With all of the recent drama surrounding the offense, the season looks like it might come down to whether or not Nick Evans can continue to mash lefty's.
According to Adam Rubin, Nick is on his way back to NY.
With the Mets current cadre of players, the lack of power, and and the increasing amount of lefthanded starters and relievers in the NL, every righthanded bat is a commodity.
For the unaware, Nick Evans scorched lefty's for much of last year.
How good was he?
| 2008 Batting Splits | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Total | 109 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .303 | .404 | .707 | ||
| By Breakdown | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| vs. Left | 72 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .380 | .514 | .894 | ||
| vs. Right | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .150 | .189 | .339 | ||
That is a pretty good sample size, and the results are there.
So as we move forward, the club is looking to Nick Evans as a primary righthanded bat and run producer.
His minor league stats show a guy quite capable of hitting for average with a little power thrown in, and he is improving...the real question is what is his ceiling?
Though overmatched at times, he does have a quick bat and an aggressive attitude at the plate--both good signs.
If he only looked a little less nervous.
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4 comments:
PERFECT.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the list.
Evans is not the key. he's just a guy to ride the bench until Angel Pagan is ready to come back because F-Mart has been exposed and cannot ride the bench for his development. I don't know what it means that Evans was demoted from AAA to AA earlier in the year and is now up in the bigs.
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