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| YEAR | TEAM | AGE | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SH | RBI | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | TAv | VORP | FRAA | WARP |
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| 1997 | MIN | 21 | 15 | 51 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .327 | .353 | .449 | .256 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | MIN | 22 | 86 | 326 | 278 | 47 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 124 | 39 | 72 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .371 | .446 | .278 | 12.4 | -1.9 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | MIN | 23 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .081 | -5.3 | -0.0 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | MIN | 24 | 130 | 478 | 415 | 59 | 117 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 185 | 57 | 81 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .364 | .446 | .272 | 13.2 | -0.3 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | MIN | 25 | 89 | 347 | 303 | 46 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 144 | 40 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .324 | .475 | .261 | 3.2 | -0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | MIN | 26 | 125 | 466 | 412 | 52 | 112 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 206 | 43 | 87 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 2 | .272 | .339 | .500 | .290 | 15.4 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | BOS | 27 | 128 | 509 | 448 | 79 | 129 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 265 | 58 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .369 | .592 | .306 | 30.9 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | BOS | 28 | 150 | 669 | 582 | 94 | 175 | 47 | 3 | 41 | 351 | 75 | 133 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .380 | .603 | .313 | 42.4 | -0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | BOS | 29 | 159 | 713 | 601 | 119 | 180 | 40 | 1 | 47 | 363 | 102 | 124 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 148 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .397 | .604 | .329 | 49.5 | -0.1 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | BOS | 30 | 151 | 686 | 558 | 115 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 355 | 119 | 117 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 1 | 0 | .287 | .413 | .636 | .341 | 62.8 | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| 2007 | BOS | 31 | 149 | 667 | 549 | 116 | 182 | 52 | 1 | 35 | 341 | 111 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 3 | 1 | .332 | .445 | .621 | .342 | 62.7 | -0.4 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | BOS | 32 | 109 | 491 | 416 | 74 | 110 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 211 | 70 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .369 | .507 | .289 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 2009 | BOS | 33 | 150 | 627 | 541 | 77 | 129 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 250 | 74 | 134 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .332 | .462 | .268 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | BOS | 34 | 145 | 606 | 518 | 86 | 140 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 274 | 82 | 145 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .370 | .529 | .304 | 28.4 | -0.1 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | BOS | 35 | 146 | 605 | 525 | 84 | 162 | 40 | 1 | 29 | 291 | 78 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 1 | .309 | .398 | .554 | .311 | 30.4 | -0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | BOS | 36 | 90 | 383 | 324 | 65 | 103 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 198 | 56 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | .318 | .415 | .611 | .343 | 30.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | BOS | 37 | 54 | 233 | 205 | 34 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 123 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | .307 | .386 | .600 | .325 | 17.1 | -0.0 | 1.8 |
| Career | 1886 | 7882 | 6744 | 1158 | 1926 | 496 | 18 | 415 | 3703 | 1038 | 1415 | 32 | 66 | 2 | 1378 | 13 | 8 | .286 | .380 | .549 | .306 | 420.5 | -1.3 | 42.2 | ||
| YEAR | Team | Lg | G | PA | TAv | oppAVG | oppOBP | oppSLG | oppTAv | BABIP | BPF | BRAA | repLVL | POS_ADJ | FRAA | BRR | BVORP | BWARP | VORP | WARP |
