Time for Another Brett Gardner Premature Victory Lap

by wobatus on May 20, 2010 3:27 PM EDT

I need one, since my Chase D'Arnaud, Thomas Neal and Tyler Flowers pumping is all blowing up on me. Anyway, just kidding around. What happened to the big Vince Mazzaro fan from last year? I lucked out somewhat on this so far, since the process was bad. Somehow Gardner has cut back on his minor league K rates in the majors. And of course this is still small sample sizes. So he ain't Brett Butler yet, but this is a vintage Butler-esque season so far from this Brett. A little surprised the Yanks gave him the shot, but thus far he has made the most of it. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/6/27/927432/brett-gardener

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Gardner is a beast

by Yankees10 on May 20, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

Either that or

He’s been lucky with his high BABIP and unsustainable contact%.

by Evan_S on May 20, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions

No hes a beast

by Yankees10 on May 20, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions

gardner's a beast and you have no issues with objectivity

lets move on

Who loves orange soda?

by Kenan and Kel on May 20, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah hes the best CF in the game

by Yankees10 on May 20, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

And hes gonna win MVP this year

by Yankees10 on May 20, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn't be too sure

Cervelli might be in his way right now, but I still think he has a shot.

by sjkqw on May 20, 2010 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes you are right

Cervelli pretty much has it locked up

by Yankees10 on May 21, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Ummm

he may be joking

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by OldProspects on May 21, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

As were you of course

I meant to click reply to the guy 2 people above

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by OldProspects on May 21, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I was only kidding about the MVP and best CF in the game

but he is a good player though

by Yankees10 on May 21, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Sure, he'll come down

His babip is .361. His minor league babip for the last few seasons back to 2006 is .357. He hits a lot of grounders and has some speed. His contact rate is 94% this year. His career rate, including that, is 90%. That’ll likely come down. His k rate has definitely come down from his minor league rate, so we might see that pick back up.

His zips udate is .330 babip, .283/.359/.373 triple slash, .347 wOBA. He’s a pretty good fielder, so that line makes him a pretty good player.

by wobatus on May 21, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

4.7 WAR

in 589 career plate appearances (.337 career wOBA). That includes his poor batting line his first year, but also his freakish UZR his first year. Maybe he settles in as a 3-4 WAR player. Not bad at all.

by wobatus on May 21, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions