I've been know to pooh-pooh the idea of Leonys Martin as an everyday ballplayer. You know, his being pretty bad vs. LHP, and all. Just admitting that up front.
The King of Spalding's race to the 90-ish OPS we were all hoping for, or to the 70-ish OPS we were all dreading, depends largely on which of these two numbers changes the most.
His vR BABIP is currently .583.
His vL BABIP is currently .000 (1 for 14, that hit being a homer).
He isn't Casey at the Bat, nor is he Eddie Gaedel. Those numbers will eventually race toward something near the mid-point.
Whichever doesn't get to the mid-point (or avoids it by the largest margin) will rule the day and largely determine his season.
Did you know that Boog Powell was one of those weird reverse split guys. He hits lefties better like clock work, each and every season.
Controls the zone, too. Also has glove, will travel.
Did you know that O'Malley hasn't played a Tacoma game in the OF. Did you know that Booger had every CF start until today?
OK, he can go ahead and buy that chair, but tell him not to make it one of those bean bag things that are hard to get out of.
He's an Aoki hammy from being called up.
Well, maybe or maybe not.
Moe