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| 1996 | WIS | A | 129 | 548 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .382 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1997 | MIN | MLB | 15 | 51 | .256 | .271 | .335 | .430 | .000 | .517 | 100 | -0.2 | 1.4 | -0.9 | 0.2 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | FTM | A+ | 0 | 262 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .382 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1997 | NBR | AA | 0 | 283 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .416 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1997 | SLC | AAA | 0 | 44 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .185 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1998 | MIN | MLB | 86 | 326 | .278 | .269 | .332 | .429 | .000 | .338 | 100 | 6.3 | 8.9 | -6.1 | -1.9 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | SLC | AAA | 0 | 40 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .269 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1999 | MIN | MLB | 10 | 25 | .081 | .260 | .337 | .407 | .000 | .000 | 99 | -5.2 | 0.7 | -0.4 | -0.0 | -0.4 | -5.3 | -0.5 | -5.3 | -0.5 |
| 1999 | SLC | AAA | 0 | 558 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .352 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2000 | MIN | MLB | 130 | 478 | .272 | .272 | .339 | .436 | .000 | .324 | 93 | 7 | 13.6 | -9.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 1.2 | 13.2 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | MIN | MLB | 89 | 347 | .261 | .270 | .333 | .432 | .000 | .242 | 100 | 0.4 | 9.5 | -6.6 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| 2001 | FTM | A+ | 1 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2001 | NBR | AA | 9 | 41 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .321 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2002 | MIN | MLB | 125 | 466 | .290 | .264 | .325 | .421 | .000 | .294 | 98 | 15.1 | 12.5 | -8.3 | -0.1 | -4.1 | 15.4 | 1.5 | 15.4 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | BOS | MLB | 128 | 509 | .306 | .267 | .326 | .422 | .000 | .292 | 105 | 25.6 | 13.9 | -9.4 | 1.3 | -0.3 | 30.9 | 3.2 | 30.9 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | BOS | MLB | 150 | 669 | .313 | .269 | .331 | .430 | .000 | .322 | 106 | 39.3 | 18.3 | -12.7 | -0.5 | -2.2 | 42.4 | 4.1 | 42.4 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | BOS | MLB | 159 | 713 | .329 | .265 | .325 | .420 | .000 | .303 | 105 | 52.6 | 18.9 | -13.1 | -0.1 | -8.9 | 49.5 | 5.0 | 49.5 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | BOS | MLB | 151 | 686 | .341 | .269 | .329 | .425 | .000 | .270 | 99 | 62.1 | 18.9 | -13.2 | 0.6 | -5.1 | 62.8 | 6.2 | 62.8 | 6.2 |
| 2007 | BOS | MLB | 149 | 667 | .342 | .269 | .330 | .414 | .000 | .355 | 103 | 60.9 | 19.2 | -12.7 | -0.4 | -3.5 | 62.7 | 6.1 | 62.7 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | BOS | MLB | 109 | 491 | .289 | .264 | .324 | .413 | .000 | .270 | 104 | 15.4 | 14.0 | -9.1 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 18.8 | 1.9 | 18.8 | 1.9 |
| 2008 | PME | AA | 3 | 10 | .221 | .267 | .303 | .386 | .000 | .286 | 100 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | PAW | AAA | 3 | 12 | .535 | .272 | .337 | .432 | .000 | .000 | 97 | 3.8 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | BOS | MLB | 150 | 627 | .268 | .264 | .327 | .423 | .000 | .262 | 106 | 5.3 | 18.1 | -11.5 | 0.4 | -3.7 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | BOS | MLB | 145 | 606 | .304 | .256 | .317 | .405 | .000 | .313 | 104 | 27 | 17.2 | -10.6 | -0.1 | -4.1 | 28.4 | 3.0 | 28.4 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | BOS | MLB | 146 | 605 | .311 | .251 | .311 | .396 | .000 | .321 | 106 | 30.3 | 10.9 | -10.3 | -0.1 | -5.1 | 30.4 | 3.2 | 30.4 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | BOS | MLB | 90 | 383 | .343 | .253 | .312 | .406 | .000 | .316 | 105 | 31.2 | 6.9 | -6.6 | 0.1 | -3.4 | 30.9 | 3.3 | 30.9 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | BOS | MLB | 54 | 233 | .325 | .261 | .318 | .417 | .264 | .301 | 105 | 14.9 | 6.4 | -4.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 17.1 | 1.8 | 17.1 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | PAW | AAA | 6 | 18 | .172 | .251 | .320 | .359 | .246 | .273 | 93 | -1.8 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -0.2 | -1.6 | -0.2 |
| Career | MLB | 7882 | .306 | .264 | .325 | .419 | .260 | .303 | 103 | 389.3 | 213.4 | -145 | -1.2 | -41.7 | 422.2 | 42.3 | 422.2 | 42.3 | ||
| Year | Team | Lg | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | TAv | VORP | FRAA | WARP |
