02-13-2025, 03:32 AM
(02-12-2025, 09:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: He actually had more PA with runners in scoring position in 2024 than he did in 2023. Same with having a runner on 3rd with <2 outs.
That's not to deny he hit very well with RISP in 2024, just that the barely anyone on base in front of him statement isn't true. A large part of it was in 2023 he had 235 PA batting 5th or later, and in 2024 it was only 117.
Hey, that's awesome. That's also probably why he had more RBI in 2024 in his perceived "bad year/Sophomore slump" when the team batting average went from a .249 to .231 in one season.
I wonder how many got picked off base or were caught stealing while he as hitting?
Post-lockdown Reds with over 75 RBI and stolen base leader
2021 - Castellanos 100, Votto 99, Suarez 79 . . . Akiyama 7 stolen bases. Reds 34 SBs - 24 caught stealing
2022 - Farmer 78 . . . India 12 SB. Reds 58 SBs - 33 CS
2023 - Steer 86 . . . De La Cruz 35 SB. Reds 190 SBs - 48 CS
2024 - Steer 92, De La Cruz 76 . . . De La Cruz 67 SB. Reds 207 SBs 45 CS
De La Cruz not only led MLB in SB, strikeouts and errors, he also led in CS with 16. Just from him alone, that's 16 runners on base removed in front of the #3, #4 or #5 hitter. Benson with 7 CS and Fraley had 5 CS. Do they still count as at bats with runners on base? They should create a new stat that factors that in and call it RBI plus or something.
Steer is also one of the very few Reds that pitchers would want to pitch around. CES and McClain weren't there so it was pretty much Steer all of last season.
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