The Rickie Weeks Appreciation thread

[TooLiveBrew]

There's been a lot of Rickie talk lately. This thread may go nowhere fast, but I want to give him some love. My example is - on top of his already stellar output offensively, he was 25/27 in SB attempts last year. I know there are a lot of people who really value that. I guess the bigger question about Weeks is whether or not he can defend well enough to not cancel out a large chunk of his offense, though.

[sheetswannabe]

His offense? The guy draws walks nonstop. with a 245ish BA, he gets a .370 OBP, that is amazing. But I love weeks hes one of my favorite players on the crew, Brauns my 1st...but thats beyond the point. Weeks is a stud!

[sbrylski]

http://mybrewers.mlblogs.com/my_brewers/images/9948_large.jpg

 

Yes, that's him.

[TooLiveBrew]

http://yogibrewer.mlblogs.com/photos/uncategorized/rickie.jpg

 

Rickie about to bust his butt down the line, as usual.

 

http://www.rightfieldbleachers.com/uploaded_images/Mar22WeeksHardy-748972.jpg

 

Rickie & JJ being super dreamy.

[bullox]

I'm on the Weeks train rain or shine. I still think he is going to have some all-star seasons in the years ahead.

[Cracked Bat Collector]

The thing I love about Rickie is that he busts his butt every time down the line. You never see him dog it. I wish every player could have that mentality.

[southpaw121505]

I said in another thread I could see him getting his OBP around .400. Raise that average to around .280 and keep walking like a maniac. Imagine a 25/25 guy with a .900 OPS, playing second.

[1992casey]

he was 25/27 in SB attempts last year

Bingo!

 

The guy draws walks nonstop.

And bingo!

 

 

Toss in those homers he started hitting late in the season.

[AdvantageSchneider]

Also gets HBP quite a lot. Not affraid to take one for the team.

[owbc]

Rickie is already an above-average second baseman.

 

His defense has significantly improved over the past few year.

 

He will have at least one 30/30 season in his career.

 

The best is yet to come for Rickie, it would be a huge mistake to let him go.

[TooLiveBrew]

I have 30/30 foresight Rickie's gonna do that in 2008.

[Ennder]

Rickie is already an above-average second baseman.

 

His defense has significantly improved over the past few year.

 

He will have at least one 30/30 season in his career.

 

The best is yet to come for Rickie, it would be a huge mistake to let him go.

 

I love Weeks but his defense is still downright terrible, he just doesn't make as many errors as before. He is still in the bottom 15% of 2B for defense without a doubt.

[logan82]

Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart are tops on my list of "untouchables." To me they both have offensive skills that fit in any type of offense.

[ELCABALLO45]

Just watching him in batting practice is fun. He is one of those guys where the ball JUMPS off his bat.

[brewcrewman17]

My brother and father railed against Rickie all season long but I stood by... in my mind, you can't get down on a guy who just walks and walks and walks. I selected the Rickie Weeks autographed ball option on my season tickets this year. Rickie has unique talent.

[ILuvDaBush]

I wish I could YouTube the massive home run he hit to Big Mac Land... As I ALWAYS tell people when people get down on Rickie Weeks. "Before they tore down Old Busch Stadium (II), only two players had hit HR's to Big Mac Land. A Juiced Up Goliath of a first baseman and a 5'9" second baseman." I still remember when one of his (and Prince's) minor league managers opined that Rickie had more power than Prince. But Rickie can do more than just swat HR's like Hall, or steal bases like Pierre... Does anyone wonder if he could get his BB AND XBH over 75 in the same year?

[bklynbrewcrew]

Rickie is a great great player and one I hope remains a Brewer for his entire career.

[Tbadder]

If the Brewers are to improve significantly next year, it will have to be because of Rickie's bat. Everyone else has pretty much maxxed out, but this guy could make Chase Utley look like a banjo hitter. I think he'll do it. Go Rickie Go!

 

On the defensive front. If he imporves as much as he did last year, he could be considered average to above average. I'm less likely to believe that this will happen, but I wouldn't be surprised either.

[Fatter than Joey]

On the defensive front. If he imporves as much as he did last year,

 

I am not sure he improved as much as he seemed to trade range for making less errors

[wisconsinfan47]

I wish I could YouTube the massive home run he hit to Big Mac Land... As I ALWAYS tell people when people get down on Rickie Weeks. "Before they tore down Old Busch Stadium (II), only two players had hit HR's to Big Mac Land. A Juiced Up Goliath of a first baseman and a 5'9" second baseman." I still remember when one of his (and Prince's) minor league managers opined that Rickie had more power than Prince. But Rickie can do more than just swat HR's like Hall, or steal bases like Pierre... Does anyone wonder if he could get his BB AND XBH over 75 in the same year?

Here ya go. - July 18.

 

Career .249 BA, .357 OB...I love it. Definitely in my top 3 Brewers

[foamboy1]

Guys develop at their own pace....Ricky has underperformed expectations thus far....I sense he is going to have a breakout year.

[TooLiveBrew]

Does anyone wonder if he could get his BB AND XBH over 75 in the same year?

Yep. I wonder again about 2008. It's all about remaining healthy.

[saget]

I love how he plays completely balls to the wall. The way he takes people out when he slides into 2nd or crushes the catcher at home.

 

And I love that he's a BB/HBP machine.

[Kurt]

I would be interested to know how many players with a min of 400 at bats, had a OBP 139 points higher than their BA .AVE. That's pretty amazing.

[Baldkin]

Fixing the HR link...

 

Its July 18th, 2005

 

To view it, you may have to hit the "old highlights" and go to July 2005.

 

Wow.

 

Monster HR