What To Do With A-Rod?

[jacksonianmarch]

9 for 21 since y228's most recent post. This guy is gonna end up with a .280 something BA, 30+ homers and 80-95RBI. Not bad for missing a month and coming back expeditiously from hip surgery. He'll have to come back from another hip procedure next yr, the reconstructive kind that makes you more stable, but a lot slower (see Lowell). We'll see how he comes back, but I assume he'll come back with solid offensive numbers but a significant decline in range and speed.

[Dojji]

.905 OPS. 22 HR's despite missing extended time. 8 steals to 1 caught stealing.

 

Wut?

[Gom]

He won't slow down. In fact, if anything, he'll probably be more agile.

[Dojji]

I think by October he'll be fully back to the old A-Rod.

 

In fact, I'm counting on it.

[Spudboy]

I still think A-Rod is a punk with little intellect.

 

"That said', he continues to be a formidable talent on the field. Especially at that plate. Steroids or no steroids, the man can hit and has to be respected by any opposing pitcher. The hip injury will continue to plague him as anyone with any knowledge of orthopedics would agree.

 

We all joke about his lack of big numbers in the playoffs, but I believe that he can be a factor in post season simply by being in the line-up.

 

I hope he sucks in October.

[yankees228]

9 for 21 since y228's most recent post. This guy is gonna end up with a .280 something BA' date=' 30+ homers and 80-95RBI. Not bad for missing a month and coming back expeditiously from hip surgery. He'll have to come back from another hip procedure next yr, the reconstructive kind that makes you more stable, but a lot slower (see Lowell). We'll see how he comes back, but I assume he'll come back with solid offensive numbers but a significant decline in range and speed.[/quote']

 

He's been incredibly streaky this year. When he's on one of his cold streaks, which is a decent amount of the time, he kills the Yankees hitting clean up.

 

On top of that, his defense has really been bad. He doesn't seem to have a lot of range. There have been a few plays this series where he has looked pretty bad at third.