Hoffpauir and Patterson Up, Hart Down; And A Look At Our Second Base Options
Well, here it is. Hoffpauir and Patterson are up. Kevin Hart is shipped out. And Patterson is playing left and leading off today. You could push me over with a feather after hearing that last one.
I’ll hopefully update this post in a little while, but in the meantime, here’s a table showing our options at second base, should DeRosa see playing time in left:
|
Mark DeRosa
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB
|
CS
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
|
MLB
|
208
|
40
|
65
|
13
|
0
|
8
|
35
|
29
|
46
|
3
|
0
|
.313
|
.398
|
.490
|
.888
|
|
Projected
|
263
|
40
|
76
|
15
|
1
|
7
|
40
|
30
|
54
|
2
|
1
|
.289
|
.362
|
.433
|
.795
|
|
Eric Patterson
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB
|
CS
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
|
AAA
|
181
|
27
|
59
|
13
|
3
|
5
|
26
|
10
|
41
|
10
|
0
|
.326
|
.361
|
.514
|
.875
|
|
Translated
|
184
|
20
|
50
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
19
|
7
|
44
|
8
|
0
|
.273
|
.301
|
.408
|
.709
|
|
MLB
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
.000
|
.000
|
.000
|
.000
|
|
Total
|
190
|
20
|
50
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
20
|
7
|
47
|
9
|
0
|
.263
|
.289
|
.395
|
.684
|
|
Projected
|
325
|
40
|
85
|
15
|
3
|
8
|
37
|
22
|
64
|
13
|
6
|
.262
|
.308
|
.400
|
.708
|
|
Mike Fontenot
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB
|
CS
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
|
MLB
|
88
|
16
|
21
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
12
|
12
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
.239
|
.337
|
.386
|
.723
|
|
Projected
|
229
|
34
|
60
|
15
|
2
|
5
|
26
|
23
|
43
|
4
|
2
|
.262
|
.329
|
.410
|
.740
|
|
Ronny Cedeno
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB
|
CS
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
|
MLB
|
95
|
19
|
28
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
19
|
10
|
16
|
3
|
1
|
.295
|
.368
|
.400
|
.768
|
|
Projected
|
234
|
30
|
65
|
12
|
1
|
5
|
30
|
15
|
43
|
5
|
3
|
.278
|
.321
|
.402
|
.723
|
Patterson can run the bases, no question. Projections for defense: DeRosa +4, Cedeno +2, Fontenot -3. DeRosa's played worse than that so far this season, while Cedeno and Fontenot have played better. I don't have projections for Patterson. I’ll leave Patterson at a zero, then, and I’ll leave the other numbers unadjusted for now.
|
wOBA
|
Defense
|
Offense/112
|
Defense/112
|
Runs/112
|
|
|
DeRosa
|
0.352
|
4
|
1.36
|
0.69
|
2.05
|
|
Cedeno
|
0.318
|
2
|
-1.95
|
0.34
|
-1.60
|
|
Fontenot
|
0.326
|
-3
|
-1.17
|
-0.52
|
-1.69
|
|
Patterson
|
0.311
|
0
|
-2.63
|
0.00
|
-2.63
|
This isn't giving Patterson any credit for his baserunning, which is a plus. And I’m not entirely behind those defensive estimates. Cedeno looks like the best option of the three, although I think Murton is probably a better left fielder than any of them are second basemen. (These, unlike my full WAR numbers, are not adjusted by position.)
What about...
...Felix Pie? I havent heard how he is doing since he was sent down. Why is he not an option to come back up?
Pie
Good Lord. I had the same thought as cjaxson, until I looked at his numbers:
.171 BA, .223 OBP in 105 AB's. I want to say "small sample size," but it's not so small that makes these numbers look any less terrible.
As for Murton, Patterson has better numbers than him except OBP. But, as was pointed out in the post, I would imagine he's better than Patterson in the field--even though I would think Patterson's athletic ability certainly has more upside.
On a slightly unrelated note, not thrilled with Z giving up a 2-run homer already today. I wish he would get settled down.
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