The Espinosa watch thread

[MorseTheHorse]

bump.  His AB in the 10th tonight was the worst I have ever seen from a non-pitcher.  Zero exaggeration. 

[spidernat]

You never saw Daniel Cabrera bat I suppose.

[welch]

You never saw Daniel Cabrera bat I suppose.

I saw Kevin Elster, and Espinosa often looks as helpless as Elster.

[Baseball is Life]

bump.  His AB in the 10th tonight was the worst I have ever seen from a non-pitcher.  Zero exaggeration. 

But was it as bad as Ankiel's recent ABs. Just tuuurrribbbuuuhhhl.

[Lintyfresh85]

Posted in the gameday thread.

Last 30 days (25 games)

.253/.330/.494/.824

[Ray D]

bump.  His AB in the 10th tonight was the worst I have ever seen from a non-pitcher. 

Ankiel's last at bat was worse. Swung at three pitches, didn't come close to any of them.

[hammondsnats]

go get an OF bat, move lombardozzi to 2nd.  boom, solves it.

[hammondsnats]

Ankiel's last at bat was worse. Swung at three pitches, didn't come close to any of them.

espinosa did too.  three pitches in the dirt.

[Ray D]

espinosa did too.  three pitches in the dirt.

I meant "as bad as"

[Tyler Durden]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=2b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2012&month=0&season1=2012&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&players=0

Espinosa is currently sitting at #19 among ML 2Bs.  .3 WAR accumulated so far and on pace for about 1 WAR for the season.

[Lintyfresh85]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=2b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2012&month=0&season1=2012&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&players=0

Espinosa is currently sitting at #19 among ML 2Bs.  .3 WAR accumulated so far and on pace for about 1 WAR for the season.

Past 30 days he's #6 among ML 2B's with .7 WAR accumulated.

Which just goes to show how bad of a start he got off to.

[Tyler Durden]

Past 30 days he's #6 among ML 2B's with .7 WAR accumulated.

Which just goes to show how bad of a start he got off to.

I hope he keeps that up.  The past 25 games is no more of a predictor than the first 25 games though. 

Platooning him and Lombo would make both their numbers look a lot better going forward.

[Lintyfresh85]

I hope he keeps that up.  The past 25 games is no more of a predictor than the first 25 games though. 

Platooning him and Lombo would make both their numbers look a lot better going forward.

So... his whole season to this point should be completely written off and he should start today with a .000/.000/.000 batting line?

[Tyler Durden]

I'm sure he'd like to start the season over.  Unfortunately for him, all of the first 50 games count.  But I do hope he continues his recent better play.  He just needs to lay off the low breaking balls when he's hitting left-handed.

[hammondsnats]

So... his whole season to this point should be completely written off and he should start today with a .000/.000/.000 batting line?

with 239,230 strikeouts

[Lintyfresh85]

I'm sure he'd like to start the season over.  Unfortunately for him, all of the first 50 games count.  But I do hope he continues his recent better play.  He just needs to lay off the low breaking balls when he's hitting left-handed.

That's what I was getting at.

The last 25 count just as much as the first 25. Some seem to be missing that point.

[Minty Fresh]

with 239,230 strikeouts

[The Chief]

with 239,230 strikeouts

still less than Adam Dunn

[Ray D]

He just needs to lay off the low breaking balls when he's hitting left-handed.

Or lay off hitting left-handed.

[hammondsnats]

still less than Adam Dunn

at least dunn hits bombs

[MorseTheHorse]

his numbers may be a bit better, but he still swings (when batting lefty) at almost every low and inside breaking ball thrown to him, rarely even making contact.  I swear the only reason he doesn't strike out 100% of the time left-handed is poor scouting by other teams who really should be throwing this pitch 90% of the time against him. 

[welch]

(1) The slow-motion LH robot swing always annoys me. Just swing.
(2) I watch Espinosa pound dirt at pitches low and away. Looks just the way he looked in September, 2010. He still swings like he can't see the pitch when he bats LH.
(3) He's got about 70 strike-outs so far. Might break 200 K's if he continues to start.

As a wild thought: bring back Corey Brown. Start CB in LF. Move Lombo to 2B. Let Espinosa be the utility player. Drop Nady for Brown.

[MorseTheHorse]

I hope they bring Moore or Brown up for the Toronto/Boston series (which are away so with a DH) to give us some better options than Nady/Bernadina or ANkiel as the 9th batter in the starting lineup. 

[MarquisDeSade]

Anything is better than Ankiel.

[Minty Fresh]

Anything is better than AnkKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKiel.

FTFY