Wright in July

[Frayed Knot]

(prior to tonight): .194/.280/.224 w/2 RBIs
That's a .030 IsoP for those scoring at home. 11 singles & 2 2Bs

I know he's naked out there most nights but Jeez!

[metirish]

Hard to believe except we can see why every night

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Strangely I don't feel like he's a lot worse right now than earlier in the year. You might recall he was hitting 370 on a stupid rate of batted-balls-to-hits, lately it seems he's been smashing it hard to right and right center only to have 'em find gloves.

I think on balance he's having a poor year, with the good worse than it is and the bad only slightly better.

[Frayed Knot]

The trip to Houston made for some improvement for our boy:
his July batting line now "up" to .218/.322/.295 w/6 RBIs & 18 Ks



But Luis Castillo (middle name: much-maligned) on the other hand:
[u:37bi497t].391/.487[/u:37bi497t]/.469 w/8 RBIs & 2 Ks
- not that a .078 IsoP number (essentially the same as Wright) is all that much to write home about but we are grading on a curve here.
Plus his season-long OBA now stands just two ticks below the .400 mark -- give it up for the lad

[Guest Edgy DC]

Give it up for him by batting him leadoff and Pagan second.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Still the hacks will write Castillo's name any and every time a what's-wrong-with-the-Mets story needs to be written.

Not to defend the acquisition itself but Castillo from the start of the year has been at the very bottom of any list detailing what's wrong with the Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Except the day of the Drop --- which will be used to validate any bad thing written or said about him for the remainder of his contract.

If not his life, poor guy.

[Frayed Knot]

="Edgy DC":2nvdgu80]Give it up for him by batting him leadoff and Pagan second.[/quote:2nvdgu80] Funny how Jerry's pre-season idea of hitting him leadoff not only didn't come through but still hasn't even as Castillo displays everything you'd want in a lead-off hitter AND done so while Reyes's absence left the spot in the lineup wide open. Of course the fact that "everybody knew" what a bad idea it was at the time might just be part of what's keeping it from happening.

Edgy DC Jul 27 2009 08:02 AM

="Frayed Knot":ug2alamh]But Luis Castillo (middle name: much-maligned) on the other hand: [u:ug2alamh].391/.487[/u:ug2alamh]/.469 w/8 RBIs & 2 Ks - not that a .078 IsoP number (essentially the same as Wright) is all that much to write home about but we are grading on a curve here. Plus his season-long OBA now stands just two ticks below the .400 mark -- give it up for the lad[/quote:ug2alamh] Exactly 19 minutes after you wrote this, The Staten Island Advance ate the crow you ordered for them. Frayed Knot Jul 28 2009 05:02 PM Castillo's season OBA = .402 Vic Sage Jul 29 2009 08:44 AM sell NOW! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 29 2009 09:18 AM ="Vic Sage"]sell NOW! My thoughts exactly. (Giants, mebbe?)

[Guest Edgy DC]

="Frayed Knot":ug2alamh]But Luis Castillo (middle name: much-maligned) on the other hand: [u:ug2alamh].391/.487[/u:ug2alamh]/.469 w/8 RBIs & 2 Ks - not that a .078 IsoP number (essentially the same as Wright) is all that much to write home about but we are grading on a curve here. Plus his season-long OBA now stands just two ticks below the .400 mark -- give it up for the lad[/quote:ug2alamh] Exactly 19 minutes after you wrote this, The Staten Island Advance ate the crow you ordered for them.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2009 05:02 PM

Castillo's season OBA = .402

Vic Sage Jul 29 2009 08:44 AM

sell NOW!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 29 2009 09:18 AM

="Vic Sage"]sell NOW! My thoughts exactly. (Giants, mebbe?)

[Frayed Knot]

Castillo's season OBA = .402

[Vic Sage]

sell NOW!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="Vic Sage"]sell NOW!

My thoughts exactly. (Giants, mebbe?)