JRoll

by jonk on May 14, 2008 6:51 AM EDT

It is a little tough to get on him since he was on the DL for a month, but here is his current line:

.276 BA .300 OBP .500 SLG .800 OPS

Hidden in that line is that he has 1 walk in 58 ABs. Yeah, just 1 walk. (He also has a HBP)

Call me crazy, but 1 walk in 17 games just doesn't cut it for me. Maybe he feels like he has to swing the bat to get back into rythym or maybe the MVP should be hitting and not walking. I am not sure, but we will be hurting if he doesn't show more patience at the plate.

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It could just be my perception but are the phillies showing ‘less patience’ at the plate this year than they have in previous years…walks seem to be down, not just because of the arrival of pedro feliz.

by jemagee on May 14, 2008 9:43 AM EDT 0 recs

Feliz is actually posting a career-high walk rate this year, and is on pace for a bad-but-not-unimaginably-bad 38 BB (compared to 522 AB). If there’s a culprit among the newcomers, it’s Geoff Jenkins, not Feliz.

by taco pal on May 14, 2008 10:42 AM EDT up 0 recs

They’re 18 walks behind their 40-game average from last year. That differential is almost entirely attributable to:
1. Dropoff in walks from Nunez/Dobbs/Helms to Feliz/Dobbs. (Dobbs’ walks are also down this year.)
2. Ryan Howard.

by taco pal on May 14, 2008 10:49 AM EDT up 0 recs

when sabermetric concepts collide...

Sample size? Exaggeration of beginning-of-year stats?

FYI, J-Roll had 1 walk in 131 AB from April 11 through May 11 last year. These things happen.

by taco pal on May 14, 2008 10:38 AM EDT 0 recs

sample size is small

but not a good sign at all. He’ll still get 40 walks.. at least hopefully.

by Sorry About Dresden on May 14, 2008 7:03 PM EDT 0 recs

5 walks in 9 games

OBP now .365.

by PhDave on May 23, 2008 7:05 PM EDT 0 recs

yay!

For Who? My teammates.

For What? To Win.

How Much? Where do I sign?

by jonk on May 28, 2008 6:53 AM EDT up 0 recs

Holy crap, PHDave!?

Where you been?

by phatj on May 24, 2008 1:45 AM EDT 0 recs

I didn't go anywhere

I’ve just been lurking

by PhDave on May 26, 2008 1:52 AM EDT 0 recs

Interestingly, Rollins’ strikeouts are also way down, by an even greater percentage than his walks.

Again, sample size is way too small to draw any firm conclusions, but just to speculate for fun, it’s possible Rollins has changed his approach at the plate to make contact more often and put more balls in play. Fewer walks is bad, but putting more balls in play could also lead to a higher batting average, all other things being equal. For now, at least, Rollins’ OBP is actually higher than any OBP figure he’s ever up for a full season, notwithstanding the lower walk rate.

by taco pal on May 26, 2008 11:16 PM EDT 0 recs

Actually his walk rate hasn’t even declined. It’s now higher than last year’s, what with his recent mini-surge. Serves me right for not reading the earlier comments carefully before posting.

by taco pal on May 26, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up 0 recs