southsider2k5 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Ace of MLB Stats @theaceofspaeder 7h7 hours ago #WhiteSox Jose Abreu was MLB's best "bad ball hitter" in 2015. He led all of baseball with 76 hits on balls that were out of the zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconOnAStick Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I've noticed over the last two seasons that he is quite good at hitting baseballs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 08:30 PM) I've noticed over the last two seasons that he is quite good at hitting baseballs. He's probably right up there with swings out of the zone too. He's good in that he wants to drive guys home but that got exploited a bit his 2nd year. He needs to be more patient especially if the lineup gets much stronger around him . Take a lesson from the Big Hurt , make the pitchers come to you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Vlad 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Vlad Guerrero, is that you? edit- great minds think alike Edited December 23, 2015 by Jose Abreu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 So stinking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 10:39 PM) He's probably right up there with swings out of the zone too. He's good in that he wants to drive guys home but that got exploited a bit his 2nd year. He needs to be more patient especially if the lineup gets much stronger around him . Take a lesson from the Big Hurt , make the pitchers come to you . While his numbers were definitely down from 2014, if you look at his splits it's pretty much all from LHP. 2014: RHP: .305/.364/.555 LHP: .353/.437/.662 2015: RHP: .308/.360/.548 LHP: .232/.306/.352 His numbers against RHP stayed almost exactly the same, but he went from murdering LHP to struggling mightily against LHP. Both were probably a bit fluky, so if he can just split the difference between the two LHP splits next year, he'll be primed to have another monster year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 09:11 AM) While his numbers were definitely down from 2014, if you look at his splits it's pretty much all from LHP. 2014: RHP: .305/.364/.555 LHP: .353/.437/.662 2015: RHP: .308/.360/.548 LHP: .232/.306/.352 His numbers against RHP stayed almost exactly the same, but he went from murdering LHP to struggling mightily against LHP. Both were probably a bit fluky, so if he can just split the difference between the two LHP splits next year, he'll be primed to have another monster year. I pointed this out a couple of months ago. People were so upset about the 14 starts LaRoche made against lefties, yet the problem the Sox had with lefties is hardly anyone hit them, and Abreu's OPS was down over .400 vs them. You would have to think that should bounce back a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) I wonder what that was accustomed to? They don't face any seriously good LHP in ALC. The White Sox have the best LHP in the AL! Edited December 23, 2015 by pettie4sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmooncreeping Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 10:39 PM) He's probably right up there with swings out of the zone too. He's good in that he wants to drive guys home but that got exploited a bit his 2nd year. He needs to be more patient especially if the lineup gets much stronger around him . Take a lesson from the Big Hurt , make the pitchers come to you . excellent point, I concur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whtsoxfan Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 09:26 AM) I pointed this out a couple of months ago. People were so upset about the 14 starts LaRoche made against lefties, yet the problem the Sox had with lefties is hardly anyone hit them, and Abreu's OPS was down over .400 vs them. You would have to think that should bounce back a bit. 50 at bats last year? Small sample size. He has power vs lefties which is what sox need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Maybe his finger injury made it more difficult to sit back on a lefty changeup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGillis Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 12:13 PM) I wonder what that was accustomed to? They don't face any seriously good LHP in ALC. The White Sox have the best LHP in the AL! Late inning lefty specialists? He hit .219 and .231 in the 8th and 9th. I wouldn't be surprised if many of those he faced were lefties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 QUOTE (OnlyGillis @ Dec 25, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Late inning lefty specialists? He hit .219 and .231 in the 8th and 9th. I wouldn't be surprised if many of those he faced were lefties. Why would managers bring in a lefty specialist to face Abreu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGillis Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 26, 2015 -> 12:02 AM) Why would managers bring in a lefty specialist to face Abreu? I didn't say it was logical to bring them in to face him, but since there are virtually no LH starters in the Central, he must have faced them mostly in later innings. Edited December 26, 2015 by OnlyGillis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGillis Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Some interesting stats: Abreu vs power pitchers - .240 / .707 OPS; vs relievers - .231 / .673 OPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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