He’s been bad a large part of the season ( except with 2 out and runners in scoring position) and yet he has 88 RBI and coming through when it matters most. LFG.
26 RBIs in September. Last 28 games, 31 RBIs. Last 79 games, 65 RBIs He's one of the best clutch hitters in baseball this year over that span. He drove in all the runs in this series. The most important series of the year outside of the Seattle series. Whatever that was in the first 2+ months is long forgotten.
All 3 RBI's in 2 huge games. He's had an abysmal season and has been a complete waste of money, no way to sugarcoat that, but the statistical slate is now clean for October.
Can we trade him for Pete Alonzo (Mets) age (29)....118 (RBI's)..... .220 (bat avg)... .833 (OPS).....$14.5M (being serious, rather have younger and cheaper for the same crap)
Dusty has Ed Reed batting fifth... statistically hits in that spot have high percentage of RBI. So he gets his stats padded there, but still would be better for Tucker/Chas/Diaz to be in that spot on a regular basis.
RBI is a bad stat, but his rate stats for driving in men on base are one of the few things he did well this season. It be better for Diaz to be batting 5th because it would have been better for Diaz to play more. If Abreu is in the lineup it doesn’t really make much difference where he’s batting. Beyond guys that hit first get more at bats, the effects are really small.
18 HR 90 RbI while playing with a crappy back is a good season from Jose. Let's hope he steps it up during the playoffs. Haters will hate
He finished September/October with an OPS over .800 and a slugging over .500… all while have an unsustainably low BABIP. I’m not saying he had a good year, because he clearly didn’t…. But he didn’t get better over time, and that included an awful stretch with a bad back where he was terrible. OPS creeped up to almost .700 on the year, and the power came back, especially after the injection. I expect better from him next year when healthy - but it’s clear to me that he isn’t washed up and I appreciate that he kept battling and over the last 2.5 months raised his OPS 100 points.
I don't know about value, but if Brantley and Abreu are near their normal selves during the playoffs, we will have a pretty stacked lineup.
