Author Topic: I, For One, Welcome Our New CF Overlord (The Robles Thread)  (Read 40814 times)

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Offline welch

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Average is easier to spot quickly. And a base hit has more chance of driving in a run than does a walk or getting hit by a pitch. Note the 11 RBIs that Robles has this year and the 32 or so that MAT has.

Incidentally, I grew up cheering for Eddie Yost, who finished with a career OBP of about .396. If Robles could do that, then he might be something. Of course, Yost hit .250 or more with some pop in a ballpark that was 405 down the line until the Griffiths brought the fences in to 375 and then all the way in to 350. So when Robles leads the league in walks and hits .250, then maybe his OBP will matter. Until then, Robles is a guy who can't hit. Send him down until he learns.