There are moments in this world, they don’t come around often, but there are moments when, and I’m not exaggerating here, there are moments when you are forced to look in the mirror and tell yourself, “There ain’t no one in the world who can do what I do worse than I do it.” There’s a pride in that sort of honesty. A certain amount of realization that could possibly create some sort of cathartsis. Some sort of monumental change that will transform that person from their current, lousy self into something better. Arizona’s Chris Young desperately needs that moment. Now.
As it currently stands, Chris Young is easily the worst everyday player in all of baseball. As of yesterday, in 49 games played totalling 175 PA, Young had a league worst .220 OBP. That’s a full 21 points lower than the next worst. Part of the reason for that low OBP (in addition to his astounding BA of .174)? How about the fact that he has only walked 8 times all year. Eight! That’s 4.7% for a guy who used to be the leadoff hitter. Combine that with the fact that he strikes out 28.7% of the time and you see a guy with the 6th lowest BB/K in the entire sport (.17).
Now Hef. Sure he’s not doing anything to get on base. But he’s probably hitting the ball hard every now and again right? No, dummy. Weren’t you listening? This guy has almost no value with his bat. His slugging percentage is an impressive .313 which puts him behind such sluggers as David Eckstein (.322), Willy Tavaras (.335), and Yuniesky Betancourt (.344). He has 11 doubles, 1 triple, and three home runs (along with his 14 singles for a grand total of 29 hits all season). But at least he’s stealing bases, right Hef? Right? Totally. Of the 23 times he’s sat on first base this season (not counting fielder’s choice outs–14 singles, 8 walks and a HBP), he’s swiped 4 bags. But he’s also been caught twice for a SB rate of .667 which is below the magic number of 75% which is supposedly the break even point. So…he’s costing the team runs in the few times he’s actually getting on base. Which is bad. I think.
But certainly, certainly, oh dear god, certainly he has to be a good defender? Right? He can’t be utterly worthless, can he? Finally. You finally got me. Chris Young has been pretty good with a glove this year. He’s fast, has a decent eye for running routes to the ball and has made 2 or 3 great jumping catches to end the game and save the (few) wins for the team. He isn’t utterly worthless.
Troy Tulowitzki
My outfield in fantasy is Chris Young, BJ Upton, and Alex Rios. Going into the draft, if my plan was to get the worst hitting outfield in all of baseball, I couldn’t have picked better than Young, Upton, and Rios. I should at least get a prize for the comedy.
Happy, is that really your team? Wowza.
This is dangerously close to actual analysis. Is this the direction you want to take the website? Is it? Well?
Hef likes men
/boobies
/dick joke
/ship righted
since you guys banished fetch to canada for life, does that mean we will see nothing else on the college world series?
Yes it is, and I’m standing behind it at least until I drop to last place.
just like the rest of america…yes.
There are?
Hef: I think you can say “You’ve been the worst everyday hitter,” but I don’t think you truly think he IS the worst everyday hitter, do you?
Would you take Nick Punto’s bat over Chris Young’s the rest of the year?
Kaz Matsui?
There will be a celebratory piece when the Longhorns win the title.
You already know they’re going to win?
CONSPIRACY!
Am I talking about the rest of the year? Those two look like fucking champs compared to CY so far.
all three arkansas-fsu games are on espn this weekend.
If he wasn’t injured, Marcus Thames would be the best worst everyday hitter.
Right, which is the distinction b/w, “You are” or “You’ve been”
/just picking nits
//shows self out
///adjusts monocle
they also show women’s softball, pool and lumberjack sports on espn…
just sayin’…and trying to piss you off.
Nick,
This isn’t a new development. He was dogshit last year and got worse as the year went on. He could be the worst hitter in all of baseball.
/adjusts ballsack
That’s weird – only two Texas games are being televised this weekend.
/cuz they’re gonna sweep
who the horns playing?
I think I know someone who can help with that.
/Calls Roman on batphone
TCU. Actually, I don’t even know if they’re any good.
just looked at their schedule and it looks like they didn’t do too well against the big 12 this year. lost to texas once, a&m once, baylor twice, and ou twice. they swept through their region, beating oregon state twice.
you guys need to stop talking about hockey!!! you’re only doing it to tease fetch!!!
/runs away crying and cranks new found glory’s “i’ll be missing you”
Yeah, but the Pac 10 is a joke. ASU was the only team to get through, and they didn’t even play a real team in their regional.
very true. didn’t realize that asu was the only team to get through, but i do know arkansas went 8-1 against the pac 10 this year. i don’t see texas having much of a problem.