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Also, is the hitting that much of a surprise? Who is really having that bad a year? A few guys aren't matching career numbers but I am not sure there is one guy that is really surprising most objective fans with his poor hitting.
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Nearly every Jay is well below his career numbers. Here's an OPS comparison:
Player - 2008 OPS - Career OPS
Wells - .788 - .808
Rios - .696 - .780 (but a .850+ OPS minimum was expected as his breakout the past two years)
Rolen - .802 - .876
Hill - .685 - .748
Overbay - .754 - .810
Stairs - .744 - .843
Wilkerson - .690 - .798
Stewart - .631 - .790
Mench - .629 - .788
Scutaro - .679 - .700
Barajas - .821 - .705
Zaun - .784 - .734
Eckstein - .721 - .714
Bolded are the only two guys who are significantly above their career numbers. Italicized are the 8 guys significantly below their career numbers (which includes all of our core hitters except for Wells who is still below his career OPS).
And I'm sure all objective fans would be surprised by Rios, Hill, and Overbay's numbers. Stairs too probably, but you could easily make an argument that last year was an exception.
Based off of win shares, Rios has already probably cost the Jays between 3-4 wins with his bat (comparing his stats to Morneau's who are where Rios should be around). The Jays would be in an entirely different position if just one of their big hitters was actually earning their pay (and not even exceeding expectations).