Don Baylor, Godfather of Rockies big bats or windmill chasing strikeout generator?

is due to the fact that we had like half of our team hurt last year?

How do those rankings compare to 2007?

young = more Ks.

1. Some players have made remarkable progress or positive turn arounds this year (Tulo, Smith, Cargo, even Helton).
2. Overall most of the offensive numbers are up,
3. and what is a coach to do with a swing like Hawpe’s? scrap it and start over…
4. There are problems with some players, but I am much more inclined to blame the players in question than the coach. Really on those things that can be coached (especially patience and strategy) almost all of the Rockies do a great job.

If we agree that the instructor’s job is to improve the performance of each individual, team stats don’t necessarily get us there. So, you can’t really compare 2008 Rox to 2009 Rox as a whole to evaluate Baylor, as many of the pieces are different. I think I would like to see how each player’s offensive performance has changed from 2008 to 2009. With this approach, Tulo and Helton are evidence that Baylor is doing a good job and Barmes may suggest otherwise. Dexter and Gonzo would not be used in the analysis this year, but would next year. I may take a stab at this tomorrow to satisfy my own curiosity.

…how many K’s were with RISP in games we ultimately lost? That particular stat probably doesn’t exist and I know that we can look for reasons for failure everywhere but when we’ve come this close to a division crown, it just makes me wonder. And is it the coach’s fault for the failure? I’m sure this will be as RG opined addressed in the off season.

Then you look at the increases in BB, OPS+, Runs, slugging, etc which show great improvement and maybe doofuses like me are just looking for perfection and not seeing it.

Matt Holliday helping batting average, Iannetta not batting .210 or whatever, and Wily Taveras not striking out much (although he also lowered the BA) – compared to Fowler who k’s a ton.

First in walks, with this young of a group.

I like that.

about batting average for hitters is like getting worked up about wins for pitchers.

It all comes down to runs scored. Simple as that. The Natinals have something like the second best batting average in the league, and where has that gotten them. I can certainly agree that watching our team K all the time can become irritating, but watching them win has had the opposite effect. However another question is raised by this philosophy of mo’ runs ,mo’ better; Does our increased scoring have to do more with our hitting or more with our agressive baserunning philosophy.

I rarely look at things without some sort of statistical base, but here goes. In the playoffs, we’ll face good starting pitching. Hits will be tough to come by. We will be trying to win games with grit, walks, timely hits, resiliency….we have a lot of experience with that now

This was on the right side of this story, as a related fanpost.

It’s a little light on statistical analysis.