Yeah people are looking at his RBI's though and saying, he's still productive, second in RBIs on the team, but when it comes down to it, he is havnig an off year compared to the past few season.
Posted by thewags

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : He is indeed having an off year ... but, HE IS STILL PRODUCTIVE   
Posted by SpacemanEephus

While Crawford struggles, has anyone noticed Youk hasn't had an OPS this low since 07, or lower OBP since 08.   
Posted by craze4sox

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : I wonder if playing 3B has taken more out of him.  Either way he is still more productive then most 3B.
Posted by craze4sox

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : I wonder if playing 3B has taken more out of him.  Either way he is still more productive then most 3B.

Posted by craze4sox

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : I wonder if playing 3B has taken more out of him.  Either way he is still more productive then most 3B.
Posted by craze4sox

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : I think they need to move him to DH in the future.
Posted by (TheBabe)

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : Nah, I'd just hook him up with Arod's trainers...

Posted by Beantowne

Youk is not having one of his best years. Couple of things that I have noticed. Trying to pull the outside pitch is resulting in ground balls to the left side. Needs to hit the ball where it is pitched. Go the other way more often.  Also, pitch recognition has been a problem. Gets fooled with the breaking ball. Takes too many called third strikes.  Despite this, he has still been productive with the rbis. Among the leaders.  Have to say though, that hitting behind Ells, Pedey and Adrian , he is getting many rbi opportunities.
Posted by dgalehouse

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : Yeah Craze.  Of course it is just conjecture, but I think playing third has taken much more of a physical toll on Youk, as it would anyone.  Also, I think he has probably had to spend much more mental focus on defense, re-adjusting to the hot corner.  Perhaps next year it will be easier in that regard, having settled in to the position.  In any case, it makes you appreciate an Adrian Beltre for being able to be a total whiz at perhaps the hardest defensive position and be such a monster with the bat.
Posted by SpacemanEephus

In Response to Re: 2011 Youk Stats : Youk is currently 1st in OPS among all ML third baseman with minimum of 400 PA. So while his overall numbers comapred to his norm appear to be down. Moving accross the diamond as expected has hurt him offensively...yet dispite that he's still grinding away and playing his tail off... RK PLAYER AB  R  H HR  RBI  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 1 Youkilis 367  61  100  16  76 .272 .385 .493 .879 2 Ramirez 404  52  115  20  68 .285 .327 .498 .825 3 ABeltre 388  61  107  20  76 .276 .318 .505 .823 4 Reynolds 361  55  79  24  60 .219 .330 .474 .804 5 Headley 357  39  104  3  37 .291 .380 .401 .780 6 Bonifacio 351  56  103  2  18 .293 .365 .385 .750 7 Valencia 405  42  99  12  57 .244 .291 .388 .679 8 McGehee 392  34  94  8  48 .240 .289 .349 .639 If you expand it to 300 PA...he's still #1... RK PLAYER AB  R  H HR  RBI  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 1 Youkilis 367  61  100  16  76 .272 .385 .493  .879 2 Rodriguez 305  53  90  13  52 .295 .366 .485  .852 3 Ramirez 404  52  115  20  68 .285 .327 .498  .825 4 Beltre 388  61  107  20  76 .276 .318 .505  .823 5 Reynolds 361  55  79  24  60 .219 .330 .474  .804 6 Roberts 324  59  84  15  45 .259 .351 .451  .802 7 Wigginton 296  40  77  13  42 .26 .325 .459  .785 8 Headley 357  39  104  3  37 .291 .380 .401  .780 9 Longoria 294  41  66  15  56 .224 .333 .439  .772 10 Jones 298  36  77  9  47 .258 .338 .433  .771
Posted by Beantowne