Nomar, is the problem?

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 6, 2007 7:58 AM PDT in News Comment 3 comments

AB BA SLG bb% ct% Eye PX h%
April 101 .307 .416 7% 91% 0.89 75 33%
May 97 .268 .289 7% 87% 0.54 17 31%
June 85 .247 .306 2% 91% 0.25 34 26%
Jul-Aug 93 .312 .473 11% 95% 2.40 80 30%

Since the all-star game he's the best hitter in the current lineup. La Roche is nice, but replacing Nomar with La Roche will not fix what ails this team. This isn't May/June when Nomar's offense was a black hole, he's more then holding his own since July.

If this is just a dead cat bounce and Nomar regresses back to May/June levels then I'd understand the call for La Roche, but the Dodgers have a lot more problems then replacing Nomar.

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While Nomar has been very good in July, he had been very, very bad for the previous year. I think somewhere around June Nomar shifted into the "bad player" column for me, and it will take more than one month to swing him back.

by Andrew on Aug 6, 2007 9:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nomar

Toy,

It is a good thing you qualified your assessment by saying "current lineup". Betemit out played Nomar, especially in July. Unfortunately, the GM chose to trade the Dodgers hottest hitter with the most power on a team that lacks both hitting and power. Go figure! Nomar has a long way to go to even exceed mediocre.

by mjw101 on Aug 6, 2007 10:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs