I was looking through our media library, and it looks like the only pictures we have of DeJesus in the system are of him in a Royals uniform, his wife, and his ridiculous truck. That's pretty much summed up his year as a player. He didn't do anything in particular to raise anyone's ire, but never really distinguished himself either.
Here are DeJesus's numbers for the year, along with his projection going into the year
| PA | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | WOBA | oWAR | |
| Projected | 523 | 126 | 10 | 45 | 80 | .267 | .339 | .431 | .326 | 0.9 |
| Actual | 582 | 133 | 9 | 61 | 89 | .263 | .350 | .403 | .332 | 2.4 (F) / 1.9 (B) |
DeJesus did distinguish himself in one way: he had the most walks on the team with 61. That's 17 away from the Cubs next best walker….Alfonso Soriano. That pretty much sums up the Cubs offense this year. Alfonso Soriano drew the second most walks. Soriano.
The eyeball test said he didn't embarass himself out there in RF this year, and I would have guessed that he was average to above average. The advanced metrics disagree (SSS applies, as usual). DRS had him at -4, UZR had him at -4.9, and what ever B-Ref is using now had him at -11 in RF. He was only -1 in baserunning, so that should be solidly above average for a Cubs player.
DeJesus started off the season with a cold bat, hitting only four extra-base hits (all doubles) in the month of April. There was nothing wrong with his eyes though, as he still posted a .350 OBP despite a .250 AVG. His walk rate for the whole year was 10.5%, and he never strayed much more than a percentage point in either direction in every month of the season.
DeJesus's two best stretches of the season were the month of May, in which he hit four triples, and mid-August, in which he hit four homers in eight days. His best games by wRC+ (excluding pinch hitting appearances) were his two-homer game on 8/15 against the Astros, a five RBI day in Miller Park on 5/11, and a 5/4 game in Wrigley against the Dodgers in which he was a single short of the cycle. In terms of WPA, his best game was the aformention Brewers game, and his worst game was in the opening game of the Cubs first series with the Brewers on 4/9. DeJesus went 1-5 with three strikeouts and a TOOTBLAN, 'good' for a -0.25 WPA.
If you're looking for room to add someone in the Cubs outfield next year, DeJesus had a .225 wOBA in 115 PAs vs LHP this year. Small sample sizes, regression, etc. applies, but he might be a platoon player at this stage in his career. A Soriano DeJesus platoon would probably be pretty productive but would never happen. Too bad aside from Soriano pretty much everyone else (Brett Jackson, Tony Campana, Bryan LaHair) is left-handed. That is, except for Joe Mather.
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B, you got lost in your own museum once, didn’t you?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
Is there anyone here who speaks Ancient Greek?
BerseliusQuote Reply
At least Giants fans have to feel confident with Barry Zito on the mound tonight, assuming he has a time machine and can roll back the clock to 2001.
BerseliusQuote Reply
I bet he throws a curveball that doesn’t get called a strike, then one of his patented softball-sized 70mph BP fastballs that gets hammered out of the park by the Cardinals batboy or whoever.
joshQuote Reply
A friend of mine asked of Pablo Sandoval was fatter than Prince Fielder, which surprised me, because I assumed it wasn’t even close. According to official weights, Fielder has 50lbs on Sandoval.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
Two dudes you do NOT want to follow into the bathroom after a big meal.
/classy’d
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
I have a question here for basically all of you I guess: http://obstructedview.net/community/topic/suggestions#post-6951
mb21Quote Reply
From what I can barely remember of the 2012 season, DeJesus wasn’t performing too well and was on his way to not even reaching his projection, but then got super hot and passed it by quite a bit. Maybe I’m just full of shit.
mb21Quote Reply
I didn’t realize Soriano wasn’t 2nd on the team in walks. That’s hilarious.
mb21Quote Reply
Matt Szczur has hit well in the AFL, but has a shitty slugging percentage (only 7 games so let’s not draw conclusions). On the other hand, Baez has a shitty average and OBP, but has hit for a ton of power (also 7 games). Alfredo Amezaga is currently the OPS leader in the Cubs organization in winter ball. http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/org.jsp?id=chc
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
New avi’s confuse me. In a related note, I’m easily confused.
