http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/sophomores-the-al-central/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/sophomores-the-al-central/#comment-80927 ecp Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:02:27 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=5537#comment-80927 When talking about Aviles, it's only fair to mention that he was playing hurt all season. The Royals shut him down in mid to late May and he's been on the DL since with arm issues that affected both his swing and his throwing. There haven't been a whole lot of details since then, but what has been said hasn't sounded good. When talking about Aviles, it’s only fair to mention that he was playing hurt all season. The Royals shut him down in mid to late May and he’s been on the DL since with arm issues that affected both his swing and his throwing. There haven’t been a whole lot of details since then, but what has been said hasn’t sounded good.

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/sophomores-the-al-central/#comment-80926 KingKirkpatrick Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:49:03 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=5537#comment-80926 .226 BABIP according to this site, 18.9 LD%. .226 BABIP according to this site, 18.9 LD%.

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/sophomores-the-al-central/#comment-80925 KingKirkpatrick Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:47:07 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=5537#comment-80925 I feel like since you mention Aviles' high BABIP from '08, you should also mention his .223 BABIP so far this year. He obviously was going to regress from last year...his plate discipline simply wasn't very good, but if healthy, I still think he can be a .270/.310/.420 guy. Not great...but not this horrible. I feel like since you mention Aviles’ high BABIP from ’08, you should also mention his .223 BABIP so far this year. He obviously was going to regress from last year…his plate discipline simply wasn’t very good, but if healthy, I still think he can be a .270/.310/.420 guy. Not great…but not this horrible.

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