Delgado: Losing it at once?
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My belief is “Carlos Delgado”:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5178 is having a miserable year, with injuries a possible factor. I don’t believe he has lost it. That kind of consistency fades, it doesn’t disappear after one year.
When you’re that good, you don’t lose it. As long as the Mets continue to play as they are, they can afford to give Delgado the opportunity to work his way out of this. Actually, they have no choice. They aren’t going to deal for a first baseman nor are they going to play Julio Franco over him.
The only real solution in dealing with his slump is to drop him in the order, but I don’t see that while Moises Alou is on the DL.
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Players with Delgado’s build and history do have a tendency to fall off a cliff, and there are many examples. Albert Belle, anyone? I don’t think anyone knows whether this is happening to Delgado, but if it is, it would be far from unusual. Why are people always surprised when old players play like old players, and have serious performance drop-offs?
To John (RE: Albert Belle)
Belle went from 37 homers in 1999 to 23 the next year because of a hip injury, but still hit over .280 with 100-plus RBI. He was 33 at the time.
John, the alternative to Delgado is Green at 1B. He’s probably played over 200 games there in his career, and he’s not bad. It also improves our OF defense.
Not saying that it’s time to sit Delgado yet, but it could get to that, and if it does, there’s no need to make a deal or to play Franco every day.
John, it is still highly likely that Delgado will hit 23 home runs and 100 RBIs.
Yes there is a maybe about him hitting 23 home runs and 100 RBIs.
But as of now he will hit only 12 homers and less then 100RBI’s
And if they put him in back of the order, where he belongs he will get less chances to knock in runs, and less times AB to hit the long ball.
The truth of the matter is, if he is still hitting close to 200, how long should they still be playing him every day?
Should it be for another month, or two, or for the rest of the season?
John, I don’t have the time right now to provide the data, but I’m almost certain Delgado has had a few years where he has been ice cold to start the year, then gone on for his usual 100 rbi’s with a respectable HR tally…I think one year (possibly his last with the jays) he hit like this pre all star, then went on a tear in July….all right, work may have to wait, I”m gonna see if I can find some pre and post all star splits on him…
Here is the solution. You Carlos is injured, you put him on the DL and have Greean play first and keep the 3 center fielders out there: Chavez, Beltran, Gomez and you now have a very effectife team.
Yogi confuzed me….all right, splits on delgado:
2004 Pre all star: .223 BA, 10 HR, 36 RBI
2004 post all star: .305 BA, 22 HR, 63 RBI
2002 pre .244 BA (18 hrs, 62rbi)
2002 post .330 BA (15HR, 46 rbi) -production was there, average wasn’t
-and to a lesser extent 2006 he had a .252 AVG pre all star and .284 post…
—I don’t think the guy is done, he is in a funk however, of course he could hit bad all year, but history provides hope, at the very least, maybe he could stop trying to hit homers and go opposite field, there’s no doubt the guy is a great hitter (when on) so maybe a change in approach would change the results. -anyway, we’re winning, so it’s not an ‘end of the world’ problem
Nothing confusing about Grenn playing 1st and the dynamic trio in the outfield. Problem solved !
If its an injury. if not then let him play his way out of it