Comments on: Albert Pujols’ Dropoff Since 2009: A Look At The Most Similar Players

By: Property of Sallie Mae

Property of Sallie Mae — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:21:06 +0000

Anyone watching the fight online? Live stream? No?

By: Dawgfather

Dawgfather — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:10:27 +0000

I am still waiting to see Pujols birth certificate… His contract will prove to be one of the most criminal in the history of sports.

By: ms621

ms621 — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:05:43 +0000

But Lisk, wouldn’t that skew his numbers or are you looking at seasons with injury time included to give a fair sample?

By: Jason Lisk

Jason Lisk — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:33:28 +0000

It is criminal for this to be posted on a weekend. Great writeup Lisk. Wouldn’t Gehrig be a poor choice of comp, however, since he had a terminal disease which cut into his playing time at the end of his career? I’m presuming that that is the OPS+ of 10 in Year 4 on the table.

He would be a comp who declined, maybe, in the next to last season, because of the illness that wasn’t diagnosed yet, and yes, that final season was his last, shortened one before he died.

By: Garland Greene

Garland Greene — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:19:17 +0000

Jesus. So if he had Bonds plate discipline he would hit .600

Ha. Was more trying to suggest that he’s probably making weaker contact on tougher to hit pitches. Also walking less.

By: starkweather

starkweather — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:55:03 +0000

Basically, he’s putting more ‘pitcher’s pitches’ in play.

Jesus. So if he had Bonds plate discipline he would hit .600

By: starkweather

starkweather — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:53:17 +0000

Any insinuation of that would be a grossly unsupported bit of speculation.

Exactly. He should have probably pointed out that Albert is older than anybody on the list, though

By: Garland Greene

Garland Greene — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:38:23 +0000

Interesting data here from Fangraphs. Over the last 4 years, Albert has been swinging at way more pitches out of the zone (O-Swing%) and making contact on them more often (O-Contact%). Basically, he's putting more 'pitcher's pitches' in play. It doesn't explain everything but it's probably part of the problem.

By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa

Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:30:28 +0000

Didnt mean for lisk to wonder or speculate…just acknowledge that some suspect, as many fans unfortunately do thanks to the first decade of this century. It is now not out of line to wonder about anyone. Except jim thome

By: ms621

ms621 — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:23:11 +0000

is it ok with all ya’ll that lisk does not mention the possibility that albert may be off the juice?

Yes. Any insinuation of that would be a grossly unsupported bit of speculation. JMac may not have any problem with doing that, but any analysis of Pujols’ power outage should be done in isolation of any such speculation until there is actual evidence of use.

By: webercantcoach

webercantcoach — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:25:04 +0000

poor lisk. the only good writer on here and all his posts go up when no one is really on

you should start your own site

By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa

Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:15:54 +0000

is it ok with all ya’ll that lisk does not mention the possibility that albert may be off the juice?

By: ms621

ms621 — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:15:01 +0000

Gotcha. Sounds like he needs to keep fine tuning his recipe and methods.

By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa

Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:14:17 +0000

no name…the dude did a homebrew

By: ms621

ms621 — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:07:40 +0000

What’s it called vez?

By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa

Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:05:04 +0000

i’m having a beer made by a guy my wife worked with at whole foods. it’s flat, pretty, and sorta tasteless. better be 20 abv

By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa

Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:03:55 +0000

random testing wins!

By: ms621

ms621 — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:00:53 +0000

By: webercantcoach

webercantcoach — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:00:31 +0000

how many pitchers have mor ehome runs than pujols so far? lol