Community Projection Results: Richie Sexson
The second in the series as we work our way around the diamond. Which, incidentally, Richie didn't do nearly enough. Once again, 2007 numbers are listed in parentheses.
AB: 454 (434)
2B: 24 (21)
3B: 0 (0)
HR: 24 (21)
HBP: 4 (5)
BB: 52 (51)
K: 119 (100)
SB: 0 (1)
CS: 1 (0)
GB%: 43 (48)
BA: .247 (.205)
OBP: .329 (.295)
SLG: .457 (.399)
IsoPa: .082 (.090)
IsoPo: .210 (.194)
As expected, you guys think Richie's a pretty solid bounce-back candidate. Not necessarily in terms of playing time - the projected at bats are down ~20% from his usual, implying an injury or a short leash - but when it comes to the rate stats, your forecasts jive pretty well with the stuff that's already out there.
Note, however, that the bounce-back is due almost entirely to a higher projected BABIP. Richie's .217 was the lowest in baseball last year, and presumably boosted by a few more line drives and some better luck, the community has him coming out at .283 in 2008. This pushes him up to a far more respectable and far less embarrassing batting line, one that would probably be good enough to get him off the casual fan's shit list (if that's ever possible. One for the philosophers, I suppose).
There's a good way and a bad way to look at this. The good way is that, with a .786 OPS, Richie would actually be helping this team score runs, a far cry from whatever it was he did in 2007. It could even conceivably leave him as *sigh* the most productive hitter in the lineup. The bad way is that, even with the rebound, Richie would still be one of the worst overall first basemen in the league, something we could really stand to not have be the case this year. We could use a return to '05/'06 levels like you wouldn't believe, but if that's not going to happen, then it puts that much more pressure on everyone else. Man, I'm really not looking forward to watching us try to score runs.
Richie Sexson needs to produce, and he needs to produce immediately. If he doesn't, the M's won't succeed and he'll quickly find himself out of a job in a contract season. I won't go so far as to say that our fate this year rests on Richie's shoulders, because that would be stupid, but I will say that the magnitude of his bounce-back will be one of the most significant factors in determining how many games the team wins.
I know things are kind of complicated between us, Richie, what with the booing and all. This is your chance to make it better. Win us back.
Please.
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Also, fun fact:
2007 K%: 20.4%
2008 K%: 23.2%
The community certainly thinks he'll look a lot more like the Richie of '06 than the Richie of '07.
by Jeff on Mar 26, 2008 6:58 PM PDT 0 recs
Or, coincidentally, Raul '08!
Blah blah blah defense....Raul can't be much worse than Sexson, and he's a leftie to boot. What's not to love?
But I would take both.
by Faux on
Mar 26, 2008 7:12 PM PDT
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If there's one thing
I hope Sexson does is he takes his ST walk rate with him to the regular season... that would help tremendously off-set his declining stats.... and I know ST stats mean nothing I'm just saying if his line of having an obp .100+ points better then his batting average would be nice to have.
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by MfaninAlaska on Mar 26, 2008 7:30 PM PDT 0 recs
Curious
Why do people see his batting average as rebounding, but the loss in power staying where it is? Has he really lost that much power to the point where he won't get it back? Or did he just struggle in every aspect last year
by mariners124m on Mar 26, 2008 8:21 PM PDT 0 recs
That is interesting
especially since the community foresees him hitting more fly balls. I imagine people had trouble shaking the memory of 2007, projected bounce-back be damned.
by Jeff on
Mar 26, 2008 8:32 PM PDT
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I wouldn't say we are expecting a huge bounce back
just back to reality (unless we are in imagination land). We aren't expecting an increase in his power or walks from last year. All we are looking for is for his BABIP to increase to reasonable levels.
by Edgar for Pres on
Mar 26, 2008 9:26 PM PDT
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That's quite the optimistic projection.
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by JI on Mar 26, 2008 8:25 PM PDT 0 recs
Anyway you can do the highest/lowest thing like USSM? You don't have to, just a suggestion.
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by Mariner John on Mar 26, 2008 8:34 PM PDT 0 recs
i miss the old format
looking at the picture and seeing how much better it was. . .
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 26, 2008 8:39 PM PDT 0 recs
Jeff, what happened to the Sexson image, anyway?
It looks like you tried to vectorize it or something, and now it's all fuzzy.
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by pdb on
Mar 26, 2008 9:29 PM PDT
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I haven't changed it
it should be the same as it was yesterday before the switch.
by Jeff on
Mar 26, 2008 9:33 PM PDT
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Hmmm.
Maybe I need a new monitor. Or a few less beers.
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by pdb on
Mar 26, 2008 9:34 PM PDT
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Do my words also look fuzzy?
Because then we will have isolated the problem, you drunk.
by Jeff on
Mar 26, 2008 9:36 PM PDT
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No, but oddly enough you're slurring
so who's the drunkard now?
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by pdb on
Mar 26, 2008 9:39 PM PDT
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It's the same.
Cropped very slightly, but the blurryness was there when that one guy photoshopped it and added the banner.
...and now I'm here
by Librocrat on
Mar 27, 2008 12:35 AM PDT
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New here
Could we do a prediction of how long Sexson lasts before he goes on the waiver wire if he starts showing his 2007 form again?
by Fin on Mar 26, 2008 8:58 PM PDT 0 recs
Wow - new here and already acclimating well to the pessimism!
Welcome!
by seattlesundevil on
Mar 26, 2008 9:20 PM PDT
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My favorite part:
SB: 0 (1)
CS: 1 (0)
Looks like his old legs are gonna cost him his one steal attempt per year.
by Garces on Mar 26, 2008 9:36 PM PDT 0 recs
LOL!
That cracked me up seeing that. Sexson is only one year older than last year. I am wondering which sorry catcher couldn't catch Sexson last year.
by Fin on
Mar 26, 2008 11:20 PM PDT
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I don't remember the game
But I imagine that it happened on a double steal and the catcher tried to get they guy going to 3rd. I can't imagine Richie's ass lumbering to 2nd by himself and not getting throw out.
by MFAN on
Mar 26, 2008 11:49 PM PDT
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Only one year older?
Sexson can't even age at an above average clip. Mediocre son of a bitch.
by hcoguy on
Mar 27, 2008 11:14 AM PDT
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hahaha!
The age is certainly catching up to him.
wlad for president '08
by wongguy on
Mar 26, 2008 11:55 PM PDT
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That's a lot of singles.
I don't remember giving him high numbers, but now that I think about it, I have a feeling I had him at .235/.320/.430 or something. So not far off.
...and now I'm here
by Librocrat on Mar 27, 2008 1:26 AM PDT 0 recs










