Howie Kendrick

[tdawg87]

Go f**k yourself you unclutch douche.

[Scott34]

Is leading the team in hitting.

[tdawg87]

Is leading the team in hitting.

 

Good for him?

[Erick McClendon]

He hit a walkoff HR versus Texas a few weeks ago

[gurn67]

That's Howie "GIDP" Kendrick to you.

[Docwaukee]

come on tdawg.  that was pretty damn funny right there.  you have to admit. 

 

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[mulwin444]

Howie is not very bright when it comes to situational awareness. He makes good contact, has some pop but is really limited in terms of baseball IQ. Just has a poor approach at the plate...

[seenoevil]

DP 47

[mp170.6]

Howie is not very bright when it comes to situational awareness. He makes good contact, has some pop but is really limited in terms of baseball IQ. Just has a poor approach at the plate...

 

The whole team is this way. 

[FabulousFabregas]

I'm telling you, hit Kendrick leadoff so he can't choke as much with runners on.  He's fine with nobody on.

[deepdrive]

King of the low value hit.

[Ray McKigney]

That was a drag. I was praying that he wouldn't do it... and then he did it. This is the most frustrating team I can ever recall. Even last year, they had started to clean it up by this point. Ths year it just keeps getting worse and worse

[fan_since79]

I'm telling you, hit Kendrick leadoff so he can't choke as much with runners on.  He's fine with nobody on.

I think you're on to something there.

[Marsaka]

Is leading the team in hitting.

 

Leads the team in meaningless hits.  If there was an award for Least Valuable Player - Howie would win it every year, hands down.  He is the most poor fielding, unclutch hitting, terrible situational awareness, and horrible baserunninng player I've ever seen.

[Ray McKigney]

Leads the team in meaningless hits.  If there was an award for Least Valuable Player - Howie would win it every year, hands down.  He is the most poor fielding, unclutch hitting, terrible situational awareness, and horrible baserunninng player I've ever seen.

 

So, basically what you're getting at, is that you would definitely call yourself a Howie Kendrick fan. Right?

[ScottT]

Great thread, tdawg.  Keep bringin it!

[Angel Oracle]

Scared to ask what Kendrick's Wunderlich score was. Swing at the first pitch with the bases loaded and only 1 out?

[AZMike]

He hit a walkoff HR versus Texas a few weeks ago

 

In terms of win probability added, his last few GIDPs have erased that:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=3&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=1&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=2,d

 

Team Leader in WPA is Mike Trout (+0.8 wins). Last place is Josh Hamilton (-1.23 wins). Kendrick is near zero (0.02 wins)

 

Interestingly except for Peter Bourjos and Luis Jimenez, every Angels player has a near-zero or negative clutchness value.

 

Last season, Howie Kendrick was the second least clutch player in all of MLB according to fangraphs, only behind Josh Reddick. He finished last season with  WAR of 3 and a WPA of -2.25.

For comparison Trout had a WAR of 10 (#1 in MLB) and a WPA of 5.32 (#1 in AL, #2 behind Votto)

[Willy J.]

Meanwhile, Santana and Wells are playing like All-Stars with their new teams.

 

Draw your own conclusions.

[tdawg87]

This thread sucks.

[Jay]

haha but it started off well

[Brent Maguire]

Howie's still a solid player but yeah his unclutchness is off the charts. 

[tdawg87]

haha but it started off well

Damn straight. Howie punches babies.

[Ray McKigney]

Damn straight. Howie punches babies.

 

This is Howie's favorite movie scene ever:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgiuJ0F-OXs