Balta1701 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 06:19 PM) PK's resigning has nothing to do with his platoon splits. The last thing our bench needed was a right handed bat I got the "Dunn's platoon splits" line repeatedly when Konerko was re-upped as a reason why it made sense so I call back to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sircaffey Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 03:35 PM) So was last year a random anomaly or a sign he's trending down and getting even more extreme as he ages? Trending down vs LHP and trending up vs RHP? That would be quite the anomaly in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 30, 2013 -> 10:45 PM) There's a .400 point OPS between his LH and RH splits. We're keeping Konerko as a part time DH who may randomly steal playing time from our most important and valuable prospect for less extreme splits than that. There's a difference when you're thinking about platooning a leadoff hitter, especially when he gets on base 35% of the time against lefties. His career numbers vs. lefties are also much better than what they were last year at .241/.340/.341, good enough for a .310 wOBA. It's not worth it to platoon him and he isn't "barely a platoon outfielder". Edited December 31, 2013 by chw42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 05:19 PM) I got the "Dunn's platoon splits" line repeatedly when Konerko was re-upped as a reason why it made sense so I call back to that. I don't think that's why Hahn did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 08:22 PM) I don't think that's why Hahn did it I don't either and that's why every time it screws up our roster in calling it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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