Remember the Five Minutes When People Thought Mike Moustakas was Going to Have a Great Season?

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April 8, 2014

Let’s take a nostalgic look back.

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Contrast that with:

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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Dang
10 years ago

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)

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MikeS
10 years ago
Reply to  Dang

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.

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