Well, a sampling that is done for a political election follows strict rules on getting a representational sample. The 60 at bats for arod's sample is sort of the same as just randomly calling 60 people and judging the nations politcal leaning from that. The higher number of people (or at bats) you poll, the more closely your numbers will match reality.
Don't his numbers accumulated in those types of situations confirm the stinky job Yankee fans have witnessed him do?
But if you deny those numbers, do you also deny the point that I brought up that Kay made? That ARod is the second-worst performer in the league with a runner on third? Not second-best, he is second-to-last. That's out of what, a few hundred players? That's a helluva sampling.
But come on, isn't he isolating one stat just to make him look bad? If I told you Arod is in the top 10 with the most two out RBI in MLB doesn't that kinda off set that second-to-last stat the other poster is quoting? Is he second-to-last in batting average with RISP in the league? I doubt it.
ARod is 7th in the majors in grounding into a DP, with 19. Also 7th in the league in Ks with 125. 34th OBP @ .380 57th SLG @ .492 95th AVG @ .279 59th in extra base hits with a whopping 49. His RISP BA? A superstaresque... .280 A man on third with less than 2 outs? A dismal .244 Any other stats we need to show what he has done? He sucks.
He's having a bad year, I don't think anyone is disputing that. However we're seeing the exact same criticisms that were leveled at him last year after an MVP season.
Well Crapshooter was saying how one stat offsets another. So I posted all of the relevant stats, to show that there is no way to offset everything. I was probably the biggest ARod supporter on the board until the Boston series concluded. I think anyone, especially MisterMoss can attest to that. The thing is, I had to open my eyes. He performance is utterly deplorable. Last year the Yankees didn't need him as much. We had a healthy team, so his padded stats were easy to misjudge. This year, between his terrible bat, and worse fielding, along with 3 opening day starters missing large chunks of the season (Cano, Matsui, and Sheff) the spotlight has been focused on him. While Jeter, Giambi, Damon, Posada, the newly energized Cano, Cabrera, and now Abreu are performing like a well oiled machine, ARod looks like he never scraped off the winter rust.
I have no problem with people saying he's had a bad year THIS year, but no way were his numbers last year "padded stats". For the majority of the year, he had more GW RBIs than anyone (it wasn't until towards the end of the season that Pujols passed him.) He fell off the face of the Earth in the playoffs, but he was the deserved MVP last year, and was the most important part of the offense.
Honestly, I can't remember breakfast, much less last year. I know that I was an ARod fan until a couple weeks ago, and I know I was strongly in favor of him getting the MVP last year. The only point I was trying to make is that at this point, I wonder how much of his production is smoke and mirrors. He played for Seattle during its collapse. He played for a bad Texas team. There was significantly less pressure on him pre-pinstripes. Quite simply, no matter what he did during the regular season last year, he went on a steady decline beginning with last year's postseason. I think any true Yankee fan wants him to succeed as much as any Jet fan hoped Chad would. It's just a matter of how long we have to wait for it.
Rodriguez is the second to worst hitter with a runner on third and less than two outs, hitting .244. It's not his strikeouts, it's the fact that he's worse than ADAM DUNN with a runner on third, less then two outs. He never makes productive outs, and if the god damn guy would hit a sac fly no one would be on his case. Problem is that he strikes out or grounds to short and jogs the double play out. This is a guy that has stolen nearly 50 bases at one point in his career, but he can't beat out a slow rolling double play ball?
Watch out, 3rdand15draw will come in here soon telling you how great Dunn is because he doesn't hit sac flies.
Stop w/ the GW RBI nonsense, that is a terrible stat as someone already explained in this thread. Obviously he was alot better last year in the reg season but still wasn't clutch like Jeter or ortiz and he was our WORST player in the ALDS. The man did not even have an RBI in 5 games! 2 hits and ZERO RBI in 5 games.
Oh boo hoo, in 18 whole AB's with a runner on 3rd and less then 2 outs he's only got 11 RBI. Clearly a terrible player, nevermind that Dunn's OPS is over 1.000 with RISP and RISP/2 outs
No he wasn't. Matsui had 4 hits and an RBI, ARod had 2 hits and ZERO RBI not to mention his poor defensive play and poor baserunning also hurt us.
Well, I already mentioned that he fell off the face of the Earth in the post-season, so adding that part makes no sense (which is nothing new coming from you.) And even though all these "clutch" statistics are useless due to the sample size: RISP Jeter: .261 / .386 / .355 A-Rod: .290 / .410 / .484 RISP w/2 outs Jeter: .250 / .393 / .361 A-Rod: .302 / .429 / .512 Close and Late Jeter: .267 / .353 / .400 A-Rod: .293 / .418 / .520 Now that your whole "A-Rod wasn't as clutch as Jeter" crap was proven to be incorrect, I hope you'll just stop posting on the issue. We all know you'll never admit that your nonsense posting is wrong, so maybe you'll just disappear and stop being an embarassment like usual.
