Expectations of Eleven: Ronny Paulino

[Edgy MD]

Ronny Leonel Paulino



Pos: c; BR-TR.

Born: April 21, 1981 in Santo Domingo, DR. (He'll be 30 in 2011.)

Birth Context Karma: Cloudy. Ronny was born in the midst of the only series in Mets history that resulted in no results. They had a home doubleheader against Montreal (split, natch) and then flew to Pittsburgh. Monday: rainout. Tuesday, the day Ronny entered this world: rainout. Wednesday, eight and a half innings resulting in a rare tie after 8 and a half innings on a Wednesday night, which counted, of course, as no result at all in baseball. I probably watched every minute of the rain delays and every inning of the game they tried to play. As a kid, I wondered quy Staub got pushed to the bench midway through 1981, as he was still hitting, but look at the logjam on the basepaths he creates in that boxscore.

Acquired: Signed as a free agent December 9, 2010.

Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	BB-Ref WAR	FG WAR	Pos PED Tests
FLA	91	344	316	31	82	18	0	4	37	1	0	25	51	.259	.311	.354	.665	76	112	11	0	0	3	4	2	0.6	1.1	1

Number: 9

Wife: His MLB bio lists none, but it does say he has a five-year-old daughter. so he's got that going for him. Which is nice.

Nickname: I don't see any, but for being dumb enough to risk his career over what he claimed was a diet pill, I dub him "Se�or Zantrex."

(Yeah, I guess not, but I'm open to suggestions.)

Namesakes: Friendster sends me this guy.

Thirty and single? With dimples like that? Is this some sort of trick?

Best Day in 2010: I guess any day you don't get traded back to Pittsburgh is pretty good, but Ronny best remembers this day, when his Fishies followed an 8-0 shutout loss to the Chicago White Sox with some 13-0 payback led by Ronnie and his seven total bases, including a singe, a double, a homer, two runs scored, one driven in (his own self) and catching a shutout pitched by four pitchers.

Last Word: Ronny has to open the season finishing out his PED suspension. After that, he's expected to protect Josh Thole from lefthanded starters. How much protection Thole will need remains to be seen.

What do you expect of Ronny Paulino in 2011?

[Ceetar]

i'm supposed to expect something from this guy? gee..I dunno.

Hits about .260 with 5 home runs. 10 doubles. 35 RBI. Hits .380 with RISP. .5 WAR

[MFS62]

Mashing the crap out of lefties, mostly sitting against righties.
Counting stats will depend on ABs.
Vs lefties: .325/ .365/ . 450
Vs righties: ????

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ceetar wrote: i'm supposed to expect something from this guy? gee..I dunno.

It's all in the splits.

Why is this and the other related threads called "Expectations of Eleven?" You've submitted more than 11 Mets and there's more than 11 of us. I'm going to assume that this is some clever play on words that's over my head.

[Edgy MD]

Ceetar wrote: i'm supposed to expect something from this guy? gee..I dunno. Hits about .260 with 5 home runs. 10 doubles. 35 RBI. Hits .380 with RISP. .5 WAR

Yeah, there's something Shane Spencery there. He looks like a guy who could put up good numbers if he could be isoltated against lefties, but doesn't manage to stay isolated. How come nobody could do that? The Pirates couldn't do it with switch-hitting Ryan Doumit. The Marlins had John Baker (who I conflate with Paul Bako and Matt Treanor but does bat lefthanded).

What gives? Is platooning catchers that hard?

[ashie62]

Paulino will be a pleasant surprise.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy DC wrote: What gives? Is platooning catchers that hard?

Not if you're Earl Weaver.

Lefty-righty catching platoons:
(Etchebarren & Hendricks) (Duncan & Hendricks).

Earl Weaver could do everything.

[Edgy MD]

Except win a second championship, but yeah.

I guess weak-hitting Bucco teams pressed Doumit into duty at other positions, forcing Paulino to do more catching. That shouldn't happen with the Mets. I think Doumit was derided as the weaker (if clearly more versatile) defender, but Paulino was derided as a big-time slacker.

I'm not sure where the system broke down in Florida.

[Ceetar]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar wrote: i'm supposed to expect something from this guy? gee..I dunno. It's all in the splits. Why is this and the other related threads called "Expectations of Eleven?" You've submitted more than 11 Mets and there's more than 11 of us. I'm going to assume that this is some clever play on words that's over my head.

I imagine he was going for the alliteration thing. And referring to the year in which we're expecting it.

[Edgy MD]

Somewhat less than cleverly.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: i'm supposed to expect something from this guy? gee..I dunno. It's all in the splits. Why is this and the other related threads called "Expectations of Eleven?" You've submitted more than 11 Mets and there's more than 11 of us. I'm going to assume that this is some clever play on words that's over my head. I imagine he was going for the alliteration thing. And referring to the year in which we're expecting it.

Aha! Eleven is the year. Shouldn't that be "Expectations for Eleven"

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

This is weird. There's something weird about this guy.

If used correctly, he should put this up. But, again... weird.

70 G
232 PA
6 HR
15 XBH
22 R
25 RBI
.290/.345/.428
108 OPS+/.337 wOBA
0 SB/1 CS

[Frayed Knot]

I always expected Paulino to be a Met since we all know Omar was obsessed with him so, as soon as he was available, it's no surprise that Omar immediately jum .... oops, nevermind.

[Benjamin Grimm]

6 homers. One of them a walkoff. In June. On a Saturday.

45 starts at catcher.

My Magic 8-Ball refuses to divulge anything more than the above.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Impossible, Grimm-- Saturday's when he does paintball with the boys from the warehouse.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Against lefties, he projects to be a terrific bottom of the order guy. Thank god Minaya didn't get Paulino because then Paulino would've batted higher up in the order and against everbody. Just like Francoeur did.

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Impossible, Grimm-- Saturday's when he does paintball with the boys from the warehouse.

You better drop and roll, be you're on fire.

[smg58]

A useful platoon catcher. I expect a line like his 2009 line with the Marlins -- 80 G, 239 AB, 8 HR, 27 RBI, .272/.340/.423.