Who’s…Not Hot…On First?
Posted by Steve L. on May 24th, 2010 · Comments (3)
Some big league first basemen are off to a rough start with the bat this season:
| Rk | Player | OPS+ | Age | Tm | G | PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Kotchman | 71 | 27 | SEA | 39 | 157 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 19 | .196 | .287 | .333 |
| 2 | Derrek Lee | 72 | 34 | CHC | 44 | 198 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 38 | .218 | .323 | .341 |
| 3 | Carlos Pena | 79 | 32 | TBR | 43 | 178 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 47 | .187 | .303 | .360 |
| 4 | Lyle Overbay | 80 | 33 | TOR | 45 | 183 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 42 | .215 | .295 | .362 |
| 5 | Todd Helton | 91 | 36 | COL | 38 | 163 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 23 | .269 | .393 | .343 |
| 6 | Mark Teixeira | 94 | 30 | NYY | 44 | 202 | 25 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 37 | .209 | .327 | .378 |
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Looks like the Yankees Mark Teixeira has some company in the “1B Doghouse” department. Related, which of these six do you think will have the best numbers at the end of the season? My pick: Tex.
Unrelated: Think the M’s would take Juan Miranda for Cliff Lee? Yes, I kid…
Now compare those numbers to Ortiz
@ Raf:
Ortiz is hitting better than tex..
Just having fun with the prognostications that Ortiz is done