06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[SD_Eagle5]

He has a higher OBP

No, he does not. 

and fits better as a leadoff man than Rollins. Rollins, with his speed and power would be better suited to hit with men on base. Why waste a guy who can hit with power at the leadoff spot? When Rollins went down last season Victorino stepped into the leadoff spot and did a hell of a job.

How does he fit better?  He doesnt.  Rollins is a better leadoff hitter than Victorino.  If you dont want to waste Rollins' ablitity with no men on base fine, but saying that Victorino is better suited for leadoff is just wrong, and I love the guy. 

Victorino's OBP last season - .346

Rollins OBP last season - .334

Last time I checked .346 is a better OBP than .334

If you can find it - because I can't - dig up Victorino's numbers from when he hit leadoff last season.

[mpmcgraw]

shtein you are right, sorry about that.  I must have been looking at Rowand's OBP by accident. 

Rollins and Victorino's OBP is batting average driven.  They both walk only about .060% of the time.  It is pretty much a coin toss to which one of them would have a higher OBP in a given year which is why I am ignoring it. 

Even if Victorino will always get on base at a .010% higher clip than Rollins all of those other reasons should still outweigh that.

Victorino had a .194 BA and .523 OPS batting hitting #1.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=7104&type=batting&year=2006

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They could sign me to hit leadoff.  I have an amazing VORP.

[rjs246]

I just wanted to say that I hate all of you.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

V O R P !

[rjs246]

Oh I get it. I'm just saying that I hate you.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Don't hate.  Especially on this, the eve of Martin Luther King weekend.

[mpmcgraw]

Oh I get it. I'm just saying that I hate you.

There is a guy on that forum mds was pimping in here that believes that Larry Johnson is the 7th best running back in the NFL using statistics and that his year last year was probably a fluke.

Want me to invite him over here?  He really is a lot like you except you two probably disagree about absolutely everything involving sports. 

[rjs246]

No. But if you want to light yourself on fire instead that would be fine.

[mpmcgraw]

I would, but I just hate the smell of burnt hair.

[rjs246]

I don't care.

[mpmcgraw]

That's just the alcohol talking. 

[MDS]

The two of you are so cute together. A High school slacker with a crush on Bill James and a 30 something alchohalic slacker who is extreamly negative and bitter. Awwwww.

[rjs246]

If you ever call me 30 something again I'll tear your arms off and beat you to death with them.

That includes after I've actually turned 30.

[MDS]

That will never happen. 30 something, you are 30 something.

Okay, please. I dare you. Come at me. Come on, tough guy. Bring it.