Comments on: The Frustrations of Jose Abreu http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/21/jose-abreu-frustrations-comments/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Nick Schaefer http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/21/jose-abreu-frustrations-comments/#comment-2052 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:20:13 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=4739#comment-2052 As you point out, the timing of his slump didn’t really hurt the team all that much, as it coincided with their best play of the year.

But having a ~.700 something OPS for a few months is hardly as big of a problem as giving over 1000 PAs to replacement level players like Shuck, Avisail, Sanchez, Rollins, and Navarro, especially given that Abreu has recovered and will wind up posting a year within the bands of reasonable expectation for him.

]]> By: Lars Nerdstrom http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/21/jose-abreu-frustrations-comments/#comment-2051 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:18:42 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=4739#comment-2051 As much blame for the Sox failure lies with Abreu as with anyone. Sure, he’s “now” going to get his 100-RBI personal stats–accumulated during “mop-up” time. But back in the spring he wasn’t just average, he was terrible. It actually hurt having him in the lineup. He failed over and over with men on base, lunging at the ball constantly and grounding out weakly about 200 times. Even during the 23-10 start he didn’t help. So, look no further than Jose for “desire.”

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