Blame Cano, Jeter, Abreu & Giambi For Yanks O-Woes

Don’t believe me? Check the latest A.L. Leaders & Trailers in Runs Created Above Average (RCAA) as of this morning (via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia).

First, the leaders (min 85 PA):

Rk	Player	         RCAA	PA
1	Manny Ramirez	13	117
T2	Casey Kotchman	12	106
T2	Carlos Quentin	12	104
4	Josh Hamilton	11	132
T5	Adrian Beltre	10	114
T5	Eric Hinske	10	 86
7	Hideki Matsui	9	106
T8	Grady Sizemore	7	122
T8	Nick Markakis	7	117
T8	Carlos Guillen	7	100
T8	Milton Bradley	7	102
T8	Michael Young	7	127
T13	Johnny Damon	6	119
T13	Magglio Ordonez	6	119
T13	Brian Roberts	6	124
T13	Jacoby Ellsbury	6	 92
T17	David Murphy	5	119
T17	Chone Figgins	5	132
T17	Alex Rios		5	114
T17	Kevin Youkilis	5	119
T17	B.J. Upton	5	117
T22	A.J. Pierzynski	4	 94
T22	Melky Cabrera	4	101
T22	Torii Hunter	4	113
T25	Justin Morneau	3	110
T25	Hank Blalock	3	 96
T25	Alex Rodriguez	3	 99
T25	Alex Gordon	3	113
T29	Luke Scott	2	100
T29	Daric Barton	2	122
T29	Raul Ibanez	2	122
T29	Aubrey Huff	2	110
T29	Miguel Cabrera	2	117
T29	Joe Crede  	2	103
T29	Jermaine Dye	2	 92
T29	Ian Kinsler	2	125
T29	Dustin Pedroia	2	132
T29	Brandon Inge	2	 93
T29	Mark Teahen	2	114

Godzilla, Damon and Melky are the only Yankees bats doing well - compared to what are the normal expectations for them. A-Rod? Well, to be candid, he’s not terrible here - but, you do expect better from him.

Now, the trailers (min 85 PA):

Rk	Player	          RCAA	PA
1	Robinson Cano	-12	114
T2	Jose Guillen	-8	109
T2	David Ortiz	-8	119
T4	Orlando Cabrera	-7	120
T4	Jason Bartlett	-7	95
T4	Asdrubal Cabrera	-7	93
T4	Kenji Johjima	-7	86
T8	Julio Lugo	-6	103
T8	Garret Anderson	-6	113
T8	Melvin Mora	-6	120
T8	Travis Hafner	-6	116
T12	David Eckstein	-5	116
T12	Akinori Iwamura	-5	121
T12	Kevin Millar	-5	115
T12	Jose Vidro	-5	104
T12	Gary Matthews Jr.	-5	129
T12	Mike Lamb  	-5	85
T12	Ramon Hernandez	-5	88
T19	Delmon Young	-4	108
T19	Casey Blake	-4	94
T19	Derek Jeter	-4	100
T19	Jhonny Peralta	-4	100
T23	Ivan Rodriguez	-3	107
T23	Frank Thomas	-3	101
T23	Jason Kubel	-3	101
T23	Nick Swisher	-3	118
T23	Gary Sheffield	-3	87
T23	Vernon Wells	-3	120
T29	Ryan Garko	-2	108
T29	Adam Jones	-2	103
T29	Bobby Abreu	-2	116
T29	Jason Giambi	-2	92

There’s Robinson Cano - by far the worst batting regular player in the league, so far, this season. And, Jeter, Abreu and Giambi are all less than league average performers, with the bat, to date this year.

You have to think that Abreu and Jeter will start to do better. Cano and Giambi? The former should and who knows on the latter? I’m not counting on Giambi coming around.

As far as Cano, well, if he doesn’t start turning this around in the next two to three weeks…I think it’s going to become time to send him for an oblique MRI (wink, wink) if you get my drift.

May 1, 2008 | Filed Under Math Class

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One Response to “Blame Cano, Jeter, Abreu & Giambi For Yanks O-Woes”

JeffK on May 1st, 2008 11:56 am

Melky has been outstanding this year, in the field and at the plate. I think Johnny Damon is a bit underrated in the eyes of many people and that the things he brings to a team don’t show up in standard statistics.

I don’t understand why Cano still gets as much playing time as he does. He’s made some bad defensive plays this year and just isn’t hitting. Same thing for Giambi.

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