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BigRapidsJackass · August 30th, 2007, 01:02 PM

Roxpert, because this one turned out to be a runaway 8-0 victory, this move will easily be forgotten.

But I am not exaggerating here: this is one of the all-time stupidest moves a manager will ever make.

Remember the Bunt Hungry Maniac last year? He used his typical # 2 hole hitters to sacrifice a runner to 3rd with no outs on several occasions. But those # 2 hole hitters were guys like Cory Sullivan and Jamey Carroll and Clint Barmes.

Yesterday, that guy was Troy Tulowitzki. This is Tulo's line since May 15 (ordinarily it might be a bit unfair to eliminate 6 weeks of a season from our analysis, but given Tulo's extreme youth, I think everyone here agrees that our best bet is that the "real" Tulo is the one we've seen over the last 3 months, and not the raw rookie of April):

.311/.379/.500

An 879 OPS.

For comparison, Todd Helton has put up a 796 OPS over the same time frame.

And that guy was: (1) sacrifice bunting; (2) a very fast runner who would easily score on most any solid base hit; (3) to third base; (4) with nobody out; (5) in the top of the 1st; (6) with Matt Holliday, recently voted by managers as the "best hitter in the National League (this is on Baseball America's site) up next; (7) and with Todd Helton after that.

Oh, and by the way, it didn't work.

August 30th, 2007, 01:02 PM	#23 (permalink)
BigRapidsJackass Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,189	Roxpert, because this one turned out to be a runaway 8-0 victory, this move will easily be forgotten. But I am not exaggerating here: this is one of the all-time stupidest moves a manager will ever make. Remember the Bunt Hungry Maniac last year? He used his typical # 2 hole hitters to sacrifice a runner to 3rd with no outs on several occasions. But those # 2 hole hitters were guys like Cory Sullivan and Jamey Carroll and Clint Barmes. Yesterday, that guy was Troy Tulowitzki. This is Tulo's line since May 15 (ordinarily it might be a bit unfair to eliminate 6 weeks of a season from our analysis, but given Tulo's extreme youth, I think everyone here agrees that our best bet is that the "real" Tulo is the one we've seen over the last 3 months, and not the raw rookie of April): .311/.379/.500 An 879 OPS. For comparison, Todd Helton has put up a 796 OPS over the same time frame. And that guy was: (1) sacrifice bunting; (2) a very fast runner who would easily score on most any solid base hit; (3) to third base; (4) with nobody out; (5) in the top of the 1st; (6) with Matt Holliday, recently voted by managers as the "best hitter in the National League (this is on Baseball America's site) up next; (7) and with Todd Helton after that. Oh, and by the way, it didn't work. Last edited by BigRapidsJackass; August 30th, 2007 at 01:05 PM.