Comments on: Carlos Quentin and the Dreaded Wrist Injury

By: Shelley B

Shelley B — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:26:06 +0000

Hi Everyone!, First time poster and looking forward to being a part of the threaded

By: Ed Nelson

Ed Nelson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:15:43 +0000

Whoa. I totally didn’t notice this was a year old thread. That’s it no more drinking on week nights.

By: Ed Nelson

Ed Nelson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:14:43 +0000

I think the point isn’t if he is effective when he’s healthy. That much is obvious. The question is whether he actually has the chance to stay healthy. Will Carroll is also famous for saying “Health is a repeatable skill” (well famous in my mind at least). Quentin has had shoulder surgery, plantar fasciitis, sprained ankles, a broken wrist, and an assortment of other bumps and bruises that have taken him out from game to game.

Some of this is bad luck, but you have to begin to wonder if his body is really up to 500+ ABs year to year, or whether he is a new JD Drew in training.

By: redsfandan

redsfandan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:16:07 +0000

You bumped a thread that’s a year old just to say that??

By: Polanco_Fan

Polanco_Fan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:28:06 +0000

LOL LOL LOL LOL

By: Kincaid

Kincaid — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:06:37 +0000

Tangential, I know, but Chase does boost BA and OBP.

By: west21

west21 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:56:48 +0000

He broke the wrist on his top hand(right) punching his bat, all of the other players mentioned broke/injured their bottom hands. Any one who has ever picked up a baseball bat knows the bottom hand is more important than the top, especially with his swing. I’m sure he’ll be fine.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:32:09 +0000

apologies, it appears I misread the part of your post about agreeing that taking splits off of 190 PA is not going to be too accurate.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:30:34 +0000

If conclusions could not be made based on 191 plate appearances, then how could you call his 2006 callup a struggle based on the even smaller sample size of his road splits? Plus, if he slugged .438 despite a .188 batting average, he must have friggin pummeled the ball when he did hit it! Plus plus, his BABIP was .268 that year. Adjust his line and you get a more respectable average, and an even better SLG. Just one funny tidbit, his ISO was higher than his BABIP. Now that should tell you something. Not saying I foresaw his 36 homer year, but I don’t see how anyone could consider his debut in 2006 a struggle.

Just one other thing: Chase field boosts batting average and OBP as well as power output? Because his power output was damn good on the road….his slg was only brought down by his avg.

By: Jesus

Jesus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:07:37 +0000

Jesus forgives.