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| 1996 | WIS | A | 548 | 89 | 156 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 93 | 52 | 108 | 3 | 4 | .322 | .392 | .511 | .190 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | FTM | A+ | 262 | 45 | 79 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 58 | 22 | 53 | 2 | 1 | .331 | .389 | .556 | .226 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | NBR | AA | 283 | 40 | 83 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 21 | 78 | 2 | 6 | .322 | .382 | .585 | .264 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | SLC | AAA | 44 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .250 | .524 | .310 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | MIN | MLB | 51 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .327 | .353 | .449 | .122 | .256 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | SLC | AAA | 40 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .300 | .486 | .243 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | MIN | MLB | 326 | 47 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 39 | 72 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .371 | .446 | .169 | .278 | 12.4 | -1.9 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | SLC | AAA | 558 | 85 | 150 | 35 | 3 | 30 | 110 | 79 | 105 | 2 | 2 | .315 | .416 | .590 | .275 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | MIN | MLB | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .000 | .081 | -5.3 | -0.0 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | MIN | MLB | 478 | 59 | 117 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 63 | 57 | 81 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .364 | .446 | .164 | .272 | 13.2 | -0.3 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | FTM | A+ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | NBR | AA | 41 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .300 | .351 | .108 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | MIN | MLB | 347 | 46 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 48 | 40 | 68 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .324 | .475 | .241 | .261 | 3.2 | -0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | MIN | MLB | 466 | 52 | 112 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 75 | 43 | 87 | 1 | 2 | .272 | .339 | .500 | .228 | .290 | 15.4 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | BOS | MLB | 509 | 79 | 129 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 101 | 58 | 83 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .369 | .592 | .304 | .306 | 30.9 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | BOS | MLB | 669 | 94 | 175 | 47 | 3 | 41 | 139 | 75 | 133 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .380 | .603 | .302 | .313 | 42.4 | -0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | BOS | MLB | 713 | 119 | 180 | 40 | 1 | 47 | 148 | 102 | 124 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .397 | .604 | .304 | .329 | 49.5 | -0.1 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | BOS | MLB | 686 | 115 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 137 | 119 | 117 | 1 | 0 | .287 | .413 | .636 | .349 | .341 | 62.8 | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| 2007 | BOS | MLB | 667 | 116 | 182 | 52 | 1 | 35 | 117 | 111 | 103 | 3 | 1 | .332 | .445 | .621 | .290 | .342 | 62.7 | -0.4 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | PME | AA | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .000 | .221 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | PAW | AAA | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | 1.333 | 1.000 | .535 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | BOS | MLB | 491 | 74 | 110 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 89 | 70 | 74 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .369 | .507 | .243 | .289 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 2009 | BOS | MLB | 627 | 77 | 129 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 99 | 74 | 134 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .332 | .462 | .224 | .268 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | BOS | MLB | 606 | 86 | 140 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 102 | 82 | 145 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .370 | .529 | .259 | .304 | 28.4 | -0.1 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | BOS | MLB | 605 | 84 | 162 | 40 | 1 | 29 | 96 | 78 | 83 | 1 | 1 | .309 | .398 | .554 | .246 | .311 | 30.4 | -0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | BOS | MLB | 383 | 65 | 103 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 0 | 1 | .318 | .415 | .611 | .293 | .343 | 30.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | PAW | AAA | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .389 | .167 | .172 | -1.6 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| 2013 | BOS | MLB | 233 | 34 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .307 | .386 | .600 | .293 | .325 | 17.1 | -0.0 | 1.8 |
| Date On | Date Off | Transaction | Days | Games | Side | Body Part | Injury | Severity | Surgery Date | Reaggravation |
