Hitters Recap May 4-10

by DGU on May 11, 2008 1:50 PM CDT

It was stars and scrubs week for the Cubs - 5 hitters with an OPS above .900 and 5 under .600 (4 under .500, 1 under .300).

D. Lee 26 PA .160/.192/.280 22 Outs (2 DP)

K. Fukudome 24 PA .158/.250/.316 18 Outs (2nd HR of season)

A. Soriano 25 PA .391/.400/.522 15 Outs

R. Theriot 26 PA .381/.500/.429 15 Outs (2 CS)

R. Johnson 19 PA .133/.263/.200 14 Outs

G. Soto 23 PA .263/.391/.526 13 Outs

M. DeRosa 17 PA .200/.294/.267 12 Outs

R. Cedeno 11 PA .100/.182/.100 9 Outs

F. Pie 12 PA .182/.250/.182 9 Outs

A. Ramirez 15 PA .308/.400/.385 9 Outs

M. Fontenot 13 PA .250/.538/.375 6 Outs (5 BB)

H. Blanco 1 PA .000/.000/.000 1 Out

D. Ward 4 PA .667/.750/.667 1 Out

Only 3 HRs hit this week, two by players having the hardest week - Lee and Fukudome. Soto had the other, celebrating his rookie of the month award.

Poll

The Cubs Hitting MVP this week was

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alfonso is playing much better baseball on all cylinders

by columbusOHcubsfan on May 11, 2008 1:56 PM CDT 0 recs

Top 25

Sorry I forgot you did this weekly hitters recap. I put together than Top 25 thing. I actually enjoy your weekly recap better :)

by ak123 on May 11, 2008 5:08 PM CDT 0 recs

No need to apologize.

I like what you did over at the Top 25 post. It’s good to keep the whole season in perspective, too.

by DGU on May 11, 2008 10:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

What about...

Daryle Ward? I know he only had three at bats but those two hits in those three at bats were very clutch hits, one of them winning a game.

by wrigleyrocker12 on May 11, 2008 7:59 PM CDT 0 recs

I almost added Ward;

I should probably err on the side of adding too many people to the vote.

by DGU on May 11, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

what's up with soto playing EVERY day?

should i be at all concerned that we are going to use up his knees? i am more accustomed to the catcher getting a couple days off per week. i want to have soto behind the plate for several years until he takes over 1B from Lee.

game over! - ARAM FOR MVP on May 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT (down 3-0 to the Reds in the 1ST INNING)

by joeschmitt on May 11, 2008 11:22 PM CDT 0 recs

You should be very concerned.

I just wrote about this over in Al’s recap thread. Lou seems to be managing without a long-term view, let alone a multi-season view. It’s a big offensive drop-off from Soto to Blanco, but we’re still leading all of baseball in runs scored. We can take a few games with Henry behind the plate, especially because we need a strong Soto in October.

And if we’re talking multi-season long-term views, we can more than afford to develop Felix Pie.

by DGU on May 11, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up 0 recs