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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Cmon bro, he's a 105 wRC+ hitter last year. That's close to Kendrys 109, and would've been 2nd on our team. (We don't hit for shit). Before that it was 93, 123, 137, 160. That's substantial.
Will he suck next year? Possibly. His career looks a lot like Rob Deer. So give him the same 350 AB vs RH you did, when he hit 25 bombs vs them.
What did Holliday or Beltran do better than him? Hit singles? K a bit less? They sures hell don't run or field any better or hit the long ball. And chicks DIG the long ball
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Take quality ABs against good pitching. That's still the thing that most of our metrics do a poor job of accounting for that you can only get a feel for by watching someone play. Brandon Moss may have ended up with some tolerable numbers but he got them by wrecking bad pitching and flailing against anything quality.
If you want him to fill in some mid-season innings and hit some bombs that don't matter - have at it. But the guy's a shit hitter. He's one of those fat assholes in slow pitch softball that stands behind the back line of the box, takes a full stride as the ball is being released and swings as hard as he goddamn can just in case he hits it. He has no real approach other than "well if I swing really hard a lot, maybe some guys will walk me and other guys will throw it directly into my swing path".
When the Cardinals desperately needed Brandon Moss in September during the midst of their last-gasp playoff push - hit hit .099. I shit you not - the ****ing guy couldn't manage a 100 batting average in September last year. His OPS+ for the month was SIX. ****ing six.
You will hate Brandon Moss. Oh you can attempt to talk yourself into him all you want but I'm telling you right now - you will ****ing loathe that clown. He's Adam Dunn if you gouged one of Dunn's eyes out. He's among the most flawed players in the entire game right now.