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Originally Posted by dustyanddaflames
I was listening to the afternoon baseball show on The Fan 590, and Hayhurst said he came down to the field after JPAs comments, and confronted him. Arencibia, and I'm paraphrasing, said that he is there to produce home runs and RBI, and he isn't concerned about OBP, etc. I guess if you look at it like JPA, no wonder he is confused w the criticism. What a cat - still hasn't figured it out. And I love the little jab Hayhurst tossed out, telling arencibia he has more passed balls than blocked balls.
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Jeez if that's how J.P. is rationalising his performance then there is truly no hope for him. I am being honest when I say I could stomach his offensive stats if J.P. actually played sound defensively. If he could from time to time throw out someone trying to steal second, or block a ball that bounces in the dirt, and maybe even catch the whole starting pitching staff, then I could say "Hey at least J.P. *insert part of his job here* adequately". But I can't. I will give him the HR, yes he is first in majors amongst catchers in HR. Even that lead he has is tenuous. Buck, Wieters, Posey, Rosario, Lucroy, Santana are all within reach of surpassing J.P.. However the RBI thing is something that J.P. isn't even all that proficient in. Amongst catchers he is 8th, which is OK, however amongst the AL that puts him in a tie for 47th. You're really showing us J.P.. Never mind momentum swallowing strike outs, and advancing runners because you can't catch a pitch, and never walking, and never throwing out someone who steals.
Since May 28th J.P. has hit 3 HR, 11 RBI. Mark De Rosa 2 HR and 10 RBI in the same span as a platooning infielder who barely plays. You really suck J.P.