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
@ mb21:
That’s what I remember too.
joshQuote Reply
Jesus, this team was awful.
MuckerQuote Reply
@ Mucker:
Correct.
joshQuote Reply
mikeakaleroy wrote:
i just got a twitter account. who specifically do you follow for breaking cubs news?
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I follow Bleacher nation and World Series Dreaming. I don’t know if MLBTR has a twitter feed, but I use RSS for them. Most of what I know, personally comes from MLBTR
joshQuote Reply
If you want a breakdown by team:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/10/t.html
joshQuote Reply
Mucker wrote:
/optimism
jtsunamiQuote Reply
@ jtsunami:
Damn Astros.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ EnricoPallazzo:
NotTomRicketts is the greatest Cubs twitter account in the history of ever.
Bleacher Nation is generally on top of breaking news, the only Cubs media person that’s worth following is usually Muskat.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Twitter…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Yeah, Muskat is a shill, but at least a bland one. She doesn’t do what she’s not paid to do (i.e., in depth analysis), and I think that’s fine.
Model proposal: the paid guys get the info, deliver it flat, and the bloggers analyze. They can be the data collection team, bloggers the data analysis team.
joshQuote Reply
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I’ll build a fancy Twitter list and send the link.
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
@ josh:
Muskat’s far more likely to tweet live stuff about what prospects are doing in the minors than the other Cubs writers, though you’ll get even more minors info if you follow harrypav
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ EnricoPallazzo:
https://twitter.com/mikeakaleroy/baseball/members
Give that a shot. if anyone has any others worth following, let me know.
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
josh wrote:
Because Josh in mom’s basement has more baseball acumen than Bruce Miles, who has seen the first 7 and a half innings of 9,438 baseball games?
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
I just draw comics.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
Hey, it’s a living.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Well, it’s an avocation, at any rate.
joshQuote Reply
Dig the new avatar MB
Deadhead WaLiQuote Reply
@ Deadhead WaLi:
I figured you would.
mb21Quote Reply
Per deadspin:
“The ALCS MVP was first awarded in 1980, and the average career WAR (according to Baseball Reference) of the players who have received the award is 39.1. Delmon Young’s career WAR is 0.6. The player on the list with the next-lowest mark is Nelson Cruz at eight. The next lowest after that is Matt Garza at 11.8. Young also boasts a .296 career OBP and an OPS+ of 89. He’s a terrible baseball player. He is so bad, in fact, that when he is added to the list of ALCS MVPs, he lowers the average WAR to 37.9. Delmon Young has sullied the record books by a whole nearly two wins.”
WenningtonsGorillaCockQuote Reply
@ WenningtonsGorillaCock:
But for those four games, he wasn’t that bad.
/shut them right up
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ WenningtonsGorillaCock:
I didn’t get that choice either. B/c he hit a homerun in that one game? The MVP was Verlander, wasn’t it?
I didn’t watch the games, I’m just assuming.
joshQuote Reply
So I was able to program my phone so that whenever I type l o l it replaces it with (dying laughing) Its great
Mobile WaLiQuote Reply
FWIW among position players Young had the highest WPA in 3 of the 4 games and was 3rd in the other. He almost certainly led the team in WPA. Solid pick.
mb21Quote Reply
He was not 3rd in the other game. My mistake. Still he had a very good series.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Really? I only heard his name mentioned once and just assumed he was his normal lame-ass self.
