Monday, May 19, 2008

That Hurts - Part 3

“I don’t know if we have the luxury of waiting two to three months for someone to kick in because we can’t let this league or this division get away from us." -J.P. Riccardi

Days since Frank Thomas was released : 30

Blue Jays' record since Frank Thomas last appeared in their lineup : 15-14

Number of times Blue Jays have scored more than 5 runs : 4 in 29 games

Frank Thomas's batting line since his release : .269/.390/.343

Shannon Stewart's batting line since Thomas's release : .253/.321/.333

Stew's picked it up a bit lately, but not by much. Both players basically sat all weekend during that despicable sideshow of interleague play. Mench and Wilkerson haven't done much yet.

2 comments:

Rob said...

Apologies for stealing your bit, but we passed another 10 days today. Also, the weather's crappy here. Some holiday Monday...

Dave Till said...

I'm not a huge fan of Stewart (in his current incarnation), but it's not as if the Jays gave all of Thomas's playing time to Shannon. Matt Stairs was never going to be a full-time outfielder, and he's getting more at-bats now that the Big Hurt is gone. And Mr. Stairs is doing quite well with them, thank you.

Thomas is hitting a bit better in Oakland, but he's slugging .341 in May. He's like Lyle Overbay, but without the defence, and with about 23% of the foot speed.