I get that, but I'm not sure it makes any sense putting Wright out there if he's not much more likely than Ortiz to score on a single and certainly more likely to screw something up.
Seriously, what was gained by bringing in a guy who has never been on base in a real MLB game, and, I am guessing, is not an especially athletic runner?
From Pete Abraham's article on last night's game:
The Sox have 50 games remaining and Lovullo could soon be managing again if the Sox cannot break out of what has been several weeks of desultory play.
I don't have a deep understanding of BABIP. About all I know is that the overall average in MLB is somewhere around .300 and that .350 is huge. So when a guy is at .440 it's way unsustainable and the law of averages shall smite him down.
Well you're right of course, BABIP often just confirms what we already know, that there's no way the guy can keep it up. Leon is kind of an extreme example of it right now.
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Wright's pinch-running adventure not only costs us at least one start from him, but it also meant that our one effective reliever tonight, Buchholz, could only throw a few pitches.