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| 2013-05-03 | 2013-05-03 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Left | Abdomen | Soreness | - | - | |
| 2013-03-22 | 2013-04-19 | 15-DL | 28 | 15 | Right | Lower Leg | Recovery From Inflammation | Achilles Tendon | - | - |
| 2013-02-15 | 2013-03-22 | Camp | 35 | 0 | Right | Lower Leg | Inflammation | Achilles Tendon | - | - |
| 2012-08-25 | 2012-10-04 | 15-DL | 40 | 36 | Right | Lower Leg | Strain | Achilles Tendon | - | |
| 2012-07-17 | 2012-08-24 | 15-DL | 38 | 35 | Right | Lower Leg | Strain | Achilles Tendon | - | - |
| 2011-09-13 | 2011-09-15 | DTD | 2 | 2 | - | Low Back | Spasms | - | - | |
| 2011-08-15 | 2011-08-24 | DTD | 9 | 9 | Right | Foot | Inflammation | Calcaneus Bursitis | - | - |
| 2010-04-01 | 2010-04-02 | Camp | 1 | 0 | Neck | Stiffness | - | |||
| 2009-05-07 | 2009-05-08 | DTD | 1 | 1 | Neck | Stiffness | - | |||
| 2009-02-19 | 2009-02-22 | Camp | 3 | 0 | Left | Shoulder | Soreness | - | ||
| 2008-06-01 | 2008-07-25 | 15-DL | 54 | 45 | Left | Wrist | Strain | Partial Tear ECU Tendon Sheath | - | |
| 2008-05-04 | 2008-05-05 | DTD | 1 | 1 | Right | Knee | Tightness | - | ||
| 2008-04-26 | 2008-04-29 | DTD | 3 | 2 | Knee | Contusion | - | |||
| 2007-11-06 | 2007-11-06 | Off | 0 | 0 | Right | Knee | Surgery | Meniscus | 2007-11-06 | |
| 2007-09-29 | 2007-09-30 | DTD | 1 | 1 | Right | Knee | Inflammation | Injection | - | |
| 2007-09-10 | 2007-09-10 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Right | Knee | Soreness | - | ||
| 2007-08-08 | 2007-08-10 | DTD | 2 | 1 | Left | Shoulder | Soreness | - | ||
| 2007-07-21 | 2007-07-25 | DTD | 4 | 4 | Left | Shoulder | Strain | - | ||
| 2007-07-12 | 2007-07-12 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Right | Knee | Cartilage Injury | Meniscus | - | |
| 2007-05-27 | 2007-05-30 | DTD | 3 | 3 | Bilateral | Thigh | Soreness | Hamstring | - | |
| 2006-08-28 | 2006-09-05 | DTD | 8 | 8 | General Medical | Illness | Irregular Heartbeat | - | ||
| 2006-04-28 | 2006-04-28 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Right | Elbow | Contusion | - | ||
| 2004-09-02 | 2004-09-04 | DTD | 2 | 2 | Right | Shoulder | Inflammation | Bursitis | - | |
| 2002-04-19 | 2002-05-13 | 15-DL | 24 | 22 | Left | Knee | Surgery | Bone Chips | 2002-04-26 | |
| 2001-05-05 | 2001-07-20 | 15-DL | 76 | 68 | Right | Wrist | Surgery | Fracture | 2001-05-17 | |
| 1998-05-10 | 1998-07-09 | 60-DL | 60 | 52 | Right | Wrist | Fracture | Hamate | - | - |
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| 2011-11-30 13:00:00 | With DeJesus off the market, do you expect Boston will target Beltran? I thought Boston was supposed to be the team with their ducks in a row post-Theo and the Cubs were the team in disorder because of the protracted negotiations over compensation. Did Boston not want DeJesus, or is the dysfunction more pervasive and paralyzing than this Yankees fan originally dared hope? (Nick Stone from New York, NY) | Hey Nick! I get the strong sense that the manager situation and the David Ortiz situation outrank the right field situation in terms of Boston's priorities. I suspect that if they sign Ortiz, Beltran will be too expensive, but if they don't, then he'll be in play. As for the comparison of which organization is more dysfunctional, it seems pretty clear that Theo's old one is moreso than his new one, and yes, that's probably good for Yankee fans in the short-term if nothing else. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2011-10-17 13:00:00 | I want to see Scot Boras' report on Fielder to see how he addresses the potential body-type aging risk. Any idea how he would address those concerns? (Justin from Tinley Park) | David Ortiz and Frank Thomas aged fairly well. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2011-06-14 13:00:00 | David Ortiz: for real or FO REEELS, YO! (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR) | Closer to the latter. More here. (Ben Lindbergh) |
| 2011-05-26 13:00:00 | Have you find a quality tonic for the stomach ailments that result from the phrase "Kyle Farnsworth loosening up for the Rays?" Because I am keeping Tums in business this season. (achaik from maine) | Only once have I felt a little unnerved by Farnsworth closing and that came during an at-bat against David Ortiz in Fenway Park. (R.J. Anderson) |
| 2011-04-25 13:00:00 | I have Jay Bruce and Nelson Cruz, both just kind of disappointing so far. How much should i readjust what i'm expecting from them? (Tony from Albuquerque) | We're not even out of April yet. Without injury, reassessing much of anything is premature, especially for players you expect to be great.
