Jones the last 16 games: .328/.359/.492

[PrivateO]

You guys make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of walks. Give me a hitter versus a walker any day of the week. I am less worried about Jones and his lack of walks than I am about Markakis and his lack of home run power. That is what you should be worrying about.

You do realize Markakis has more hits than Jones, right...

[commish]

You guys make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of walks. Give me a hitter versus a walker any day of the week. I am less worried about Jones and his lack of walks than I am about Markakis and his lack of home run power. That is what you should be worrying about.

BYAHHHH

[Old#5fan]

You do realize Markakis has more hits than Jones, right...

Yep I do, and he is a better hitter and walker than Jones, but his lack of power has become a problem if he is expected to hit third like tonite. Leaving him in the second spot is fine but this team has never been provided an adequate three hitter by MacPhail. Thus, a big reason for the offensive struggles.

[Old#5fan]

Oldfan brings out the BYAHHHH

That guy looks to me to be about my age but he is much better looking!:laughlol:

[BaltimoreTerp]

You guys make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of walks. Give me a hitter versus a walker any day of the week. I am less worried about Jones and his lack of walks than I am about Markakis and his lack of home run power. That is what you should be worrying about.

Only somebody like you would suggest that it's an either/or deal.

[dhaze]

Yep I do, and he is a better hitter and walker than Jones, but his lack of power has become a problem

Markakis has a higher slugging percentage than Jones

[BaltimoreTerp]

Markakis has a higher slugging percentage than Jones

You fool, power only means home runs! Like the ones he saw Babe Ruth hit back in his forties!

[SrMeowMeow]

He will live and die with his plate discipline, and, unfortunately, he hasn't shown any improvement there even during this hot streak. When his batting average drops back down to the .275 range, we're looking at the same old .275/.310/.440 guy.

[backwardsk]

Although he got himself picked off tonight, he's had three pretty good plate appearances. His single was a solid shot. He hustled out the DP ball, and with the help of Wigginton, drew a bad throw from the shortstop. Then he got a fly ball to knock in Tejada.

[ThisIsOurHouse]

Baby steps for Adam Jones, when you are in a real bad slump, you have to slowly climb yourself out of the hole. As long as he is improving then it is a good sign.

[PrivateO]

You guys make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of walks. Give me a hitter versus a walker any day of the week. I am less worried about Jones and his lack of walks than I am about Markakis and his lack of home run power. That is what you should be worrying about.

Markakis- 4

Jones- 5*

* 1 HR was inside-the-parker due to Nyjer Morgan's temper-tantrum.

[VeveJones007]

You guys make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of walks. Give me a hitter versus a walker any day of the week. I am less worried about Jones and his lack of walks than I am about Markakis and his lack of home run power. That is what you should be worrying about.

Putting all biases aside, a high walk rate would greatly help to offset all the times that Jones K's. That's why it's a big deal.

[Sports Guy]

Old Fan, do you understand that for a team to score runs, that they need to get guys on base?

[ledzepp8]

You guys make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of walks. Give me a hitter versus a walker any day of the week. I am less worried about Jones and his lack of walks than I am about Markakis and his lack of home run power. That is what you should be worrying about.

You make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of dumb insignificant things like Michael Young hitting a GW HR in an AS Game, Corey Patterson hitting 2 HRs since his call up, Nick Markakis only having 4 walk off hits in one season, Nick's "close and late" stats from last season, Curt Blefary making some "amazing" catch that you remember when you were a wee lass, etc.

All of that stuff=pretty unimportant in the grand scheme of things.

Walks=very important.

[backwardsk]

You make way, way, WAY too big a deal out of dumb insignificant things like Michael Young hitting a GW HR in an AS Game, Corey Patterson hitting 2 HRs since his call up, Nick Markakis only having 4 walk off hits in one season, Nick's "close and late" stats from last season, Curt Blefary making some "amazing" catch that you remember when you were a wee lass, etc.

All of that stuff=pretty unimportant in the grand scheme of things.

Walks=very important.

Tonight for instance. Five runs scored. It's not often they score that many runs. How did they do it? Four walks ended up scoring. Where did the 5th run come from? Oh yeah, solo shot from Nick Markakis.