Do the Diamondbacks need a star hitter?

[azsouthendzone]

I guess you are right. I mean the team won the NL West last year by hitting bombs. Its like we were watching the Red Sox at times. Just fire the manager, trade away some young talent because we all know that works really well, and watch the season completely collapse. Great idea.

 

[devilalum]

The Suns were "up" during the regular season, too. And their Coach of the Year was encouraged to leave, because he had reached his limit.

The Peter Principle -- In a hierarchy, every employee tends to reach his level of incompetence.

5.5 games up in the worst Division in baseball doesn't equate to developing young players or planning the Big Picture.

Here's the latest approach to Bob Melvin's ultra-passive approach to Managing. "...a lot of times it takes a homer. Everyone's trying to hit one it seems like."

"Everyone's trying to hit one it seems like."? Is he doing color commentary or running the team? He's his own worst critic and doesn't even seem to know it.

Our only offense in the past two games has been two swings of the bat. One by Mark Reynolds and one by Chad Tracy in, what, 20 innings.

Perhaps Bob Melvin would have been more accurate in saying that the only way he knows how to manage is to wait for everyone to hit a home run.

That's what ticks me off.

If he was doing color commentary he wouldn't have a job for very long. I don't know what goes on in the clubhouse but this team seems to play just like these sound bites. Totally void of passion or confidence or swagger.

 

[overseascardfan]

I feel that the problem with the "hitters" we brought in the past were HR guys that were .250 hitters which didn't help much. It's a rarity to find a HR hitter that hits .300, unfortunately we had Dan Uggla in our system but he ends up an AS player on another team. I would like to see if Quentin is a one year wonder before regretting letting him go. But imagine if we would have dealt for Josh Hamilton, who is starting to look the a #1 overall pick.

 

[BC867]

I guess you are right. I mean the team won the NL West last year by hitting bombs. Its like we were watching the Red Sox at times. Just fire the manager, trade away some young talent because we all know that works really well, and watch the season completely collapse. Great idea.

Who in the world said to trade away young talent?

Recently Chris Young was bumped from leadoff to lower in the lineup. I agreed with that move. He's a homerun hitter with high strikeouts . . . and speed he's not using.

Before CY had a chance to adjust, he was moved back to leadoff. Then today he was dropped lower again.

As the old saying goes, "You can't fire the whole team, so fire the Manager."

In our case, it's justified. Does Bob Melvin have a clue about how badly he's ruining Chris Young's career? As well as Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds, etc.?

I'm beating a dead horse. But the one who killed it was Bob Melvin.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

B.J. Upton's major league stats:

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 19 [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/2004.shtml"]TBD[/URL] [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_2004.shtml"]AL[/URL]  45  159   19   41   8  2   4   12   4  1  15  46  .258  .324  .409   93   65   1   1   0   1   1
 2006 21 [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/2006.shtml"]TBD[/URL] [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_2006.shtml"]AL[/URL]  50  175   20   43   5  0   1   10  11  3  13  40  .246  .302  .291   56   51   0   0   0   1   1
 2007 22 [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/2007.shtml"]TBD[/URL] [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_2007.shtml"]AL[/URL] 129  474   86  142  25  1  24   82  22  8  65 154  .300  .386  .508  136  241   1   4   4   4  14
 2008 23 [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/2008.shtml"]TBR[/URL] [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_2008.shtml"]AL[/URL]  66  238   42   71  18  1   5   38  22  8  47  56  .298  .408  .445  135  106   1   4   2   0   6

Now for Justin's line:

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 19 [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2007.shtml"]ARI[/URL] [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_2007.shtml"]NL[/URL]  43  140   17   31   8  3   2   11   2  0  11  37  .221  .283  .364   62   51   0   0   4   1   3
 2008 20 [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2008.shtml"]ARI[/URL] [URL="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_2008.shtml"]NL[/URL]  66  218   35   55   9  4   8   27   1  2  39  80  .252  .369  .440  107   96   0   3   2   3   2

Even with his recent struggles, Justin at age 20 is still well out-performing what his also supremely talented brother did at age 21. BJ didn't start to break out until he was 22, and many people inside baseball noted how they expected Justin's development to follow similarly to BJ's. Given the facts at hand, the doomsday scenarios for Justin's career are being taken far to the extreme.