My go-to example for this now is David Ortiz in 2010. He had a 524 OPS in April of 2010, and finished at .270/.370/.529 with an 899 OPS. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2011-01-05 13:00:00 | Hey Jay, thanks for the chat. What do you think about David Ortiz for the Hall? I'm guessing he'd come up pretty short, but I'm curious just the same. (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR) | Hey Matty! Regardless of the legend he created — and earned — in helping hte Red Sox win two World Series, Ortiz is going to wind up with a short career that was mostly at DH with PED connections. Those are three VERY tough obstacles to overcome individually, and together, I'd guess they're insurmountable. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2010-11-11 13:00:00 | Hey Matt, Today in the GM for a Day article on the Red Sox, Jay Jaffe said he would cut bait on David Ortiz and bring in someone else at a lesser cost (he mentioned Jim Thome, Jack Cust and Russell Branyon as possibilities). This struck me as thinking too hard. Sure Ortiz will be over paid, but he's also likely to be better than those guys, and in the end isn't this a perfect opportunity to flex that big payroll? What do you think? (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR) | I haven't gotten a chance to read it, but I'll probably hear him out later this afternoon. I certainly wouldn't let Ortiz go this year-- he's a great DH, and he's worth as much to the Red Sox as any team they'd trade him to. Maybe going forward, they might have some concerns before bringing him back in 2012 though. (Matt Swartz) |
| 2010-05-05 13:00:00 | Two questions for you: 1) How long do the Sox wait for David Ortiz to start hitting, and 2) what do they do if he doesn't pick it up? I'd be shocked if they just cut him, but if he can't hit then he's just taking up a roster spot and they have to pay him anyway... If I haven't said it yet, thanks for the chat. (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR) | They have already waited too long, in my mind, and that's coming from someone who was very patient with him last year. They have other bats they can use, and they should use them, especially since the higher Lowell's stock is, the easier it will be to move him so Hermida can take over at DH. Honestly? I would DFA him and see if he clears waivers, and let him go to a no pressure Pawtucket for a bit. If it's something mental like last year, he can work it out there. If it's ability, then he shouldn't be playing anyways. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-04-28 13:00:00 | Please release David Ortiz?
Please release David Ortiz?
Please release David Ortiz?
How many chances does he get?
Either take whatever it was that you used to take, and start producing or get off the pot.
(justin kolpak from CT) | I understand the sentiment and more than just a few Red Sox fans share it with you. Ortiz obviously had a similar slow start last year, and rebounded reasonably well, but there seem to be more red flags this time around. From what I’ve seen, he is swinging through, and fouling off, an awful lot of pitches that he used to absolutely punish. Not just a few, most of them, so the bat speed appears to be waning, waning, waning. Of course, you’re then left with: Who takes his place in the lineup? Mike Lowell might be a better DH option and not just against lefties, but he isn’t exactly in his prime either, and due to age and injury he runs like he has a piano on his back. Orlando Cepeda did a solid, piano-legs-with-a-decent-bat job as the club’s first-ever DH back in the day, and maybe that’s Lowell, without the good nickname? (David Laurila) |
| 2010-03-18 14:00:00 | who looks the most out of shape so far this spring? (yo ho ho from nP) | That's funny but in the teams I saw in Florida, nobody really stood out as being really out of shape. On the other end, I was impressed by David Ortiz. He looked like he was about 15-20 pounds lighter. (John Perrotto) |
| 2009-12-29 15:00:00 | Over/under a .260/.350/.490 triple-slash for David Ortiz in 2010? (I Got Ripped in 4 Weeks from I'm Crazy Ripped) | Under. Fewer walks and ISO. (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2009-12-29 15:00:00 | David Ortiz has 78.4% of his games at DH (1128/1451). That has to be near the top. (Nahman from New York) | I honestly thought he'd played more first base than that. OK, probably the winner. (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2009-10-11 13:00:00 | If you missed it, Jed Lowrie hit a grand slam on the last day of the regular season, but doing so caused him obvious pain. He's spent basically this whole season and the offseason before it trying to get his wrist in order, and it's unclear to me that anything has improved. So what's the deal? What even is the specific problem at this point? Why does it refuse to go away? Is it some kind of fragility issue with Lowrie, or does it have more to do with how Boston has handled his rehabs/surgery? Most importantly, what are his chances to overcome this going forward? I know that's a lot of questions; I'd greatly appreciate it if you could provide the answer to ANY of them. (OldBean from Boston) | Wrist injuries linger, it's as simple as that. You must have missed the whole drama with David Ortiz, Bean ...
Once a wrist injury does heal, which can take as much as 12-18 months, there's no real problem. (Again, note Ortiz.) I think Lowrie will be better by the start of spring training given the injury, but I'm going to couch that a bit because of the setbacks. (Will Carroll) |
| 2009-09-29 13:00:00 | I can't find a site to let me view stats from two specific dates. I'm curious how Garrett Jones' production since his first game this season compare to the rest of MLB. He has to be top 10 in homers. (Dorn from DC) | He is. He came up on July 1 and since then Derek Lee has hit 24, Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, and Mark Reynolds have hit 23, and Jones has hit 21. What might surprise you is who is right behind him -- David Ortiz with 20. I wouldn't get too excited by Jones, though. This really seems like a Kevin Maas thing to me. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2009-09-10 13:00:00 | Mark DeRosa has been playing with a "torn sheaf near his left writst" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) since June 30.
