What is the combined slugging pct. from our 1B?

[Chuck]

Marte/Cron/Valbuena have provided little to no power from a big production spot.

I know it's not really fair to lump Valbuena in there, but outside of a couple bombs and a few walks he hasn't provided a spark at the position either. 

[Inside Pitch]

.342

http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/split/79/league/al/sort/slugAvg/order/true

[Glen]

What, also, is our slugging percentage from 2B...or SS...or 3B...or LF...or RF.

This offense is dreadful.

[Ohtaniland]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

.342

http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/split/79/league/al/sort/slugAvg/order/true

Better than the Yankees. That's good right?

[Glen]

We're bottom five (if not bottom three) in every position except LF and CF. LF we're at #9. That's for AL.

[Jason]

Most of this line up would be depth on contending teams

[Inside Pitch]

17 minutes ago, Glen said:

We're bottom five (if not bottom three) in every position except LF and CF. LF we're at #9. That's for AL.

To say the offense has been brutal so far is to be very very kind.   

[Chuck]

Just pathetic. 

[DMVol]

I'm not going to lie, I generally liked the offseason....Hindsight for sure but Espinosa was trending downward and a bad get....Valbuena looks awful too...Maybin and Revere have been so-so, to be kind...Eppler didn't get us any offensive help...did better with pitching....

[JustATroutFan]

Pretty bad at a .342 slugging percentage and OBP is not good either at .300. Basically, almost getting Andrelton Simmons' like production with the bat at first base. Nothing against Simmons because he's probably the best defensive SS I have ever seen but getting his production at first base with the bat is pretty bad.

[Jason]

3 hours ago, DMVol said:

I'm not going to lie, I generally liked the offseason....Hindsight for sure but Espinosa was trending downward and a bad get....Valbuena looks awful too...Maybin and Revere have been so-so, to be kind...Eppler didn't get us any offensive help...did better with pitching....

Revere isn't even so-so, he's been terrible too.

[Inside Pitch]

7 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

Pretty bad at a .342 slugging percentage and OBP is not good either at .300. Basically, almost getting Andrelton Simmons' like production with the bat at first base. Nothing against Simmons because he's probably the best defensive SS I have ever seen but getting his production at first base with the bat is pretty bad.

The crazy part is how bad AL 1B have been as a whole..   For most of MLB history, 1B/DH has been the most offensively driven position -- this year AL 1B are averaging a .757 OPS ... while that's above the overall AL average OPS it's awful when compared to the NL 1B average of .903 

AL average OPS in LF is brutal too at .693.   

[JustATroutFan]

27 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

The crazy part is how bad AL 1B have been as a whole..   For most of MLB history, 1B/DH has been the most offensively driven position -- this year AL 1B are averaging a .757 OPS ... while that's above the overall AL average OPS it's awful when compared to the NL 1B average of .903 

AL average OPS in LF is brutal too at .693.   

Is it just me or does it feel like offense has declined again this year after teams were hitting at a better clip for the past couple of years? Three years ago, offensive numbers around the league were at its lowest that it has ever been in quite some. There are a ton of starting pitchers with ERAs under 3.00. The AL has a lot of them right now and it is a tougher league to pitch in because of the DH.

[arch stanton]

Encarnacion, Napoli, Carter and Bird, all suck so far. Miggy, Abreu, Davis all so-so.  Who would have thought that Yonder Alonso and Logan Morrison would be the top slugging 1B in the AL?

[Ohtaniland]

1st base / DH is just a hybrid position in the American League. If you eliminate the DH you eliminate players past their prime and 1st baseman will become true 1st baseman again.

[Troll Daddy]

Frankly, Valbuena is a big disappointment 

[Stradling]

I'll take a wait and see approach with Valbuena and Cron.  One of them will turn it around.  

[Troll Daddy]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I'll take a wait and see approach with Valbuena and Cron.  One of them will turn it around.  

Espinoza will probably turn it around before those two do

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Espinoza will probably turn it around before those two do

Sure you go with that.  

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Sure you go with that.  

Relax, I was yanking your chain ... but baseball players are unpredictable 

[Stradling]

Just you being you, it's all good.  Sometimes you are good at it sometimes you swing and miss, like Espinosa.  

[Troll Daddy]

19 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Just you being you, it's all good.  Sometimes you are good at it sometimes you swing and miss, like Espinosa.  

True

Although, I pale in comparison to you. You're like this baseball treat ... a baseball guru.

[Chuck]

My reverse jinx thread has worked wonders as Cron and Marte both hit bombs in one game following this post. lol