I thought Lane had an OF to 1B to CF kind of progression? Didn't he also close for a great USC team(Zito, Munson, Engsberg, Lane) in college too? Who would've thought the highest one picked would have the worst career.
uh, for a run producing position as 1B is.. Bagwell is way under performing...he is, "average" this year at best.. my point was just that for the money...Bagwell is HUGE disapointment this year. it looks like he might be busting out of this season-long slump... but if he doesn't... we need to seriously look into gettin someone else out there...be is a Jason Lane, or that Hoffman or whatever his name is 1b we have in N.O....baseball is a numbers game...we need the numbers, whoever that may be..
reallyBaked- What exactly did you expect out of Bagwell? He's on pace for 30-35 HR, and should get 100+ RBIs. Bagwell will still be the man for another 3 years. At that point, if we have a prospect great, if not our payroll will be lightened by the absence of Bagwell, and we can go out and sign someone. We have several speedy outfielders like Jimerson and Mike Rodriguez who could progress, and even give us the option of moving Berkman to first base. Keeping Lane, a 26 year old, around just because you project him to be able to start years from now. His positions in the majors are pretty much blocked
ALL I was saying is that Bags is average now..and that keeping him as the #3 hitter..and insisting that he play 95% of the games at this point in his career isn't what is in the best interest of the Astros..he just isn't the RBI machine he used to be.. make the lineup Biggio Ensburg kent berkman bagwell doggy him barely gettin 100 RBI ( only 98 last year) is average at best for 1B... I aint doggin Bags or all he has done for the Astros..his dedication..his ethic..his help for the city of Houston.. I own 3 different authentic bagwell jerseys.. it just hurts me to see him struggle so badly... hopfully he is coming out and gonna tear up the NL this 2nd half..
Bagwell struggled throughout most of last year because it he had just had his surgery that offseason. In the 2nd half he definitely picked it up. This year he had a slump... newsflash, he has 1 every year except normally it's in April/ early may. This time it was late may/June. Jeff Bagwell is an above average player still. A top 5 1st baseman. There is a reason he bats 3rd and pitchers still pitch around him.
reallyBaked, why don't you post the rbi numbers for all of the starting first baseman in the league last year to see if 98 rbi's is truly average. and while you're at it why don't you compare obp and slg where bagwell was over .400 and .500 respectively.
there are only 8 NL 1B that have had enough AB to qualify out of those 8 Bagwell is 4th in RBI, 3rd in BA, 5th in OBP, 6th in SLG, 6th in OPS those arent exactly "top 5 in MLB 1B" kinda numbers! certainly not near his 2000 numbers... and no he isnt over 400 in OBP nor is he over 500 in SLG Yes, these numbers CAN change...and hopfully they will! yall need to RELAX about Bagwell...if ya'll can not admit it to yourselves that Bags had a very POOR 1st HALF of the season then i dunno what to say.. We need Bags to step it up, as well as Berkman to get back to form... Doggy/morgan/kent all need to just keep on doing what they've been doing!