1. What are the chances he will recover back to 100% of his previous level next April after surgery to correct it this fall? The article (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/01FB7593764E867C8625762D000D4922?OpenDocument) just states he should be ready for spring training if he has the operation immediately, but that doesn't always mean he will be ever be a borderline all-star again.
2. Can you give us readers any tips on how to tell whether a player is in a slump or playing hurt. (hotstatrat from Toronto) | Torn tendon sheath. David Ortiz looks pretty healthy, though he certainly didn't at the start of the season. There's question as to whether that was physical or psychological. As for (2), no, read a lot of beat writers who ask the player and see him every day is my best suggestion. (Will Carroll) |
| 2009-07-30 14:00:00 | Did the David Ortiz news take you off guard, or is there an unwritten list in sportswriter circles of players that are fairly well known as steroid users even before they're outed? (BL from Bozeman) | I wouldn't say there's an unwritten list but I think the longer that PEDs have been around the game the easy it has become to figure out who the likely culprits are/were. Everyone has a better understanding about the issue now and what the telltale signs are in a user. That being said, because of libel and slander laws, a journalist better be 100-percent sure he's right before he accuses someone of being a PED user. (John Perrotto) |
| 2009-07-13 14:00:00 | Any idea what to expect from David Ortiz for the second half? (mattymatty from Philly) | .275/.340/.510 (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2009-06-24 13:00:00 | "Is it bad to wear the jersey of a living player? Lame?"
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Does David Ortiz count as living? (dianagramr from NYC) | Given the preponderance of vampire films and TV shows and zombie literature, I would argue that these days the dead are more popular than the living. Man, pop culture is in a sorry state. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2009-06-15 13:00:00 | Thanks for taking the time, Will. When you see a dropoff in performance like Grady Sizemore earlier this year, or Geo Soto, or maybe a David Ortiz, is it safe to assume "something" is wrong physically? (Stan from Des Plaines) | No, and absent evidence, it's just lazy. It's often right, but not always and even if it is, getting to it the lazy way might make you miss something. Process, not result. (Will Carroll) |
| 2009-06-03 15:00:00 | OK .... so you love Katz's Deli .... but where is your favorite NYC BBQ?
(Desperately in need of good BBQ)
Speaking of BBQ ... does either David Ortiz or Travis Hafner have a fork in themselves ... cause they appear "done". (dianagramr from NYC) | Right now I'm partial to the Smoke Joint on South Elliot Street in Fort Greene. RUB is also pretty good, and so is Hill Country, though rather pricey. Virgil's is surprisingly good for a Times Square restaurant, and I love meeting my out-of-town BP colleagues there once in awhile. Oh, and while Ortiz and Hafner may not be done yet, I think it's a safe bet that you can invite a few guests over for an upcoming feast. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2009-05-21 14:00:00 | Any chance the BoSox and Mets get in a bidding war over Nick Johnson, and the Nats end up with an honest to goodness potential starting pitcher? (David from DC) | Where would the Sox play Johnson?
Had this conversation at lunch the other day...folks, David Ortiz is playing. He's a hero, and he's getting paid a jillion dollars until the Rapture. The Sox aren't trading for a replacement. (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2009-05-14 13:00:00 | Will, we have heard for years that wrist injuries sap power for months after the player returns. Is this true, or another axiom that got repeated so much but is really false? Orlando Hudson is the man I'm wondering about. He has had no trouble this year. (jtrichey from Indianapolis) | It's definitely true. KG talked about it in a recent article, referencing how developmentally, teams give guys coming back from wrist injuries a "mulligan." Hudson's healthy and playing above his normal level, but power? Eh, he has 3 HR, which isn't so many that randomness can't be the answer. It's much harder to tell on guys with normally low power than it is for the David Ortiz types. (Will Carroll) |
| 2009-05-12 13:00:00 | Don't forget changing bat technologies. Bats are much lighter now, with whip-thin handles, and with much bigger sweet spots. The end result is batters swinging the bat harder and having more territory on the bat that could result in a hardhit ball. It's just too hard in this day and age to assume everyone's home run spike is attributable to PED's.
