Jonah Keri FanGraphs Chat – 5/2/11
Jonah Keri is the author of The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First -- now a National Bestseller! Follow Jonah on Twitter @JonahKeri, and check out his awesome podcast.
Do you think that Darwin Barney can keep up his hot start and develop to anything more than bench player?
Probably not zips has him pegged for a .297 woba the rest of the way which sounds about right
he’ll be above avg defensive 2B.. if he can hit 280/330 (just under his career minor #s) i’ll take that until he’s arb eligible
Yeah, it’s a fine point. As you point out he’s not going to keep up his .333 / .357 / .452 up (see his career history or .361 babip) and while I do think he’ll be closer to a .300 OBP than a .330 he could be an acceptable option as a cheap 2B or as a utility infielder.
Good effort, but I think you want to submit your questions in the Chat dialog itself. look for “Send Questions or comments”
good luck.
Don’t see how Boston is the clear favorite anymore The new power rankings reflect that. Unless you thought they were 7+games better to start the season, it’s either a tossup or slight advantage Yankees.
Ok, so can anyone answer why K% is K/AB, not K/PA?
Dave did a while ago, it’s because other sites use K/AB if I remember correctly.