His nose (along with most of the media) is firmly planted up Dustin Pedrioa's butt. I am here to share some stats concerning this "hard playing" "intense player" --- just for the heck of it. career post season -- 9 series, .247 BA, .323 OBP, .404 SLG avg 2013 post season --- 63 AB, 15 H, .238 BA.. 6 RBI, ..never hit higher than .273 in ANY series. However..he is still the "intense player" who jumps for HOME RUNS hit into the upper deck and DIVES for base hits 10 feet away from him. lol
Hey first, BLG welcome to the room. I always liked Phillips but his production seems to be dropping. Cano despite his perceived lack of hustle, is a more talented 2B. In defense of Pedrosia, he gets the most out of his ability and gets dirty all the time, a throwback to the old school player. Cano suffers because he is so smooth. Unless you watch him play daily, till you see that flip from the otherside of 2B, you don't get to appreciate his talents. wonder what Pedrosia would of batted this year if he had Vernon Wells protecting him or guys named Hafner for most of the season.
Pedroia is a classic "Fenway hitter" who benefits from the "Wall" (see below)- and I don't score extra points or rate players higher than others just because they like to dive all over the place on unreachable balls or make head first slides on the basepaths when they are still out by 3 feet. Pedroia is a .286 career hitter on the road (2028 AB) with a .411 SLG% and he has 63 LESS career RBI with 27 more ABs. Compare this with Cano's Home/Away splits. My educated guess -- his overall career stats would be significantly worse if he played his home games in just about any other park except Fenway.
I don't read Lupica, haven't done so in years. In the case of Pedroia and Cano as second basemen you're looking at a 1 (Pedroia) and a 1A (Cano). And I think Brandon Phillips (also a 1) hustles aking to Pedroia. Protection from Hafner and Wells: non existent.
