jdoz
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Interesting point, but you neglect one major fact. Katin has had over two times the number of at bats as Heether and has played in almost two times the number of games. Let's see if Heether is still in the same boat in 80+ more at bats.
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Monty, you beat me to it. Katin has now had 3 two homer games in his last 5 played, that has to be some sort of record. Oh yeah, but he struck out and didn't get a walk in his other two at bats. Guess he's not worth having in the majors right? Gimme a break, what does this kid have to do to get called up??! Since Hart looks lost out there, it's probably just best to keep playing Catalanotto and Gerut, no sense in bringing up the guy who is leading the team in rbi's, home runs, has a killer arm, and has 3 multi-homer games in his last 5 played.
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Another fair point - using this MLE calculator - http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/mlecalc.html - Katin's MLE for OBP is .284 and he's slugging at .485 in the majors. BUT - let's put things into perspective, Hart's OBP is .330 and his career OBP is .324. Catalanotto has a career .358 OBP. So yeah Katin is getting on around 30% of the time (when converted to MLE), again - keep it in perspective - Hart is getting on a third of the time and Catalanotto is not doing much over that either. Meanwhile Hart's career slugging is .477 and Catalanotto's career slugging is .449 - both topped by Katin's MLE for slugging of .485.
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2 more homers today and 5 rbi's. I hear all the talk about the K/bb ratio and I get it. Katin's K/bb ratio this year is 51/8 = 6.4/1, but he's slugging at .585 (#1 on the sounds), an ops of .915 (#2), with a .293 avg and 10 homers (#1). He has two 2 homer games in a row now. Hart's K/bb ratio this year is 49/19 = 2.6/1, but he's only slugging at .415, with a .745 ops, .256 avg, and 5 homers. Between the power hitting and the strong arm I think it warrants a call up or a trade for good value. Check out his line today - Nashville Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Bourgeois CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Escobar SS 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Heether 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .303 Katin RF 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 1 .293 Koshansky DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .220 Almonte 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .317 Salome C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Gillespie LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .210 Garciaparra 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Dillard P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Swindle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 BATTING 2B: Escobar (11, Phillips). HR: Katin 2 (10, 1st inning off Phillips, 1 on, 2 out; 6th inning off Phillips, 1 on, 1 out), Gillespie (2, 5th inning off Phillips, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Bourgeois; Escobar 3; Katin 9; Koshansky; Salome; Gillespie 4. RBI: Katin 5 (40), Gillespie 2 (9), Koshansky (32). 2-out RBI: Katin 2. GIDP: Almonte. Team RISP: 3-for-5. Team LOB: 1. (edit: "prettified" the box score... we don't expect that members do this, but mods are happy to help with stuff like this when we can --1992)
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These are good points. Have there been similar players with big power who haven't had decent walk stats that have been called up? If so, how have they done? Ryan Howard comes to mind. The guy led the majors in strike outs and won the MVP award two years ago. I'm not saying that Katin has Howard power, but he can certainly hit it harder than many.
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Link Report for Games of Saturday, May 30th
jdoz replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Agreed, he has been on fire. Even added a rare BB last night to add the cherry on top of the 2 homer sundae. -
What does this kid have to do to get a chance? He's leading the Sounds in RBI's and slugging. He's batting a respectable .281. He hit two more dingers last night and has been on fire for several stretches this season. Hart has been struggling a bit and Frank Catalanotto is signed to fill in here and there? Catalanotto is a viable veteran, but when you have Katin crushing it in AAA ball, I don't really get it. At the very least Katin could be traded right now for great value.