Trade Deadline Thread

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(08-10-2023, 02:50 PM)kevin Wrote: I don't agree Votto is having a great short season.  Is he performing for what he is being paid ?  NO.   He is batting under .200 which is bad.   Now Willie Mays and Hank Aaron once described what they considered a home run hitter. They said someone who hits 30 homers or more and bats .300 or close to .300 

I laugh when Voto gets a hit and Reds announcers rave about Votto.   How much are Reds paying for that one hit, and the answer is Too Much. 

And the idea that IF Votto wasn't old and IF Votto was like he was 12 years ago.  There came a time Pete Rose was batting around .200 and hits turned into weak ground outs.   It came time for Take A Seat Pete.  Now it is time for Let Go of Votto. 

I could also add the Reds were winning more games before Votto came back. His return forced others to take a seat when the young team was playing great.  I really don't want to see Votto back next year at the cheaper price, because it's time for him batting under . 200 to clear the way for the young players Reds have. 

Votto is third on the team in OPS at .856.
He leads the team in slugging at .533
He has a respectable .323 OBP
His wRc+ is 122 with a wOBA of .363. 
His OPS+ is 124.

He's still well above average in exit velocity (71st percentile) as well.

The reason his BA is low (.219. Not below .200) is because he's having bad BABIP luck. His current BABIP is .213. The league average is .297. His BABIP will regress towards the mean (as all luck based stats do), and his average will increase.

By virtually any measure, Votto is having a very good season. He isn't the MVP candidate he once was, but that shouldn't be the expectation of a 39 year old coming off injury. I think he's performed well above what I was hoping for.