Carlos Delgado last played in a game on May 10. Since then, Fernando Tatis and Daniel Murphy have taken over at the bag.
At the bag, they have been able to hold together the infield and perform well above expectations.
At the plate, let’s just say they’ve been pretty awful. Or have they?
Tatis, since May 11: 16-75, 6 BB, 6 K, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI … .213 AVG / .302 OBP / .307 SLG
Murphy, since May 11: 11-73, 11 BB, 11 K, 1 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI … .151 AVG / .259 OBP / .205 SLG
I can’t get beyond Murphy’s slugging percentage since May 11. .205? Wow.
Combined: 27-148, 17 BB, 17 K, 5 2B, 2 HR, 19 RBI … .182 AVG / .280 OBP / .256 SLG
That’s 30 combined games at first base. Delgado, through 28 games before going down with injury, had 28 hits, 12 BB, 20 K, 7 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI … .298 AVG / .393 OBP / .521 SLG.
Delgado got off to a quick start, slowed down, but was coming on before the injury. Surprisingly, the RBIs are quite close between Delgado and his replacements. For all the struggles we’ve seen at first, the run production has been quite close.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such terrible numbers drive in as much. It could be a lot better, but I guess it could be a lot worse, too.