Except David Ortiz. That guy totally juiced. (shamah from NYC) | One thing I didn't get to mention in today's Waner article is that he used a 38- or 40-ounce bat, and after his career when asked about the biggest changes in the game since his career (he lived until 1965) he talked about the changes in bat weight, and how he regretted dragging that giant war club around when he might have been whipping the bat through the strike zone... Like I said, there are a lot of factors to account for as well as PEDs. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2009-05-04 14:00:00 | Is David Ortiz done? (PSIllini from Champaign, IL) | I don't know. Bat-only players have a long track record of falling off at his age, and the statistical indicators show a spike in walks, which is often a death knell. On the other hand, I don't know if he's still bothered by the wrist issue, and if he is, whether it will eventually go away.
To take a step back, this does show the problem of investing in bat-only players. If they don't hit, I mean really hit, they're a huge albatross. (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2009-04-16 13:00:00 | Lightning round! David Ortiz: diminished bat speed or small sample size nonsense? (Rob from Alaska) | I haven't decided yet. Too soon, as they say. One thing I would like to note here: When Hit f/x comes out, if it doesn't have the hitters bat speed, I'm going to be upset. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2008-11-19 13:00:00 | What is your prognosis for David Ortiz? Do you think he'll be hampered by the wrist next year, possibly longer, or is probably not a concern? (Rob from Brighton) | I think he'll be fine, with some degradation more on age than anything else. (Will Carroll) |
| 2008-10-17 13:00:00 | Refresh my memory. The Evan Longoria injury was on the ulna, correct? Was it a ligament tear in David Ortiz's hand? Given that, is a second surgery in Ortiz's future and is it really going to affect Ortiz in the near future? (Tim from Sonoma, CA) | I think ulna ... could have been radius. I forget, but it was arm, not anatomical wrist. (I remember writing distal ulna ... I think.)
Ortiz's was a tendon sheath in the wrist. No need for surgery unless there's more damage. (Will Carroll) |
| 2008-08-28 13:00:00 | Ah, but the better question is, is it in the Yankees best interest to play Pudge as often as possible between now and the end of the year? According to Eddie B. over at Tiger Thoughts (who reverse engineered the Elias Rankings) Pudge is the top Type B catcher free agent and just a hair behind Ramon Hernandez for the last Type A spot. Since the Elias Rankings are based primarily on playing time and counting stats, it certainly gives the Yankees an incentive to try and sneak Pudge into that upgrade by giving him as much playing time as possible. (that they die like sheeple from teh Doomokratic Republik) | Interesting point. I'm willing to bet the Yankees aren't thinking that far ahead, or they have and concluded that Pudge is so far gone it's just not likely to happen. Again, let's see if things change after this series, if the Yankees acknowledge that their playoff chances are so remote as to not be worth chasing... Nice work by Robinson Cano robbing David Ortiz on the shift. I bet that's exactly how it looked when an infielder made a play on Ernie Lombardi back in the 30s. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2008-06-13 14:00:00 | As a Mets fan that is annually frustrated with having an aging, expensive roster with little on the horizon to replace what's there, I'm curios as to you thoughts on Teixiera next 5-6 years. I initially thought it was a no-brainer the Mets should go after him but now I'm wondering if he'd just fit the mold I described above that has me so frustrated. Is he headed for a Hafnerian decline phase or can it be more graceful than that? (Steve from NJ) | Let's start with Hafner....isn't that one amazing? You're talking about a guy, who over the course of a 3 year span, was David Ortiz but he does fit the mold that Bill James talked about-players who's value have nothing to do with speed/athleticism and more to do with on-base and slugging usually decline more quickly. As for Tex, I'll sit on the fence there because I'm not sure he'll be good value for 17 million dollars a year. The problem with the Mets right now is that at first glance, you think they have a good line-up and they hit for power but they don't...and they don't. And that needs to be fixed, I just don't know that Tex is the answer by himself. (Jon "Boog" Sciambi) |
| 2008-04-25 15:00:00 | Do you see John Smoltz and/or David Ortiz making it to the Hall of Fame? (bam022 from Chicago) | Smoltz yes, and well he should. Even from a traditional stat standpoint, his 3000 Ks, 210 wins and 3.25 ERA are impressive numbers, particularly when one considers he missed an entire year due to Tommy John surgery and spent about 3.5 seasons as a closer. His JAWS numbers are excellent as well (122.8 /58.5/90.7).
