Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Uppers and Downers


What Could Have Been...
As painful as it is having Garret Anderson's outfield play ruin the excitement of watching the grass grow, Braves fans could be suffering through Ken Griffey Jr.'s corpse doing its best impression of the Kid in left field. It has been over five months now since Griffey "crushed the Braves' hopes" and signed with Seattle. Both Anderson (293) and Griffey (302) have made about 300 plate appearances this season, but Griffey has been the DH in 57 of the 76 games in which he has played. Even concentrating almost solely on hitting, Griffey's batting average is hovering just above the Mendoza line (.211), while Anderson has steadily raised to his .295. Junior's patience at the plate (and Anderon's refusal to draw a walk) means that they both have an OBP right at .325, but Griffey is slugging a paltry .375, nearly 70 points lower than Anderson. So even though it hurts me to say that Garret Anderson is actually playing well, it hurts much less than the thought of an early-season outfield of Griffey, Schafer, and the Braves's version of Jeff Francoeur.

Just Like the French
Speaking of Francouer, has anyone noticed his stats as a Met? Well, in his 14 games as a member of that poor franchise, Frenchy has hit a very good .321/.350/.518, including 3 homers, 2 doubles and 16 RBIs. I'll just let that sink in while you think about the fact that Frenchy also drove in 16 runs in 50 games between May 12th and July 9th prior to his trade...

Hopefully this will make you feel better (via Big League Screw):


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