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nsonnett14
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I told ya he could possibly hit 50 this year , but ya just dont listen !! haha
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Get StartedAnd 30 walks
I swear the coaching over the years says "you take a walk and I kill you."
I had heard that IK worked out real hard in the off season to shred some pounds... Not sure I that is true or not... Hopefully he will blast his lifetime Comerica park stats this year.
I doubt he'll actually hit 60 doubles or notch 200 hits, but he might end up alright this year. He really needs to bump up the walks, though that needs to be said for nearly the entire team.
His BABIP is .328 which is not too much above average, but its 44 points above his career babip of .284. His LD rate just about at his career rate (0.3% under), his FB rate is down, and his GB rate is up. That could be helping as ground balls turn into hits more often than fly balls do, so he might end up above his career BA, but his overall numbers might not be much better than his career if he doesnt decide to start walking again. Case in point: his career slash line is .275/.349/.454/.804 and even with his current .316 BA, his slash line is nearly identical otherwise at .316/.345/.460/.805 because his walk rate is down by more than half. If he can retain at least 25 points of that BA bump (.300) for the year while increasing his walks closer to his career rate, he could actually be a really good asset. The big question though is will he.
(not that an .805 OPS isnt an asset with the defense he's been playing, but if that basically empty BA takes a dive, so does his value.)
Kinsler is my Tiger. I wear his Jersey proudly. I just hope he retires a Tiger and when he goes into the Hall of Fame it is as a Tiger.
Hall of Fame? Really?
Fister > Ray/Krol/Lombardozzi
The Comerica park stats that Rebbiv kept harping on were just a sample size.
Kinsler is a professional hitter. Elite top notch players such as Kinsler can hit HR's or hit for Avg.
Now that IK doesn't have that cokehead Ron Washington begging him to be a dead pull hitter anymore.
Kinsler can now go back to doing what he does best. That is hitting at the top of the order, getting on base and scoring runs for Miggy and Victor to knock in. Like a true lead off hitter should.
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