Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 21, 2006
Backward Casey

Sean Casey's strength as a hitter was his ability to get on base. His weakness was that his position, first base, required more power than he had to offer. But in his few games with Detroit, he's turned that around. He's two for three tonight with a double. He's sporting a lowly .308 OBA, but he's picked up six extra-base hits for a .435 slugging percentage. Still not great for a first baseman, but he's used that power to drive in 16 runs in 20 games. With three RBI tonight, he's helped the Tigers to a 7-1 lead over the White Sox in the sixth.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:40 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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I got to go down to the Park and watch this big win for the Tigers. I'd be happy with a split this series, I figure it'd chew up 4 opportunities for the White Sox to gain ground. But after winning the opener, its tempting to think about how nice 3 of 4 would be and a 7.5 game lead.

Posted by: mith at August 22, 2006 08:05 AM

These midseason pickups are so maddeningly unpredictable. Sometimes a player wilts under the pressure when he moves from an also-ran to a contender ("Who are all those people in the stands?"). Sometimes, as with Abreu and Casey, a player dramatically improves when he's liberated from Loserville and his efforts actually have a purpose.

Posted by: johnw at August 22, 2006 09:48 AM
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