Ortiz is a tougher case. He didn't have his first great year until Age 27, and he doesn't look like a guy who's built to shine in his late 30s. From a JAWS standpoint, he's at 49.6/45.7/47.7, pretty low because he's only got four years of even 6+ WARP under his belt. Now, if he helps the Sox win another World Championship or two before he retires, he may get a Puckett Exemption for his short, high-impact career, but I wouldn't want to bet on that. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2008-03-14 13:00:00 | How long before Billy Traber gets transmuted into Fuentes or Marte? You can't have a career pitching to Carlos Pena and David Ortiz in a 12 man staff, or you can, as long as your not Traber? Thanks! (Tony from Brooklyn, NY) | It seems pretty likely he's going to make the Yankees, Tony, but how long he lasts I dunno, because if you look at his career platoon splits, he handles portsiders very well but every righty hitter who faces him is transformed into Vlad Guerrero. Traber would have to very literally be a one-out guy.
We've seen that teams can survive without a lefty spot reliever, though those teams weren't in a division with David Ortiz. I still don't think the Yankees should overpay for one of the cats you mention, but they wouldn't be a bad thing to have... (Steven Goldman) |
| 2008-02-06 14:00:00 | Hello, Gary. What do you think the difference between Travis Hafner and David Ortiz will be this year? (REkinnal from Stockholm) | About forty pounds.
I don't know. Travis Hafner's 2007 was darn puzzling, at least to me. If I recall correctly, my forecasting system had him as the player with the least expected variance, and he really just cratered. I expect David Ortiz to have the better season, but it could certainly go the other way, and my intuition (which should be ignored by those smarter than I) is that Ortiz' decline, when it arrives, will be Vaughnesque. Last question... (Gary Huckabay) |
| 2008-02-19 13:00:00 | Do you think Miguel Cabrera's weight will affect his performance in Detroit in the near future? (mbeu79 from Chicago) | No. Already hearing he's dropped weight and someone emailed me saying that he thought the veterans in Detroit would hold Cabrera more accountable for things like conditioning. What's the worst that happens, he becomes David Ortiz? (Will Carroll) |
| 2008-01-22 19:00:00 | since it is David Ortiz day-What about Dallas MacPherson as a low budget singing? Can he pull a Carlos Pena/Travis Hafner/David Ortiz on the leauge this year? (Mark T. from Boston) | Yes. When he's played, he's actually been better than Ortiz was at a similar age. Hafner had hardly been in the majors yet at his age. (2007 was McPherson's age 25 season.) He showed much better than Pena through a similar age, too.
One more and then it's time to fall over sideways in the traditional manner... (Jim Baker) |
| 2008-01-10 13:00:00 | Joe, thanks for chatting. Are there any of today's players that you expect to be overrated by the HOF voters, like Rice is? (collins from greenville nc) | Man, good question. Obviously the way in which, say, Derek Jeter is overrated will carry over. Jeter is a Hall of Famer, a first-ballot guy, so it doesn't matter much.
On the margins...you know, I have to tell you that I clicked on this question, and now I can't come up with an answer. I don't know that this era has many marginal Hall of Famers who are likely to be *overrated* based on reputation or too-simple stats, such as RBI or wins. Great question. I wish I had a better answer. The only one I can think of is maybe David Ortiz. Garret Anderson, I suppose, if he has a bounceback. (Joe Sheehan) |
| Date | Roundtable Name | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-12 15:00:00 | Phillies/Rockies Playoffs Roundtable | Batting David Ortiz a couple of spots ahead of J.D. Drew, and treating him as a two-way player, was delusional. That wasn't the only mistake, but it didn't help. It's a three-game losing streak at the wrong time. The Angels outplayed the Sox, flat beat them, same as the Dodgers did the Cardinals for the most part. It happens. The mistake is overreaction to three games. (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2008-10-22 16:30:00 | World Series Game One | Poolshark8189 (St Pete) leads off by asking: "Curious, do you all have any feel on how popular this series will be with the nation? I know that interest goes up with a long series, but I was wondering if you all have a feel how the nation views this series. Thanks-Mark" Mark, I think that's a great question, one I think I'd like to see how everyone here at BP feels about it, in part because I've heard some insiders say that Boston/LA was dreamy, while Philly/Tampa Bay is some sort of letdown. I'd suggest those people in the industry who feel that way must not like the core product all that much, because as Jay Jaffe put it earlier today, what's lovely about this matchup is that it's got two great teams with tremendous talent, players who deserve to be marquee players. If folks want to see Derek Jeter lose another step or David Ortiz fade with age, I'd suggest they're following the wrong sport, and that pro wrestling's always looking for new sets of eyes indifferent to actual talent involved. These two teams have played great baseball and present us with two good collections of great baseball players. How can you beat that? (Christina Kahrl) |
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