Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 01, 2005
Power Pair

The Orioles have two hitters with OPS over 1.150, and one of them is not Sammy Sosa. Tejada and Roberts both have OBAs over .400 and slugging percentage over .700. The Orioles are looking like winners; not only are they beating up on weak teams like the Blue Jays, but their winning against the favorites as well. They've now outscored their opponents 144-113. That's better than a run per game. Fourteen of their seventeen wins have been by three runs or more. Good teams may win the close ones, but great teams with big.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:21 PM | Sluggers | TrackBack (0)
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Seriously, how long can this go on? We can't reasonably expect Brian Roberts or Tejada to keep this up. Though Tejada is an established star, he's never had an OBP over 360 or slugged better than 530 (little known fact: Derek Jeter's best season blows away Tejada's best).

Yes, Tejada is in his prime years, but should we really expect a 200 point climb in slugging, and a 57 point climb in OBP? These guys are going to slump at some point.

Posted by: jay at May 2, 2005 12:18 PM
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