Remember the Five Minutes When People Thought Mike Moustakas was Going to Have a Great Season?
Let’s take a nostalgic look back.
Contrast that with:
Mike Moustakas really is not off to a confidence-building start.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 6, 2014
Julio Teheran is a better hitter than Moustakas.
— Matt Salais (@juliokcmo) April 6, 2014
I do think Moustakas will get a hit this season. #Royals
— Matt Davis (@KCRoyalFan) April 6, 2014
@royalsauthority A friend texts me every time #moustakas makes another out. I should block him now, right? #OhFer2014
— Monte White (@nomototo) April 5, 2014
There are no words to describe how horrible Moustakas is #royals
— coachdicarlo (@DManEnterprises) April 5, 2014
Things Mike Moustakas has done well this season: Didn't trip walking down to 1st after drawing a walk
— Brandon H. (@BHIndepMO) April 5, 2014
Not that we can or should judge anything by (as of this writing) 15 hitless at-bats, but I have replaced him in my fantasy lineup with James Loney.
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Fun with Mike Moustakas’s 2014 stats-
– wRC+ of -51. That’s a negative number for a stat with a plus sign in it.
– 1 RBI, but 0 hits. 0 sac flies. 0 bunt attempts. So really, 1 RWI?
– A great (actually, literally) 14.3% BB rate, which helps boost his OBP to .143 (hell, and his OPS to .143)
Doesn’t that mean that he is 151% worse than average? That’s like worse than a dead guy with no arms. I love stats like that. I remember when Matt Thornton actually had a negative FIP or xFIP a month into a season and I figured that meant the White Sox were somehow awarded runs every time he took the mound.