Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 22, 2008
Cubs Taking

Gordon Wittenmyer notices the Cubs are more selective at the plate this season.

With only a couple of additions to the lineup this April, the free-swinging, oft-missing Cubs, well, aren't anymore.

A team that struck out 1,000 or more times 10 of the last 12 seasons -- leading the National League three times in that span -- has morphed into a Sabermetrician's fantasy.

With Kosuke Fukudome seeing more pitches per at-bat than anybody in baseball and late-spring acquisition Reed Johnson earning his way into the lineup and producing a .417 on-base percentage, the Cubs are among the top teams in the major leagues in on-base percentage, scoring and hitting.

I'll also note the Cubs have only grounded into ten double plays this year, so they're not taking runners off base, either.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:52 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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