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Originally Posted by Westheim
I assume you mean Baez. He also had a 2+ week spell in June (with the Cubbies) where he hit .111; which one is it going to be more often than the other?
I have thought for YEARS when I saw him flailing and flailing and flailing, oh, dear baseball gods, please don't put him on the Mets, please, no, don't, please, I'm begg- Mets trade for him.
And due to the time difference and the Cubs' being what they are, I saw the Cubs *a lot*. And I saw Baez flail *a lot*.
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LOL, I totally meant Baez. derp.
I was curious how many players had a crappy 2-week stretch in 2021.
I used Stathead looking for guys with an average of .150 or lower over a 16 games stretch, minimum of 40 plate appearances and not a pitcher.
So there are 275 batters that have had a streak like that in 2021. There are 557 batters in 2021 who have played at least two weeks. What Baez did in that slump was basically what 49% of batters in the MLB have also done during the year.
His .OPS during that slump too topped out at .600, which put him in the top 7% most productive players during the slump. So Baez in a slump can be as good offensively as the Mets catching corps of McCann, Nido and Mazeika+ in 2021.
And despite the flailing, he's hitting for a higher batting average in 2021 than anyone on the Mets, including Alonzo. (.263 to Alonzo's .262.) And he has 31 home runs, which is second to Alonzo, despite being a middle infielder.
I'm not saying resign Baez for a billion dollars, but don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Baseball has changed in ways we don't like with all these strikeouts.
Half the pitching
staffs in the MLB are striking out 9.0+ per 9 innings this year (with the White Sox and Brewers at 10.3 and 10.2 respectively). Flailing isn't a Baez thing, it's a baseball thing.