Marlin Maniac » Chris Davis http://marlinmaniac.com A Miami Marlins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 15:02:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Stanton’s strikeouts still a concern http://marlinmaniac.com/2010/05/12/stantons-strikeouts-still-a-concern/ http://marlinmaniac.com/2010/05/12/stantons-strikeouts-still-a-concern/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 01:10:28 +0000 Michael Jong http://marlinmaniac.com/?p=2458 Amidst growing concerns over a terribly slumping outfield trio, Marlins fans everywhere are getting antsy to see one Mike Stanton come up to the majors. As I discussed with Steve Keane last night on BBA Baseball Talk, fans are anxious to see the mammoth home runs and perhaps are not paying attention to a critical [...]

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]]> Amidst growing concerns over a terribly slumping outfield trio, Marlins fans everywhere are getting antsy to see one Mike Stanton come up to the majors. As I discussed with Steve Keane last night on BBA Baseball Talk, fans are anxious to see the mammoth home runs and perhaps are not paying attention to a critical problem in Stanton’s game that may translate poorly to the big league level.

It’s been mentioned before, but Stanton strikes out a lot. In fact, for his minor league career, he has struck out 27.4% of the time. This is isn’t extravagantly high, but we would expect such a result to increase if he were to be promoted and get significant playing time this season. Just as a quick comparison, I dug up the players who racked up strikeouts at this sort of rate over the past three seasons and looked at how well they did.

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