 SBs

C. Figgins .336 OBP, 52/68 SBs

D. Roberts .360 OBP, 49/55 SBs

C. Patterson .314 OBP, 45/54 SBs

S. Podsednik .330 OBP, 40/59 SBs

R. Freel .363 OBP, 37/48 SBs

W. Taveras .333 OBP, 33/42 SBs

K. Lofton .360 OBP, 32/37 SBs

C. Crisp .317 OBP, 22/26 SBs

J. Gathright .321 OBP, 22/31 SBs

P. Wilson .307 OBP, 12/14 SBs

 

Only 3 have a significantly higher OBP (Roberts, Freel , Lofton), while 4 are lower. He is about the middle of the pack for OBP.

 

His SB% did suck in 2006 (67.8%), but that was only 4.2% worse than 2005, which is a difference of only 2 SBs. The funny thing is most of the Sox were horrible at SBs in 2006: Ozuna 6/12, Iguchi 11/16, Anderson 4/11. Maybe Raines not at 1B had some effect on this. The only bright spots in that area were Gload 6/6, Dye 7/10, Cintron 10/13, and Konerko 1/1.

 

There is no denying Pods sucked last year, but there are very few upgrades that will improve that position even marginally. I am more concerned about his Defense than I am about his Offensive production. If he has a year somewhere between 05 and 06 at the plate (.275BA/.340OBP/50SB) in 07, that would be sufficient.