One thing has been lost in all this winning of late is the fact that, very quietly, Nick Markakis is having a pretty poor year.Since his age 24 season, here's some of his rate stats: AVG OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP2008 .306 .406 .491 .897 .185 .3502009 .293 .347 .453 .801 .160 .3172010 .289 .367 .423 .790 .134 .325As many of you know, after that 2008 season, I was predicting big things for Nick. Here was a guy who nearly OPSed .900 at the age of 24 and was heading into his mid and late 20's, what are typically considered a player's peak season. But he has regressed. A lot.The power numbers are the most striking. I was never a guy who thought Markakis would be a guy who would hit 30 homers a season but I did expect 20-25 with a bunch of doubles. With the crazy onbase skills, that was a guy who could have been a borderline star level rightfielder.Instead, he is OPSing .790 and even in this season with reduced offen...
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