2012 player grades

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by TDog

He didn't come close to that this year, and he was a miserable failure. Suggesting that he would be a failure even if he put up Miguel Cabrera numbers misrepresents the position of those who would prefer he didn't create a black hole in the White Sox lineup, which is exactly what a player who hits less than .220 and strikes out more than 220 in a season presents.

Batting average doesn't win you games, RBI's do. He had 96 of those, best on the team.

[TDog]

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

Batting average doesn't win you games, RBI's do. He had 96 of those, best on the team.

Hitting .212 with runners in scoring position, which Dunn did, loses. games. No other player on the White Sox, with RBI chances in at least 25 games, was as ineffective with runners in scoring position as Dunn.

Dunn led the team in RBIs because he had an overwhelming lead in RBI chances while driving himself in 41 times. As an RBI man, he had more to do with the Sox missing the postseaon than with the Sox contending.

[TheVulture]

Let's look at it this way, aside from April and May of this year, Dunn has put up these numbers with the Sox:

.174/.298/.345

[palehozenychicty]

Originally Posted by BainesHOF

Floyd's 4.29 ERA was good, especially as an American Leaguer. He allowed fewer hits than innings pitched and his strikeout-to-walk ratio was better than 2:1. He finished above .500 at 12-11, but, with his talent and even his stats, he should win more games. But that's pretty much the story of Floyd's career. He's good, but should be better.

At this point, Gavin is who he puts out annually. He's inconsistent, but consistently uneven. For the back of a rotation, that has value over 162 games.

Stop expecting him to be a No. 2 or 3, and he's fine.