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Originally Posted by frazod
Is "frustrating" a word that should be associated with your No. 3 hitter? Your highest payed player? Really?
I'm not interested in his Bronco-air inflated career stats, nor do I care how many hits he gets when we're up 7-1 against the ****ing Pirates. All I know is that if the game is on the line, I'd rather see pretty much anybody in the lineup at the plate than Holliday (other than the pitcher and whoever our second baseman du jour is).
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Hatred is clouding your ability to read, the stats I quoted are based off his time
since joining the Cards not his time in Colorado.
The point you continually fail to realize regardless of how many times it is made, the reason Holliday is frustrating is simply t
he expectations are ridiculous. How you can't figure that out is beyond me. He is doing what he has done for most of his career, his numbers aren't down. If you look, his OPS is actually higher since coming to Stl than it was in Colorado, but just ignore the facts.
Do I get frustrated? Yea, why? Because I expect a hit every at bat with runners in scoring position, is that realistic? Ummm no.
In summary, he is what he is, and always has been. People who hate on him expect him to be something he has never been. He will never be AP, Musial etc...regardless of what you want and expect from $17MM a year.
And looking around at what players are making now he isn't even overpaid.