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June 12, 2006
Oh, Man, That's Not Right!
From yankees.com, Alex Rodriguez' stats this season, against RHP:
Yes, that's right, er, correct. Against right-handed pitchers, at Yankee Stadium, A-Rod has a slugging percentage of .309.
Three-oh-nine.
A slugging percentage.
Really.
Yeah, a slugging percentage just a tick over three hundred.
Small sample size? Maybe. But, in any event, those are 81 absolutely punchless Yankee Stadium At Bats for A-Rod so far this year.
Two doubles and one homerun. That's all Rodriguez has provided against RHP at Yankee Stadium this year, so far, in terms of extra base hits - and it's now June 12th.
Wow.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at June 12, 2006 12:04 AM
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And, just for the record, coming into the game of 6/11, A-Rod had just 27 ABs against LHP (to date) in the Bronx this season. So, he's seen just about RHP only at Yankee Stadium - and these 81 ABs represent most of his "home work."
He has, on the other hand, hit LHP very, very, well at YS this year - but, again, that's just 27 ABs.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 12, 2006 12:25 AM
I don't know, it seems that something has not been quite right with him and I guess these stats prove it. Probably just a fluke, I think Manny Ramirez went through something similar against left-handers last year.
Posted by: JeremyM at June 12, 2006 12:48 AM
Not sure on Manny. But, if true, still, that's just LHP - which would be a small number of ABs and therefore a fluke thing, for sure.
Interesting that this is just a home thing for Alex. NY getting to him?
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at June 12, 2006 09:22 AM
You're right, Steve, those numbers are awful. But the guy did hit more homers at Yankee Stadium last year than any other righty batter in Yankee history.
I think this is just a fluke. I imagine the numbers will even out over time.
Just for the heck of it:
Third Base Hitting Stats, vs Right-handed Pitcher@Yankee Stadium 2005:
Player TEAM POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI
1.A Rodriguez* NYY 3B 80 220 43 77 9 0 20 54
TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
146 28 55 7 0 .444 .664 .350
Third Base Hitting Stats, vs Right-handed Pitcher@Yankee Stadium 2004:
Player TEAM POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI
1.A Rodriguez* NYY 3B 81 230 34 64 12 0 10 40
TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
108 27 48 12 1 .359 .470 .278
(Sorry things don't line up very well)
Posted by: Shaun P. at June 12, 2006 10:12 AM
Not that they haven't done this before but they're really crowding ARod this year with hard stuff above the belt and inside off the plate. I think ARod has to start going the other way. A couple of right-center homers and extra-base knocks would do a lot to dissuade pitchers from this strategy. ARod should play to his strength and not try to muscle everything on the inner part of the plate.
Posted by: JohnnyC at June 12, 2006 10:27 AM