NY Sports Dog: "Give Rod the Nod" Campaign

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

"Give Rod the Nod" Campaign

Mets fans want to see Rod Barajas in the All-Star game, and we can certainly help by going here to vote.

The 34-year old Barajas has been a revelation for the Mets, both with his bat and his glove.  He currently leads all catchers in homeruns and RBIs, and his slugging percentage is second only to Miguel Olivo.

That said, the most important contribution he's making just might be with his personality.  Barajas has developed exceptional relationships with his pitchers and the amount of "shaking off" from last year to this year is noticeably less.

If you look at the stats, Barajas is certainly above average defensively, with the 9th best CERA in MLB to go along with the 4th best RF in the NL.  He does fall short in terms of throwing this year, but he commands the game from behind the plate, works well with the staff, and I have not seen him make a bad decision all year. 

Speaking of throwing--Barajas has an excellent arm and has thrown out 33% of baserunners in his career, and 34% just last year.  His totals this year are down, but they are also not running on him very often.  By season's end I fully expect that stat to normalize back toward the mean.

NL Catcher Sortable Fielding
RKPLAYERTEAMGPGSFULLTCPOAEDPFPCTRFZRPBCSBCSCS%CERA
1Geovany SotoCHC43 39 340 327 312 14 1 1 .997 8.64 3.012 1 30 8 .211 4.46
2Russell MartinLAD46 45 404 387 357 25 5 1 .987 8.52 2.972 3 23 10 .303 3.99
3Bengie MolinaSFO40 37 320 303 281 21 1 1 .997 8.49 2.931 1 37 7 .159 3.29
4Rod BarajasNYM41 39 349 328 314 12 2 3 .994 8.40 3.021 1 15 2 .118 4.23
5Miguel OlivoCOL38 38 335 303 274 26 3 2 .990 8.07 3.083 3 13 16 .552 3.46
6Brian McCannATL41 39 331 294 273 16 5 3 .983 7.87 3.170 1 23 9 .281 4.08
7Yadier MolinaSTL46 45 403 350 323 25 2 5 .994 7.78 3.237 2 10 13 .565 2.52
8Chris SnyderARI41 39 345 286 260 26 0 0 1.000 7.47 3.395 2 25 11 .306 5.93
9Carlos RuizPHI39 38 334 272 247 24 1 2 .996 7.30 3.463 1 24 7 .226 3.55
10Ryan DoumitPIT44 42 367 299 276 21 2 1 .993 7.28 3.485 4 41 4 .089 5.09

There are certainly some great choices for all-star this year at catcher, but for many reasons, it's time for Mets fans to get out and vote to "Give Rod the Nod".

The current popular vote totals for National League catcher are:

1Yadier Molina, Cardinals316,795
2Carlos Ruiz, Phillies259,227
3Ivan Rodriguez, Nationals247,998
4Brian McCann, Braves203,377
5Russell Martin, Dodgers160,698

Barajas 2010 Season Stats
SPLITSGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSAVGOBPSLGOPS
Season42149224080113042000.268.291.544.835
Career8552670321641157110338514746422.240.284.415.699
Last 7 days5182510160000.278.263.500.763
Projected1515367914429040108147200.268.291.544.835
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2 comments:

MikeK said...

Nice. If the fans really get behind this we can make a statement. Get him in the top three for fan voting and he might just make it if he keeps hitting.

Anonymous said...

Just voted the max 25 times.

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