Prepare yourselves for the most obvious statement of the year; Miguel Tejada is struggling and has played very poorly for the Giants this season.
The next most important question is this the end or is there a reason to be optimistic that this is just a rough patch that he will come out of.
To a certain extent Tejada has been the victim of some bad luck but even taking that into consideration things look mighty ugly. So a took a look at how things have shaken out for him so far this season compared to the previous 3 years and his career norms.
2011 3 Year Avg Career
SLG BAbip SLG BAbip SLG BAbip
Ground Balls 0.206 0.190 0.257 0.236 0.252 0.233
Fly Balls 0.306 0.108 0.505 0.153 0.455 0.101
Line Drives 0.563 0.438 0.926 0.722 1.054 0.734
Everything is down compared to his last 3 year averages and everything except for the BAbip for fly balls is down compared to his career numbers. So the balls are no...
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