Mets Offense 2005

[MFS62]

Blatt, Giambi was sick. Very sick. And his smaple size in 2004 was much smaller, too.
whether or that has anything to do with the "S" word is possibly a separate subject.

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[Guest Rotblatt]

MFS62 wrote: Blatt, Giambi was sick. Very sick. And his smaple size in 2004 was much smaller, too. whether or that has anything to do with the "S" word is possibly a separate subject.

True. And it's totally unfair to characterize Giambi's struggles in 2004 as a result of steroid use. But despite Giambi being extraordinarily sick, his drop in slugging STILL wasn't as dramatic as Beltran's.

I mean, Beltran's got one of the biggest ISO drop-off I could find (without looking very hard, I'll grant you). Bigger than A-Rod's or Giambi's. Bigger than Sosa's from last year to this year (41%).

Thome's dropped 53% this year, but he's been injured and had under 200 AB.

So basically, the only people I found with similar drop-offs were either seriously injured or getting old.

A-Rod's problem was arguably mental and he seems to have solved it, so that's a good sign, and Giambi's problem was clearly physical and he just as clearly has worked past it, so either way, I think Beltran should rebound.

But it'd be nice to be able to chalk this year up to something--physical or mental--one way or the other. Just to set our minds at ease a bit.

[MFS62]

Back to the "chum" thingie.
If you're a fan of The Sopranos you'll remember Pussy's final boat trip. When he got on board, he was a pal. Once he "left" the boat he was just (a) chum.

BA DA BUM!

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