Tigers close to signing Rajai Davis

[grandy]

We need a left handed hitter who hits HRs and takes a walk.

What are your thoughts on Lucas Duda?

Mets are looking to trade him and it looks like he's a lefty hitter with good ISO and BB rate.

Not sure what it would take to get him though.

 

[Rebbiv]

What are your thoughts on Lucas Duda?

Mets are looking to trade him and it looks like he's a lefty hitter with good ISO and BB rate.

Not sure what it would take to get him though.

First, Duda is a liability on OF defense, but he isn't much worse than Rajai Davis. He hits righthanders well, but doesn't hit lefties.

4.06 Pitches Per Plate Appearances (well above average of 3.80)

18% First Pitch Swinging, where average is 27%

The Mets are looking for pitching. Personally, I would send them Ray or even Smyly straight up.

 

[grandy]

First, Duda is a liability on OF defense, but he isn't much worse than Rajai Davis. He hits righthanders well, but doesn't hit lefties.

4.06 Pitches Per Plate Appearances (well above average of 3.80)

18% First Pitch Swinging, where average is 27%

The Mets are looking for pitching. Personally, I would send them Ray or even Smyly straight up.

Nice, didn't look up some of those extra stats for him. Though I doubt the Tigers make an attempt for him.

 

[biggunsbob]

I really thought this was a joke until I saw the ticker.. DD do we really need a career
.316 OBP guy for 10 million :/

 

[spockmaster]

im trying to find a way to sort stats so i can get his 3-year away splits vs lefties, but i dont know the sites as well. reb?

 

[biggunsbob]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml

not sure if this helps..

 

[biggunsbob]

Ok I get it... he only bats verses LHP..

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=davisra01&year=Career&t=b

 

[biggunsbob]

Dirks verses RHP.
Davis verses LHP.

Davis pinch runs in all games he does not start..lol

 

[pr0tege]

Kind of funny at the moment our 4th Outfielder makes more than our starting CF, LF, 3B, SS, C and our entire BP with the exception of Nathan lol.

 

[spockmaster]

Dirks verses RHP.
Davis verses LHP.

with Ausmus as manager, that platoon might be really strict. Davis should NEVER be allowed to face a righty. EVER.

 

[pr0tege]

I guess on the plus side though his speed off the bench will be a really nice addition to have late in games to pinch run for Martinez or Avila late in games.

 

[spockmaster]

However, there is one glaring flaw in DD's apparent platoon plan: counting on Dirks to produce better than his career .698 OPS vs righties.


Im still pretty sure LF is going to be mostly a black hole of suck.

 

[grandy]

Im still pretty sure LF is going to be mostly a black hole of suck.

If platooned correctly it might be decent. But I don't have much hope either.

 

[spockmaster]

If platooned correctly it might be decent. But I don't have much hope either.

It still hinges on Dirks. He needs to hit. He'll see far more time than Davis.

 

[Thumb]

Would have been nice to be able to platoon Dirks and Castellanos in LF rather than have Nick locked in for 3rd. Now if he can't hit his weight, we only have Don Kelly as a backup at 3rd.

Wrap your mind around that.

 

[spockmaster]

Would have been nice to be able to platoon Dirks and Castellanos in LF rather than have Nick locked in for 3rd. Now if he can't hit his weight, we only have Don Kelly as a backup at 3rd.

Wrap your mind around that.

*cries*

 

[biggunsbob]

with Ausmus as manager, that platoon might be really strict. Davis should NEVER be allowed to face a righty. EVER.

yup..


NEVER MODEL Brad.

My wife and sister think he is a handsome fellow...

 

[Mitchrapp]

Asumus is like "Fk I thought this was the free spending Tigers. What the hell happened?"

 

[spockmaster]

http://newenglishd.com/2013/12/10/tigers-sign-rajai-davis/

 

[Rebbiv]

im trying to find a way to sort stats so i can get his 3-year away splits vs lefties, but i dont know the sites as well. reb?

Baseball-Reference I take the raw data and input into an Excel Spreadsheet. I have all the stats ready to auto-compute, including RC, FIP and xFIP. It isn't hard once you know the formulas. It just takes time to input all the data. I usually start once the season is over and sometime complete it before Spring Training, in time to set up any fantasy teams I have. I have on spreadsheet for pitching and one for hitting.

ESPN is good for quick player splits.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/28545/type/batting3/rajai-davis

Just go to a player's profile page. Go to splits and change the dropdown to the last 3 years.

Fangraphs can be used also, especially when viewing large amount of players at one time.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...1&ind=0&team=6&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0