OBG08: Tadahito Iguchi

Next up in our community projections is newcomer Tadahito Iguchi. The veteran second baseman possesses a broad base of offensive skills, but his power has declined each year since he arrived in North America.

Iguchi is 33 and will play half his games in a park that suppresses offense, which suggests that a reversal of this trend is unlikely. I’ll go with 550 PA, .263/.343/.391. What sayest thou?

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23 Comments

  1. Peter Friberg
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 7:56 am | Permalink

    BA’s Jim Callis ranks each team’s #1

    http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2008/265522.html

    Chase Headley comes in @ 26 (and Callis gives away that they have him ranked #50 overall).

    I definitely agree that he shouldn’t be a top 15-20 guy overall but on this list I would have him ahead of Jordan Schafer (ATL), Elvis Andrus (TEX), and J.R. Towles (HOU)…

  2. Mark Ase
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    Well anybody who has Towles ahead of him has got to be kidding himself…..high end for Headley definitely looks like something along the lines of .320/.380/.500 in Petco that’s an all star level of performance. Towles would be lucky to see anything close to that in Houston, realistically based on performance Headley could be in the top 15 without much argument.

    On Iguchi, I’m a little bearish overall:

    400AB’s .250/.330/.370

    He starts losing AB’s to Antonelli around July/August. He’s been hitting more FB’s lately, which isn’t such a good thing in Petco

  3. Mark Ase
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 9:08 am | Permalink

    Also, anyone know what the lineup is going to look like? It would be nice if they hit Iguchi 8th where he belongs instead of 2nd like they have talked about.

    Mark

  4. Corey Brock
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 9:18 am | Permalink

    #3. Bud Black has said, on first blush, that Iguchi will likely hit No. 2 behind Giles.

  5. Steve C
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 9:28 am | Permalink

    635 PA’s .270/.350/.380

    Re: 3

    I think it will be something like this to start the year:

    Giles
    Iguchi
    Agon
    Kouz
    Greene
    Bard
    Edmonds
    Hairston/Headley

  6. Masticore317
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 9:43 am | Permalink

    I say 510 PA, .265/.345/.420

  7. Ryan
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 11:30 am | Permalink

    I’m not sure what Iguchi is going to do but I’m ecstatic that GY is posting again on weekends. Now I can officially start getting excited about the season.

  8. Kevin
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 12:11 pm | Permalink

    Iguchi: .267/.345/.404 in 466 plate appearances

  9. Geoff Young
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

    #7: Thanks, bud. :-)

    With five precincts reporting, we have Iguchi at 512 PA, .263/.343/.393.

  10. Bryan S
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

    575 PA, .250/.320/.380. I see no reason for him to bounce back in this park, but I’ll b happy to eat crow if he steps up and hits.

  11. Ben B.
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    547 PA, .264/.343/.371. Not great, but better than what we had last year and a little above an average second baseman’s production in Petco.

  12. MB
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 1:58 pm | Permalink

    .264/.340/.390, 540 PA’s

  13. Coronado Mike
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 6:37 pm | Permalink

    522 PA’s 270/350/398

  14. Didi
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 8:38 pm | Permalink

    I think Antonelli is going to come up after the All Star Break.
    With that,

    435 PA’s .267/.340/.387 for Iguchi. Of course, if the Padres are not contending that late in the season, I don’t know if Antonelli will come up.

  15. SDSUBaseball
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 8:45 pm | Permalink

    550 PA, .250/.330/.360

  16. Mark from Sacramento
    Posted January 27, 2008 at 9:05 pm | Permalink

    625 PA, .275/.345/.415, with a fair number of doubles.

  17. Geoff Young
    Posted January 28, 2008 at 8:51 am | Permalink

    With 12 precincts reporting: 530 PA, .263/.340/.389.

    Anyone else care to make a guess?

  18. Peter Friberg
    Posted January 28, 2008 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    I’ll take the under on that – I like the BA & SLG numbers, but I’ll do cartwheels if turns a .340 OBP…

    Call it .262/.325/.389

  19. JP
    Posted January 28, 2008 at 11:51 am | Permalink

    Prediction : Iguchi loses some of the season to injury 480 PA ~

    .273/.370/.411 – he will have a good year offensively

  20. JP
    Posted January 28, 2008 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    May I recant ? He is not that selective .273/.350/.411

  21. Ian C
    Posted January 28, 2008 at 1:20 pm | Permalink

    .250/.350/.390

    500 PA’s cuz he loses some to antonelli in sept.

  22. Richard
    Posted January 30, 2008 at 12:53 pm | Permalink

    .260/.330/.400

  23. Richard
    Posted January 30, 2008 at 12:54 pm | Permalink

    530 PA

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