Unbelievable

I admit it. I was wrong. Cashman was right.

I don't think anyone expected Ibanez to be this good as he has this entire year

At first I wasn't sure, but the more Ibanez has produced, the more I've liked the pickup.

Great pick up.

Decent role player and hardly anything to be critical of before the season starts.

And most people, me included, wanted him cut in spring training, goes to show you spring training is a very poor barometer for a season..

He's a definite .. "made for YS" player. One HR every 13 ABs at home (.867 OPS) ... one every 33 ABs (.643 OPS) on the road. That's why no other team could possibly think about giving him the same sort of money. If he's worth X on the Yankees, he'd be worth 1/2 X for every other team.

What are you talking about???

Ibanez is making 1/3 of the average league salary this year and at 1.1M is one of the best bargains in baseball!

I know you hate the yankees and like to make a point to rip on their stadium but you are way out of line on this one.

one problem with that theory is raul ibanez hasn't hit a cheap homerun all year

What, we meet here?

we do

Funny thing is I have alot more posts here?

But he wouldn't be worth that money to some other team at 1 HR per 33 ABs and a .643 OPS.

you do

I can't explain that!

He's hit 5 HRs at YS that went between .356 and .378 all of which might not necessarily be considered "cheap" but there is question of how the balls seems to carry to right and right center there compared to other stadiums. Why does the guy only have one HR every 33 ABs on the road and one every 13 ABs at home? That's a gigantic difference. There must be some sort of explanation.

is quite simple, he plays better at home,

you might have a point if he was hitting 325 foot hr.

maybe pitchers have made better pitches on the road or vice versa.

if

That's possible, though not likely.

why isn't likely. your arguement about the short porch makes no sense

maybe pitchers tried to hang to throw a breaking pitch in the dirt and end up hanging it

Sure, the fact that YS has been 1st, 1st, 3rd and 1st in HRs per game since it opened is a coincidence. If the Yankees were looking to trade for some right handed hitter and he played in some park with a short LF and hit a HR every 13 ABs at home and every 33 ABs on the road, would you want the Yankees to give up much to get him?

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Edited 8/5/2012 9:16 pm ET by wgman062

whats that got to do with ibanez?

all of ibanez have been no doubt homeruns.

your using the hr rate to knock ibanez, when it has nothing to with ibanez.

has it occur to you, yanks are great at hitting homeruns