Bob Prince used to always say that you couldn't put much stock in batting averages and other such stats until players had about 100 At Bats, so please keep in mind that it is still really early in the season, but the numbers of three Pirates might bear examination at this point.
1B Jeff Clement
29 AB, 2 H, .103 BA; 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
OF/1B Garrett "The Legend" Jones
43 AB, 9 H, .209 BA; 3 HR 10 RBI, 5 R
Reserve OF Ryan Church
16 AB, 7 H, .438 BA; 0 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R
Give John Russell credit for sitting Clement in Sunday's game and moving Jones to first and putting Church in RF, but will this be a trend or was it just a Sunday afternoon aberration? I know you can't judge a guy on 29 AB's, but maybe JR should consider this line-up as more than just for day-games-following-night-games.
Oh, and just to add a little fuel to the fire, here are the numbers for rightfielder-in-waiting Jose Tabata down in Indy:
42 AB, 14 H, .333 BA; 0 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
(Not sure why those hit totals haven't translated into better run and RBI production. Just shows you that stats aren't everything, I guess.)
Some other interesting numbers in Indy:
Pedro Alvarez
43 AB, 10 H, .233 BA; 4 HR, 11 RBI, 9 R
Neil Walker
35 AB, 11 H, .314 BA; 1 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R
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