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James GalloHoward--
Rollins last 4 years BA are .289, .290. .277 and last year .296.
Polanco .338, .316, .295, .341. However he had a lot of sub .300 years and his average has a swing of 20-30 points from year to year.
Rollins may not have hit that 300 mark but he has been much more consistent with only a 5-10 point swing. He also has a team to hit around as opposed to previous years where he had no one.
Did I under estimate Polanco some, perhaps but I still wouldn't expect him to hit .340 consistently for the rest of his career.
Ruiz is a "rookie" and last year was his first full year. I am not sure why you would see a decline. He is the #1 starting catcher and he has a killer line up to play in. That means he will get more pitches to hit. I saw his defense and offense get better as the season went on.
How the hell is Iguchi at a .280 BA a stretch he is a life time .276 hitter and he was on only ok Sox teams in a the Phillies line-up he would hit his .280 or better. The White Sox were horrible last year and he hit .304 with the Phillies.
Again with Rowand he is on a line-up where he is going to see more killer pitchers especially batting behind Howard. The 05 and 06 White Sox were not the greatest teams, and he did hit 24 HR in 04.
I think your cutting some hairs here.
Dan what do you want to bet I am up for it. Total runs, best finish, wins........ You pick the terms and get back to me.
Oh and I don't need to get the last word, I had other posters I wante to respond to.
Now I will wait for you to set your terms and we can move on.
Still nothing to say about the stats though hu?
James G
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