Mott the Hoople
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Rocchio OPS now .896
Rocchio OPS now .896
Remember:Honestly, he (Rocchio) is forcing something to happen... In some ways I am surprised he hasn't gotten some OF reps. Anything to get him into the lineup is my mind.
Remember:
1) the super 2 line seems to float between early & mid June (2nd thru 19th). Like it or not that does play into the equation/ thought process.
2) Rocchio's own ability to play SS has played into the equation for others like Arias & Freeman to play at other spots like OF. Rocchio is superior defensively to Freeman at SS and is ahead defensively to Arias in many aspects (the biggest exception is throwing arm strength where Arias is ahead of everyone).
I just feel like they need to find a way, outside of C, to get their best hitters up in the bigs. We cannot sit here and keep losing one run games because we don't have enough offense. Rocchio doesn't seem like he had much left to prove at AAA...
If I see Rocchio in the outfield because Amed Rosario is our major league shortstop, I'm going to stop joking about placing bear traps in front of Amed's locker.Honestly, he is forcing something to happen... In some ways I am surprised he hasn't gotten some OF reps. Anything to get him into the lineup is my mind.
If I see Rocchio in the outfield because Amed Rosario is our major league shortstop, I'm going to stop joking about placing bear traps in front of Amed's locker.
The entire front office and coaching staff should be flogged if that were to happen.
(Hint: It won't happen)
If I see Rocchio in the outfield because Amed Rosario is our major league shortstop, I'm going to stop joking about placing bear traps in front of Amed's locker.
The entire front office and coaching staff should be flogged if that were to happen.
(Hint: It won't happen)
Amed Rosario.And…
is ANYONE on this team having a better year than we anticipated a few months ago?
Bibee and Allen and…
Thanks CATS, I didn’t realize a “year” isn’t just the first 40 games. Geez…It depends upon how you define 'year'.
If by year, you mean the first 40 games, no offensive regular is matching expectations.
But a year lasts longer than 40 games, and there is a long way to go.
Like Thome used to say after a cold start...
'Get back to me at the end of the season.'
(The same applies to hot starts.)
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Rocchio has hit safely in 32 out of 35 games, with multi hits in eleven of them.
He hasn't done much damage vs LHers, but hasn't been a disaster....333 OBP.
Two other things stand out.
1) With 2 out and RISP....379/.884.
2) Every pitcher he has faced has been older than him.