Time to demote Ike

[Centerfield]

He's raised his OPS 100 points in about a week.

That's both good and bad.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So far in June, Ike is hitting .280 and slugging .460.

And OBA-ing at .429 - meaning, of course, that he's taking his walks too.
That makes his 'Walk Rate' (OBA - BA) this season on a per/month basis at:
April - .056
May - .060
June - .149

And while there's always a lot of S^3 (small sample size) involved in any month-long stats, that he went from slightly below norm (current NL avg at .066) over the first two months to well above so far in June is a good sign also.



IsoP (Isolated Power) stats increasing over time too although less dramatically.
April - .124
May - .128
June - .160
.146 is current NL avg

He's now also matched his HR total from last year ... unfortunately, he achieved that by May 10 last season.

[Edgy MD]

And ours is no longer the least productive first base team in the league. Or even in the division!

RK	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Cincinnati Reds	.361	.486	.657	1.143
2	Chicago White Sox	.308	.403	.584	.987
3	Washington Nationals	.280	.363	.564	.927
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	.302	.380	.527	.906
5	St. Louis Cardinals	.298	.378	.524	.902
6	Detroit Tigers	.316	.393	.506	.899
7	Chicago Cubs	.280	.348	.473	.821
8	New York Yankees	.262	.338	.472	.810
9	Texas Rangers	.261	.327	.473	.800
10	San Francisco Giants	.263	.362	.425	.787
11	Houston Astros	.291	.345	.440	.785
12	Boston Red Sox	.267	.332	.450	.783
13	Baltimore Orioles	.273	.330	.446	.776
14	Los Angeles Angels	.257	.320	.449	.769
15	Colorado Rockies	.234	.332	.410	.742
16	Philadelphia Phillies	.260	.320	.419	.739
17	Oakland Athletics	.212	.328	.398	.727
18	Toronto Blue Jays	.231	.298	.424	.721
19	Milwaukee Brewers	.243	.297	.421	.718
20	Tampa Bay Rays	.197	.349	.343	.693
21	Los Angeles Dodgers	.258	.318	.363	.681
22	San Diego Padres	.250	.323	.352	.674
23	Kansas City Royals	.221	.294	.372	.666
24	Pittsburgh Pirates	.239	.298	.361	.659
25	Atlanta Braves	.223	.279	.373	.652
26	Seattle Mariners	.226	.285	.365	.649
27	Minnesota Twins	.202	.285	.342	.626
28	Cleveland Indians	.216	.281	.343	.624
29	New York Mets	.204	.288	.335	.623
30	Miami Marlins	.192	.251	.286	.537

Slot 27 is only three points away!

[Frayed Knot]

Cardinals lose Pujols (and Berkman for that matter!) and are 5th.
Angels gain Pujols and sit in the 14th spot.

Yaneverknow!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Y'know, Suzyn, you just can't predict baseball. You can't!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Trade him now while his value his high (because the GMs on other teams only look at the most recent week's production).

[seawolf17]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Trade him now while his value his high (because the GMs on other teams only look at the most recent week's production).

YES! Good plan. We'll take Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Jered Weaver, and the Frieri kid who's striking everyone out. We'll throw in Jason Bay.

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Trade him now while his value his high (because the GMs on other teams only look at the most recent week's production). YES! Good plan. We'll take Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Jered Weaver, and the Frieri kid who's striking everyone out. We'll throw in Jason Bay.

Hell they can have Daniel Murphy and Jon Rauch for that too.

[nymr83]

That chart shows you how underrated Paul Konerko is compared to an overrated clown with much worse stast like, say, Mark Texiera.