From USS Mariner today...pretty funny and sad

My mother could beat up Willie Bloomquist.

Willie Ballgame has an Isolated Slugging% (SLG-BA) of .032, thanks to his whopping four extra base hits on the season. Among players with at least 100 plate appearances, WFB?s .032 ISO ranks 374th out of 374, unsurprisingly. But how bad is an ISO of .032?

The average national league pitcher has an ISO of .043. Willie Bloomquist has hit for less power this year than the league average hitting pitcher. Yes, he does some things well enough (mainly, steal bases) to keep a roster spot in the major leagues, but the idea that he?s any kind of major league player who deserves regular playing time is a joke.


And yet he is still in the lineup day after day. Hargrove will be fired at the end of the year, I promise.