Well played sir
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Tigers vs. White Sox Game Thread, April 22
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Well played sir
Think we're in for feast or famine with this offense.
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I am not going to continue this. It is all about which sample you choose. And for some, they will always hate Avila and always use the sample that makes their argument, which you are doing right now.
If a player starts the season hitting .182 after 17 games, when do you stop getting on his case? Victor did just that last year. Now Avila is no Victor, but the principles are the same.
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Avila career
.252/.348/.763
if he could just do that this year I will be happy!
.252/.348/.763
if he could just do that this year I will be happy!
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I don't see a problem with that.
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I like Avila for what he is. A good catcher. However, 2 good games out of every 7 offensively, with horrid numbers in between is about what we can expect from him. It will make his numbers overall somewhat respectable.
I'm sure everyone would be very happy with that
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If he can do that and not wind up with a concussion or something, that's a pretty good season.
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Problem is, he has only matched or exceeded those totals in just one of his 5 big league seasons. Let's be honest, without 2011, his career numbers are pretty awful.
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That would be great production out of the catcher....likely top 10 in OPS. The problem is he has regressed each year since his career year in 2011. I would be happy with his 2012 slash of .243/.352/.736 too...that would be huge for the team. Somebody on this team needs to produce above expectations!
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Come on Alby.....
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....and the pen continues to impress!
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MLB AVG C OPS vs Avila's OPS
2013 = .698 vs .693
2012 = .718 vs .736
2011 = .703 vs .895
Arguably, Avila has been at least average over the last 3 years. He will most likely never repeat a season line 2011, but yet everyone wants to use that as his standard.
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Al Al melting down.
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2013 Avila 2nd Half
.303 BAVG .376 OBP .500 SLG .876 OPS
.303 BAVG .376 OBP .500 SLG .876 OPS
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The problem is so many think a catcher should hit like Joe Mauer. Pudge being here for so long got people used to a C being a superstar.
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Ball up in the zone Miggy was all over it.
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With 7.0 innings pitched tonight, Justin Verlander now ranks 13th on the Tigers all-time innings pitched list with 1805.0.
I think with Avila people just got too excited(me included) with that 2011 season as a 24 year old and just put too high expectations on him. I think his health has been a big reason why he's had some really rough stretches.
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