Last night, multiple callers to the post game show complained that Orlando Cabrera shouldn't be batting second. Tonight, the scoreboard operators in Milwaukee jumped on the Cabrera Bashing Bandwagon.
Angels fans, I think Shakespeare said it best, "36 at-bats doth not make a season."
With tonight's 9th inning rbi single, Cabrera is hitting 2 for 12 (.167) with runners in scoring position this year. It's not good, but it's too early to make a change.
If batting avg with risp was the end-all-be-all stat, then all of the Angels would be benched. They're only hitting .234 with risp. That's 10th in the American League. What's worse is that the Angels OPS with risp is 13th in the AL, ahead of only Oakland. So bench everybody. Except Maicer Izturis. He's hitting .556 (5 for 9) with risp. Vladimir Guerrero (4 for 10) and Casey Kotchman (3 for 8) are o.k. too.
Back to Cabrera hitting second. Last year is a much better sample size (607 at-bats) for Cabrera. Here are OC's numbers based on where he hits in the lineup.
Spot__AB____H___AVG___OPS
1st___21____8__.381__.963
2nd__354__103__.291__.750
3rd__232___60__.259__.703
8th____0____0__.000__.000
So you see, you're right Cabrera shouldn't be hitting second - he should be leading off.
Just food for thought kids.
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