Royals Alright, let's settle this once and for all...

**doomy3** · 07-14-2008, 06:56 PM

Olivo's career OBP is below .300

That is horrendous. He had a hot stretch this year, and hits lefties pretty well, but Buck has a higher career OBP, OPS, has hit more homeruns in a single year than any of Olivo's years, and our pitchers have a full run lower ERA with Buck behind the plate. Plus the fact that the Royals win at a much higher clip with Buck behind the plate than Olivo, and I think this is pretty simple. Buck is not good, but Olivo really isn't good. The only argument against Buck is this year's % of runners thrown out, which is horrible. He has been decent at that in years past. Plus, for all the runners Olivo has thrown out, he has allowed 5x that many to advance by simply not catching the ball, so the runner takes an extra base. Seriously, watch how many balls Olivo drops.

View Poll Results: Who is better?
John Buck	17	36.17%
Miguel Olivo	30	63.83%
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07-14-2008, 06:56 PM	#35
doomy3 Supporter Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $3103539	Olivo's career OBP is below .300 That is horrendous. He had a hot stretch this year, and hits lefties pretty well, but Buck has a higher career OBP, OPS, has hit more homeruns in a single year than any of Olivo's years, and our pitchers have a full run lower ERA with Buck behind the plate. Plus the fact that the Royals win at a much higher clip with Buck behind the plate than Olivo, and I think this is pretty simple. Buck is not good, but Olivo really isn't good. The only argument against Buck is this year's % of runners thrown out, which is horrible. He has been decent at that in years past. Plus, for all the runners Olivo has thrown out, he has allowed 5x that many to advance by simply not catching the ball, so the runner takes an extra base. Seriously, watch how many balls Olivo drops.
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