Comments on: Shoppach’s Shocking 2008 http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/shoppachs-shocking-2008/ Daily fantasy baseball analysis and strategy Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Golebiewski http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/shoppachs-shocking-2008/#comment-111 David Golebiewski Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:37:55 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/?p=528#comment-111 I think that's a decent comparison, as both are low-AVG/okay BB rate/above-average power players, though Shoppach seems to possess more pop. I think the better defense part is a given- what the heck has happened to Buck's ability to throw out baserunners? He thew out 31% in '05, 28% in '06, 17% in '07 and just 11% in 2008. Perhaps pitcher indifference has played a role, but that's a Wile E. Coyote-style cliff dive. I think that’s a decent comparison, as both are low-AVG/okay BB rate/above-average power players, though Shoppach seems to possess more pop.

I think the better defense part is a given- what the heck has happened to Buck’s ability to throw out baserunners? He thew out 31% in ’05, 28% in ’06, 17% in ’07 and just 11% in 2008. Perhaps pitcher indifference has played a role, but that’s a Wile E. Coyote-style cliff dive.

]]> By: RollingWave http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/shoppachs-shocking-2008/#comment-108 RollingWave Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:22 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/?p=528#comment-108 John Buck with better defense? John Buck with better defense?

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