The only bad thing about the Yankees losing is that I ended up having to defend stupid A-Rod to a friend whose sort of anti-saber (for unknown reasons, given that he studied math).
joshQuote Reply
I’m disappointed Nate’s new book doesn’t have a Kindle version.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Maybe it’s got too many graphs or something.
joshQuote Reply
What a minute!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Signal-Noise-Predictions-ebook/dp/B007V65R54/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1350680780&sr=8-2&keywords=nate+silver
joshQuote Reply
Thanks josh. The page I found earlier said not currently available.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
2:57
uncle daveQuote Reply
josh wrote:
That’s what she said
Mobile WaLiQuote Reply
@ josh:
Time make you avocation your vocation, so the two eyes see as one.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I find the lack of Kim in this thread disturbing
akabariQuote Reply
@ akabari:
Josh finds it is not objectively disturbing.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Beltran in the lineup for Cards. How I fucking hate that fucking team.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Hal Steinbrenner is not George’s son. (dying laughing) If George was alive you’d fire all the players, coaches, front office and then hire them all back.
mb21Quote Reply
You’d = he’d (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
@ josh:
@ mikeakaleroy:
@ Berselius:
gracias.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Jason Motte’s face looks like Bigfoot’s dick.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Mick’s todger looks like an acorn.
/Keef
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
(dying laughing) what does this even mean (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I guess Bigfoot was never one for proper pruning.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I like how this is noted before the game even starts, let alone in the first few innings when Motte probably isn’t on camera.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Beastscaping, perhaps?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
He was featured prominently in the pregame homage to the Cardinals.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Bigfoot?
uncle daveQuote Reply
That was a really pathetic first inning by the Giants offense.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
So I read that Beltran is the best postseason hitter of all time. Nice placement of that ground ball there.
I wonder if Berkman is healthy enough to DH in the WS.
I am still annoyed that the Cardinals are going to the WS again.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
2010 was recent pure dumb luck I enjoyed.
Beltran, of course 😀
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ uncle dave:
I think it looks more like the Loch Ness monster’s dick.
mb21Quote Reply
Get the fucking bat off of your shoulder, clown.
uncle daveQuote Reply
Fuck.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Er. Ma. Gerd.
Zito —> lucky bastard
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Strategery!
uncle daveQuote Reply
@ mb21:
This is the type of cutting-edge analysis you can’t get from the MSM.
uncle daveQuote Reply
@ uncle dave:
OV: Dick Jokes and Cutting Edge Anal(giggle)ysis
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
This is where Kozma comes through with a two-out hit, right? Oh, wait. It’s Crawford.
uncle daveQuote Reply
Shut me right up.
uncle daveQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
You sure that’s not “Intentional Talk” you’re describing?
uncle daveQuote Reply
ERMAGERD SQUEEZE
*dances*
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Somehow, Fox is broadcasting a Don Zimmer dementia hallucination.
uncle daveQuote Reply
Loved that bunt by Zito.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I will tolerate that bunt. But only tolerate.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
They’ve been up and down (up this year, down last year). They look worse than they are due to a pitcher-friendly ballpark. /pedant
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Anything that hurts the Cardinals is ace in my book.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@ Rizzo the Rat:
Yeah, what is it with Cali ballparks and depressing offenses?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Somebody has to balance out Chase and Coors.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
It’s the marine layer. Heavy air.
uncle daveQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Maybe hippies like pitching better.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ uncle dave:
That too.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Seattle has a high hippie population and a very pitcher-friendly ballpark, too.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Hunter Pence with an ugly catch (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Scutaro’s play was nicer.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
According to espn.com, 2 of the three top performers are Barry Zito (that is, he made it as a pitcher and as a hitter).
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Timmy’s been in the green, I see.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Gameday offers a very flattering profile of Sandoval.
uncle daveQuote Reply
Panda hits himself out of his shirt:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Barry Fucking Zito, you guys (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
RC —> state of disbelief
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Barry Zito is my new favorite person. He and Timmy will be doing some killer bong rips after the game.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/projections/al-scout-on-a-rod-i-cant-believe-anyone-would-be-interested.html
mb21Quote Reply