Wahoo's on First » Graphics http://wahoosonfirst.com A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 A Graphical Analysis of Grady Sizemore’s Power http://wahoosonfirst.com/2011/10/27/a-graphical-analysis-of-grady-sizemores-power/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2011/10/27/a-graphical-analysis-of-grady-sizemores-power/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:25:01 +0000 Lewie Pollis http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=2323 Time is running out for the Indians to decide whether or not to pick up Grady Sizemore’s option. The team has three days after the end of the World Series to choose between paying Sizemore $9 million in 2012 or giving him his $500,000 buyout and letting him test the free agent market. Unconscionable though it once was to think that Cleveland wouldn’t pick up his option, it’s likely (if not probable) that Sizemore will be suiting up for another team next year.

As everyone knows, the biggest question mark about Sizemore is whether or not he can stay healthy. In 2009, he suffered the first of what would turn out to be many injury problems, and the man who had missed just seven games in the preceding four seasons was limited to just 106 games. In 2010-11, he combined for just 104.

Even when he’s been on the field, he hasn’t looked quite like himself. His once-great plate discipline has gone downhill dramatically. Once formidable on the basepaths (he had 71 steals in 2007-8), he didn’t steal a single base this year, and the two-time Gold Glove winner has had three straight years of a negative UZR.

But Sizemore showed this year that he’s as good as he ever was in one aspect of his game: power. (more…)

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