Sitting out for the batting title...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bravos4evr

It's fair, Murphy would not have played if he was healthy (meaningless game for his team) so why should DJ have to?

BTW, this was the manager's decision,LeMahieu wanted to play.

besides, batting avg is such a silly arbitrary stat that the award has very little meaning anymore.

Do you really think that if the dude had insisted on playing, saying it was important to him to win it or lose it legitimately, the manager would have said no?

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Do you really think that if the dude had insisted on playing, saying it was important to him to win it or lose it legitimately, the manager would have said no?

apparently that's exactly what happened. (then Weiss resigned today! lol)

I get both sides, Weiss sees it as a plus for the org on a mediocre year, DJ wants to "win it" (and I would agree if Murphy was also playing, but with him out I don't think that it's a vice to sit DJ)

[howard38]

If he did want to play it doesn't sound like he was very insistent about it. Seems more like he was relieved that Weiss made the decision.

"Part of me wants to be out there competing, doing what I've been doing all year. The other part of me -- there's something really special out there, and I'm going to let Walt take care of that."

[clydepepper]

Bunch of Punks if you ask me (I think Mr. Williams would agree)

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Bunch of Punks if you ask me (I think Mr. Williams would agree)

+1

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by bravos4evr

apparently that's exactly what happened. (then Weiss resigned today! lol)

I get both sides, Weiss sees it as a plus for the org on a mediocre year, DJ wants to "win it" (and I would agree if Murphy was also playing, but with him out I don't think that it's a vice to sit DJ)

I dont get both sides. The guy was a complete chicken shit....

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

I dont get both sides. The guy was a complete chicken shit....

of course you don't, you still think it's the Jurassic era of baseball.


A- nobody cares about the batting avg title anymore

B- winning it in on the DL is no different than winning it on the bench

C- it's a silly pointless award that has zero impact on who the actual best hitter was in the league (it was Joey Votto)

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bravos4evr

of course you don't, you still think it's the Jurassic era of baseball.


A- nobody cares about the batting avg title anymore

B- winning it in on the DL is no different than winning it on the bench

C- it's a silly pointless award that has zero impact on who the actual best hitter was in the league (it was Joey Votto)

Kinda begs the question why Weiss sat him out then.

[KCRfan1]

Nick,

As much as you may hate it, LeMahieu did win the batting title. Votto had the better season, but did not win the batting title.

Mentioned previously, the batting title matters a lot when LeMahieu goes to discuss a new contract.

Give some credit when it's due.

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Nick,

As much as you may hate it, LeMahieu did win the batting title. Votto had the better season, but did not win the batting title.

Mentioned previously, the batting title matters a lot when LeMahieu goes to discuss a new contract.

Give some credit when it's due.

It depends on the team. It depends on how he performs next year away from Coor's field, and it depends on how old he is/positional scarcity at the time he becomes a free agent. Remember, teams are less enamored by RBI's and avg than they used to be. Most of em have large metric analysis departments who both look at available stats and make their own in which to judge performance.

Most teams will look at his numbers and see his 128 wRC+ .143 ISO and 11 homers were good but not great and that at age 28 he just had his only season as an above avg hitter (and over doubled his previous year's WAR from 1.9 to 4.2) They will also see that on the road his wRC+ was 101 and 150 at home....

I'm thinking he will get paid like the player he is,a 2nd tier second baseman who had a career year in 2016 that he is unlikely to repeat.