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In This Town, the Hitting Coach Wears a Red Shirt

September 23, 2008 – 5:36 am

According to Tom Krasovic at the U-T, Wally Joyner has resigned as hitting coach [h/t Sacrifice Bunt] of the San Diego Padres. In lieu of an explanation, Joyner offers this curious quote:
I came to the job hoping to put my experience and ideas to good use in teaching and coaching the Padres’ hitters, but it [...]

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When Projections Go Bad

May 30, 2008 – 7:02 am

What the heck, now is as good a time as any to revisit pre-season projections. I know, OPS and ERA aren’t the end-all and be-all, but they’re good enough for government work…

Projections vs Reality: Hitters

 
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Player
BJ
CH
MA
MI
ZI
DS
Act

Statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and are through games of May 29, 2008. Click on column head for more info about [...]

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