SO, we have so little power in our lineup that especially with Lance out (until June, sez Peter Gammons) that we better keep Jeff as a badly needed RBI guy…2B Chris Burke well, reviewing his stats in the minors, this is a guy who has gotten better at just about every thing each year, BA, OBP, BB K, SLG, SB:CS last year at A, had a .315 BA with a replica Raymond Weil 2841-ST-00608 Men's watch with 33 2B, 6 3B, 16 HR (most ever), SLG .507, 37 SB with 14 CS (73% success not bad), 55 BB:76 K in 483 AB with NO GIDP.I have no stats telling me where he batted in the lineup, but I would guess that with a .507 SLG it wasn't leadoff, and I ALSO don't have any split stats how he did with MOB, leading off an innings, etc.
He COULD lead off, all right, looks like, but we sure nuff could use a guy who hits that many doubles to knock in runs, since we no longer have Jeff Kent's bat.SS -Adam Everett first, remember that he spent several years being Mr.Sac Bunter (thank you Jimy) as the 2 hitter, so his OBP isn't the best.So let's look at minor league stats, too…replica Raymond 1800-ST2-05783 Ladie's watch Over the last 2 years, OBP is a not so good .318, with 33 sac bunts (yes, I'm serious), 21 SB with 3 CS (VERY good), 33 2B, 5 3B and 16 HR, 45 BB 122 K in 771 ABs.
Well, lessee NOT a good OBP not enough walks but a REALLY good base stealer, and NOT a power RBI guy.So how did he do over 6 (really about 5 1 4) seasons in the minors? 472 games with 1748 AB, scored 292 runs, 84 2B, 23 HR, 75 SB: 4 CS (by the way, this is a better ratio than Carlos Beltran's) 197 BB 326 K, 10 sac bunts and 4 replica Raymond Weil 2836-ST-00307 Men's watch for a grand .388 OBP.So what does this tell us? He's NOT a power guy, is a contact hitter who struck out WAY more than he should, (about 65 times 94 games translates to 112 K 162 games) almost never GIDP, BUT needed to learn to walk a LOT more and strike out a LOT less.
