ARod in the Clutch (late innings w/ RISP)

So in case you have not noticed I have been busy and not been able to blog much, nor have I been able to track how Alex Rodriguez has done in the clutch for the past 2-3 weeks. I have to assume he has not been very clutch, since the Yankees are now 3 games under .500 and 10 games behind the streaking Boston Red Sox. He is also mired in a 8 -49 slump, quite a slow down from his torrid April, well I guess he had to come back to reality eventually. I have not updated the AROD clutch tracker on the left hand side in a while, since I am not aware of any situation where he came up late in a game with the ability to win or tie the game. If you are aware of any in this time frame, please let know.

As many of you know, I am not a crazy sabremetric statitician or anything, (like some of the Yankee sites I link to on the left) but since I said I was going to pay more attention to see what is fact and what is fiction. On the flip side, as I was researching this today, I saw some interesting splits on Rodriguez at ESPN, that shows that he has been succeeding more this when he bats with players are on base, than with the bases empty.



If you take a look at the breakdown for on Second, Second and Third, Men on, 2 Out, Man on 3rd <2 out, he is doing quite well. His worse situation seems to be None On with 1/2 outs. Not sure what to make of this, other than I found it a bit interesting. Although there is no breakdown for late innings, I am certainly impressed with the fact that he seems to be hitting much better with runners on, and in scoring position since that is exactly what you want out of your 3 or 4 hitter. Needless to say, I would be happy to have him back minding the hot corner in 2008.