Underperforming Hitters

y2chae · 05-04-2016, 09:26 PM

I'm 113 games into my first season with the White Sox and Abreu and Yadiel Hernandez who I signed in free agency seem to be struggling, these are their slash lines:

Abreu .232/.280/.402
Hernandez .220/.314/.337

Should I just chalk to this to maybe a one year slump or statistic outlier/bad luck? Or am I doing something wrong? Everyone else on my team seems to be doing right around where they should be.

NoOne · 05-05-2016, 10:12 AM

do you have a good scout and major league scouting budget? check their recent scouting reports. unless they've dropped off, i'd chalk it up to bad luck. pretty hard to replace a player like abreu.

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 05-05-2016, 12:08 PM

Check if they are striking out a lot or if their BABIP is lower than their career norm. If it's the latter, it's more likely that they are just getting unlucky.

05-04-2016, 09:26 PM	#1
y2chae Bat Boy Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 3	Underperforming Hitters I'm 113 games into my first season with the White Sox and Abreu and Yadiel Hernandez who I signed in free agency seem to be struggling, these are their slash lines: Abreu .232/.280/.402 Hernandez .220/.314/.337 Should I just chalk to this to maybe a one year slump or statistic outlier/bad luck? Or am I doing something wrong? Everyone else on my team seems to be doing right around where they should be.

05-05-2016, 12:08 PM	#3
Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,119	Check if they are striking out a lot or if their BABIP is lower than their career norm. If it's the latter, it's more likely that they are just getting unlucky. __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason

05-05-2016, 10:12 AM	#2
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,246	do you have a good scout and major league scouting budget? check their recent scouting reports. unless they've dropped off, i'd chalk it up to bad luck. pretty hard to replace a player like abreu.