Honestly, I wonder if Ricky Henderson would be willing to come out of retirement..... I have no doubt Ricky could damn near do a better job, regardless of His age.....!
I like Gardner. I just don't want him to turn into a .255 hitter with 15-17 HRs, striking out well over 100 times. After all, the majority of the board believes he should be a consistent 40-50 SB guy.
He SHOULD be & has proven in the past that he can be. He just stopped running the last few seasons. What part of this don't you understand? And don't tell me to read post #18 or #4 or #67. You're turning another thread into your own personal bullshit forum.
Nope, not true. Post 18- REGARDING Gardner and his base stealing from the past two seasons compared to those earlier seasons when he stole over 40 bases. I would also like to see him steal 45 bases. Please, try it again for some perspective. Unless you expect Gardner to routinely have more than 50 SB in a season, we're really talking about a difference of 15-20 SB compared to his previous seasonal highs, aren't we? And if you think this is a difference maker in the Yanks being a pennant contender, I disagree. That's all, I'm done, over and out.
Knowing your history of being an attention starved clown, somehow I doubt this...........................
Can we please just forget stolen bases. I'm talking about him at the plate. He has regressed horribly.
Is .275 with a .350 OBP and 30-35 stolen bases too much to ask from Gardner? Not very long ago he had some high stock.
In his 4 FULL seasons..... 2010 & 2011 averages = Games (155), ABs (493), SBs (48 of 59), SO (87), BB (70), BA (268), OBP (.364) 2013 & 2014 averages = Games (147), ABs (547), SBs (22 of 29), SO (130), BB (54), BA (265), OBP (.335) So over the last 2 seasons he's running a LOT less, walking less & striking out more. And for this he was rewarded with a 4 year $52M contract. Go figure.
...not too much too ask, and of course I'd love to see it but he's only done it once, and that was 5 years ago. ...bottom line is that Gardner needs to stop his "working the count" BS and stop letting good pitches go by early in the count...once he gets in a 2 strike count he's pretty much an automatic out.
Gardner is becoming toxic..... Stolen Bases cut in half over the last few years, Strike outs way to much, NTM- His K to Hits ratio is absurd and flat out stinks.... 2013: 147 Hits/ 127 K's 2014: 142 Hits/ 134 K's Overall Lifetime: 659 Hits/ 532 K's
That's why I laughed at that Gardner captain nonsense. Like I said he's a glorified fourth outfielder.
