Mark Freaking Reynolds!

[Camden_yardbird]

Reynolds has the most power on the team and the third highest OBP. Why is he not batting 4th?

[bobmc]

Reynolds has the most power on the team and the third highest OBP. Why is he not batting 4th?

We have a HOF'er?

[MikeAD]

We have a HOF'er?

If Buck can't do it, I'll drive to Balmer and tell him hes sitting.

[MrOrange82]

If Buck can't do it, I'll drive to Balmer and tell him hes sitting.

I'd buy him a chair.

[LOUDOUN_BIRD]

I'd buy him a chair.

He is one big powerful man - he swings with "bad intentions"

[El Gordo]

Reynolds has the most power on the team and the third highest OBP. Why is he not batting 4th?

Because he strikes out 200 times a year and has a .220 BA. He makes too many outs to bat 4th. He is much better hitting 5th or 6t. Wieters would be a better choice.,

[MarylandAaron]

Anyone know where to find the distance of his first HR tonight? As Sox pitchers are discovering, it's a bad idea to groove strikes to MR:laughlol:

[BaltimoreTerp]

Because he strikes out 200 times a year and has a .220 BA. He makes too many outs to bat 4th. He is much better hitting 5th or 6t. Wieters would be a better choice.,

He makes fewer outs than all but two players on the team...

[El Gordo]

Gusy will use WAR to show that Reynolds is replacement level as a player but he's done more to turn games around and make a difference this year than any other player on the team, by far. I know his defense hurts his value but even then, I think he's probably been the biggest difference maker on the team all season long.

Well he has the most HR's, the most BB's, and the most RBI's, so you could be on to something here. If Reynolds could take 10 of his K's, and turn them into walks, and say another 15-20 K's and turn them into singles, he'd be something. I'd even let him bat 4th.:laughlol:

[RVAbird]

Because he strikes out 200 times a year and has a .220 BA. He makes too many outs to bat 4th. He is much better hitting 5th or 6t. Wieters would be a better choice.,

Vlad OBP - .320

Reynolds OBP - .322

They make outs at a nearly identical rate. And Reynolds brings a slugging % more than 50 points higher.

[El Gordo]

He makes fewer outs than all but two players on the team...

Well as of yesterday, one of those players was Vlad. 385 outs to Reynolds 408.Wieters who I would prefer batting 4, has made 351 outs. Jones has made 407, and Hardy has made 376.

[RVAbird]

Well as of yesterday one of those players was Vlad. 385 outs to Reynolds 408.

Really? Those numbers are quite close and the only reason Reynolds has made more outs is because he's had more plate appearances. Their ability to avoid making outs is the same. Vlad simply posts a high batting average with very few walks while Reynolds posts a low batting average with a lot of walks. If making outs is the criterion by which we judge worthiness of batting 4th, there's no substantive difference between the two.

[BaltimoreTerp]

Well as of yesterday one of those players was Vlad. 385 outs to Reynolds 408.

He also has 46 fewer plate appearances. And (as of before the game tonight) that means his out percentage is .692 compared to Reynolds' .681. So he makes more outs per plate appearance than Reynolds.

[BaltimoreTerp]

Really? Those numbers are quite close and the only reason Reynolds has made more outs is because he's had more plate appearances. Their ability to avoid making outs is the same. Vlad simply posts a high batting average with very few walks while Reynolds posts a low batting average with a lot of walks. If making outs is the criterion by which we judge worthiness of batting 4th, there's no substantive difference between the two.

Especially since Reynolds' slugging percentage is 53 points higher. So he's less likely to make contact, but more likely to go for extra bases. And he's less likely to hit into a double play.

[El Gordo]

Vlad OBP - .320

Reynolds OBP - .322

They make outs at a nearly identical rate. And Reynolds brings a slugging % more than 50 points higher.

Reynolds has made more outs and how productive were those 183 K's in comparisons to the outs Vlad made. Vlad has GIDP 10 more times than Reynolds, but tonight is a perfect example of why Vlad bats 4. With runners in scoring position the odds were much better that Vlad would get a hit and Reynolds would get a K.