Consistency meter: Adrian Beltre

Not buying it.

6 months ago acblue Comment 18 comments 0 recs |

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Pirata Mirado

go go go

by JI on Dec 29, 2008 11:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

That seems bizarre

Beltre kept his power because he was hammering the living fuck out of the ball

by Graham on Dec 30, 2008 8:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

At the risk of letting my eyes decieve me

that’s why I’m not buying it. He was just absolutely destroying the ball. He hit a home run from his knees for heaven’s sake. Maybe his average HR distance is down because he hit more LD HRs than usual? I don’t know. But based on what I saw from him last year, this just doesn’t add up.

by acblue on Dec 30, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The hardest homerun I can recall seen hit barely cleared the wall

by JI on Dec 30, 2008 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll eat my hat if Beltre hits 15 or fewer home runs next season.

*I will not actually eat my hat.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 9:13 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

*Or a delicious sandwich.

Big Z is the MAN.

by Taylor H on Dec 30, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hit Tracker Online

says only 32% of Beltre’s homeruns “cleared the fence by less than 10 vertical feet, OR that it landed less than one fence height past the fence. These are the ones that barely made it over the fence”

http://hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2008_4284&type=hitter

League average is 27%

Yeah, not buying this.

by Matthew on Dec 30, 2008 10:16 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Riiiiight

by seattlesundevil on Dec 30, 2008 1:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

That ligament in his thumb. Or tendon. Had to have some kind of impact, other than losing a month of playing time.

Plus with all the free swingers on the team, that cuts down on plate appearances, and the opportunities to hit. Unless that’s a misconception on my part. $5 says somebody has done an analytical study that refutes that idea.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 7:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs