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re: Josh Hamilton agrees to terms with Angels 5 yrs/125 Mill
Posted on 12/14/12 at 2:11 pm to Lester Earl
Posted on 12/14/12 at 2:11 pm to Lester Earl
And 29 the year before that and almost half the season the year before that.
I don't see any reason why we should assume he's automatically going to be a 150-game-a-year player as he ventures further onto the wrong side of 30.
He's done that only twice in six seasons.
I don't see any reason why we should assume he's automatically going to be a 150-game-a-year player as he ventures further onto the wrong side of 30.
He's done that only twice in six seasons.
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Posted on 12/14/12 at 2:14 pm to OBUDan
I understand that but that doesn't make him a nick swisher player.
I thought you were an advanced metric guy?
Now you want to compare him to swisher because he may end up with similar HR totals only because he may miss games? Kinda silly.
Hamilton hit a HR once every 13ABs last year. Swisher 22. I mean damn!
I thought you were an advanced metric guy?
Now you want to compare him to swisher because he may end up with similar HR totals only because he may miss games? Kinda silly.
Hamilton hit a HR once every 13ABs last year. Swisher 22. I mean damn!
Posted on 12/14/12 at 2:21 pm to OBUDan
Swisher hit 272/364/473 last year.
Hamilton hit 285/354/577 last year.
That's a pretty big gap in slugging (though Hamilton did slug 510 in the 2nd half). I'd be pretty surprised if Hamilton was putting up Swisher numbers next year. However, I wouldn't be entirely shocked if his batting average took a tumble if he can't reverse the trend in strikeouts.
It's hard to maintain a high BA with a ton of strikeouts. If it's just a one year thing, no worries. But if this is a new reality for Hamilton, he's in danger of becoming an Adam Dunn type player.
There's a lot of red flags with Hamilton, but I think they are more long term than short term. I think he'll largely be awesome next season.
Hamilton hit 285/354/577 last year.
That's a pretty big gap in slugging (though Hamilton did slug 510 in the 2nd half). I'd be pretty surprised if Hamilton was putting up Swisher numbers next year. However, I wouldn't be entirely shocked if his batting average took a tumble if he can't reverse the trend in strikeouts.
It's hard to maintain a high BA with a ton of strikeouts. If it's just a one year thing, no worries. But if this is a new reality for Hamilton, he's in danger of becoming an Adam Dunn type player.
There's a lot of red flags with Hamilton, but I think they are more long term than short term. I think he'll largely be awesome next season.
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