Comments on: Detroit Offensive Production by Position http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/ A Detroit Tiger Blog Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:45:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eric Jackson http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/comment-page-1/#comment-4148 Eric Jackson Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:22:07 +0000 http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/#comment-4148 I agree with you fully, neither are close to acceptable right now. When the bottom of the Tiger's lineup is up I've no faith anything will happen, when the top of the lineup is up it's amazing what can happen. That said, Craig is batting .239 right now. He batted .255 last year, not a whole lot of difference. He's also batting .281 so far this May. He'll be back. Inge is a different story, he's shown signs of coming back then went right back into a slump. Inge is struggling with righties as well hitting .180 vs .361 against lefties. He has a 1.005 OPS against lefties even. He's also heating up and hitting .281 this May. His strikeout rate has dropped way down as well. I agree with you fully, neither are close to acceptable right now. When the bottom of the Tiger’s lineup is up I’ve no faith anything will happen, when the top of the lineup is up it’s amazing what can happen.

That said, Craig is batting .239 right now. He batted .255 last year, not a whole lot of difference. He’s also batting .281 so far this May. He’ll be back.

Inge is a different story, he’s shown signs of coming back then went right back into a slump. Inge is struggling with righties as well hitting .180 vs .361 against lefties. He has a 1.005 OPS against lefties even. He’s also heating up and hitting .281 this May. His strikeout rate has dropped way down as well.

]]> By: Bunt Singles: May 30 » Mack Avenue Tigers : A Detroit Tigers Blog http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Bunt Singles: May 30 » Mack Avenue Tigers : A Detroit Tigers Blog Thu, 31 May 2007 00:31:06 +0000 http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/#comment-4107 [...] Eric at DTown looks at offensive production by position. Sorry Eric! Suddenly that sounds so dry after beetles batting for crumbs. [...] [...] Eric at DTown looks at offensive production by position. Sorry Eric! Suddenly that sounds so dry after beetles batting for crumbs. [...]

]]> By: calvinboy http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/comment-page-1/#comment-4099 calvinboy Wed, 30 May 2007 19:53:47 +0000 http://www.dtownbaseball.com/2007/05/29/detroit-offensive-production-by-position/#comment-4099 I'm surprised that you don't make more mention of Monroe and Inge. LF and 3B are traditionally two of the better hitting positions on a ballclub, and neither Monroe nor Inge is producing in terms other than home runs. Both are striking out at an alarming rate, and neither can be counted on to move a runner along. It appears to me that neither can judge whether a pitch is a ball or a strike until it's too late, resulting in too many check swing attempted strikeouts. I don't believe that either is hitting at an acceptable level for the position. I’m surprised that you don’t make more mention of Monroe and Inge. LF and 3B are traditionally two of the better hitting positions on a ballclub, and neither Monroe nor Inge is producing in terms other than home runs. Both are striking out at an alarming rate, and neither can be counted on to move a runner along. It appears to me that neither can judge whether a pitch is a ball or a strike until it’s too late, resulting in too many check swing attempted strikeouts. I don’t believe that either is hitting at an acceptable level for the position.

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