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Originally Posted by O.city
RBI and pitcher wins.
I'm guessing pgm is a big fan of both
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RBI isn't a great stat, but it's a stat at least worth looking at.
This isn't a case where Heyward drove in 80, which is disappointing but could be chalked up to bad luck. The guy managed 600+ plate appearances and got
60 RBI. And while RBI is team dependent, performance with RISP isn't. Heyward managed a whopping .708 OPS and .264 BA to go with an ISO of .085. That's not a typo - the guy managed all of 7 XBH with runners in scoring position last season. He simply doesn't drive the ball at all when he has an opportunity to knock runners in. He doubles down on that awful 'contact' stroke of his and mostly just turns himself into a groundball machine.
PGM is wrong in that Heyward most definitely is a
talented hitter, but that talent's gonna do nothing but get someone fired because he's not a productive hitter.
Heyward's a great overall player. He's not a star and he's not going to be. If the Cubs are going to bid him up to the stratosphere, I guess they can have him.
Then they'll probably trade Soler and Schwarber to the Marlins for Fernandez and we'll proceed to get our asses kicked, but such is the way of it. The Cubs have simply done a better job of building their team over the last 5 years than the Cardinals have and to be honest, it's not particularly close.