There's a lot of people calling for Rickie's head, and it may be because of the media or because no matter what Rickie does the rest of the season, his numbers are going to look pretty rough. Nevertheless, I just wanted to compare Rickie's starts to Ray Durham's since his arrival, and here we go.
Ray Durham: 7 GS, .259/.333/.519, 1 HR, 4 2B, 3 BB, 4 K, 6 R, CS
Brewers record in those starts: 4-3
Rickie Weeks: 14 GS, .310/.388/.517, 2 HR, 2 3B, 2 2B, 7 BB, 1 HBP, 15 K, 10 R, SB, CS
Brewers record in those starts: 9-5
Rickie has had two fielding mistakes in those games which go unnoted here, but his production has been unbelievable. I'm beating a dead horse here as I always do, but it's hard to argue taking out Rickie when he's clearly producing at a very high level. Both of these guys have had a hard time getting around the bases, though, because JJ Hardy is slumping big time. Durham benefited from some Craig Counsell productive groundballs and scored three of those runs in one game. Rickie's scoring percentage isn't nearly as high as it was to start the year, which I would suggest is a direct result of a lack of aggressiveness on the base paths. Sad thing is, when he is aggressive, he gets burned, which hasn't been the case until the second half. Hopefully he can remedy that down the stretch.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment