Nady might be done for the year

[love_that_reefer]

Also, Swisher is 28 years old...so I dare I say there's a slight possibility, just slightly that Swisher's best days are ahead of him? I know it sounds crazy that Swisher is a good player, I know it must be an utterly insane statement...well, I guess I'm crazy.

Going off his career numbers and watching him play, it is an insane thing to say he is "good".

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Alright well then let's take my bet

[love_that_reefer]

Of course it does. First off, you didn't prove anything. All you did was prove he doesn't strike out at the same rate as Dunn with less to go on. He does strike out a lot so given more plate appearances, he will strike out even more and at a higher rate. That's the type of ballplayer he is, all or nothing just like Dunn. News flash, striking out 21% of the time is not good.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

I never said his strikeout rate was good. I said he strikes out less than Dunn.

[love_that_reefer]

You said that you proved he doesn't strike out a lot which is the farthest thing from the truth.

[love_that_reefer]

Wanna make a bet on it? We'll set the over/under at 25% of his plate appearances this year he strikes out. You take over, I'll take under

I will take the bet that Swisher will strike out 23.9% of his plate appearances. That is the average of Dunn's and Swisher's averages.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Alright I can do that. Write it down CJ

[bcshorts]

I'm trying to figure out how the strikeout rate is going to increase a couple of percentage points because he gets an extra 25 (?) at-bats. I'm missing the rationale on this. Someone please explain to a por dum hilbily lik me.

You guys do know he played in 150 and 153 games the last two seasons, right?

[NYgiantsfan5689]

I'm trying to figure out how the strikeout rate is going to increase a couple of percentage points because he gets an extra 25 (?) at-bats. I'm missing the rationale on this. Someone please explain to a por dum hilbily lik me.

You guys do know he played in 150 and 153 games the last two seasons, right?

THANK YOU. The logic is getting by me too

[ljshorty89]

It's PERCENTAGE. Games shouldn't matter. Percentage is the same whether you K 150 out of 500 times, or 50 out of 160ish.

[love_that_reefer]

More chances to strikeout at a higher rate. Really not that hard when you consider the kind of hitter he is. He could 0-4 with 3 K's in a game raising the %. And its plate appearances, not games.

[love_that_reefer]

Dunn averages around 30 more plate appearances than Swisher and around 30 more strikeouts.

[cjkalt]

THANK YOU. The logic is getting by me too

Well actually Swisher will strike out more in the pitcher talented AL East so i think thats a factor not yet considered

[NYgiantsfan5689]

More chances to strikeout at a higher rate. Really not that hard when you consider the kind of hitter he is. He could 0-4 with 3 K's in a game raising the %. And its plate appearances, not games.

You don't get "more chances to strikeout at a higher rate." That statement makes no sense. You get either 4 AB's in a game to strikeout 3 times, or you get 4 AB's in 4 games, but you can still strikeout 3 times in those 4 games. Your argument is making no logical sense

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Well actually Swisher struck out last year at a 27.2% of his AB's last year and played full time so I expect a similar % this year.

You have to go by plate appearances and not AB's. AB's don't include walks, which is a huge part of Swisher's game. He struck out in 23% of his plate appearances last year. He struck out in 19.8% of his plate appearances the year before. Both in full time playing.