Comments on: Reynolds breaks own strikeout record in midst of excellent season

By: Jama Curreri

Jama Curreri — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:27:33 +0000

How complete are public records that you get on the Internet? How do you really know if you are getting what you need.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:11:33 +0000

Gleemans not saying that the hitters are productive because they strike out, he’s just saying that strikeouts don’t keep them from being productive hitters, as one might assume from the way the strikeout record has been treated by the MSM

By: David M

David M — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:05:59 +0000

Going along with Joey B, Emilio Bonifacio was near the top of the strikeout list when he was playing full time, and he was anything but productive. Most players who strike out a lot get benched, very few come up with average to above average seasons despite their inability to make contact. (It also helps that Reynolds BABIP is near .350. If that ever comes down to the average MLB BABIP, his .260s average will be even lower.)

By: Joey B

Joey B — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:31:16 +0000

That’s a bad way to do a study. Very few sluggers can get to those K totals without a full season worth of ABs. They wouldn’t get a full season’s worth of ABs without being a good hitter.
Strikeouts are bad, but because you’ve chosen only successful hitters, it looks better than it is.
If you took a look at Saltalamacchia, Shoppach, Wily Mo Pena, and many, many others, you’d see that the players that strike out a lot are bad players. But you won’t see them with 200 Ks, because they are bad players.

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:56:08 +0000

Other than because Henry Chadwick or whoever says so, how is a groundout resulting in a run scoring different than a flyout resulting in a run scoring?

But otherwise, yeah, 1/25 isn't so good, though i doubt it's a significant sample.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:15:48 +0000

Interesting that you mention a runner on 3rd with less than two outs as Reynolds has been absolutely horrible in those situations: 1-25 with the only hit being a single. He has 12 RBI in those situations but most must have come in groundouts as he only has 1 SacFly. He strikes out less in those situation than normally, so it looks like he changes his approach with negative effects.