Following up on my July 20 post about Pirate left fielder Corey Dickerson....
....let's take another snapshot of Dickerson's month-by-month performance, through the games of August 15.
| Corey Dickerson - 2018 | AB | Hits | BA | Runs | HR | RBI | OPS |
March
|
6
|
1
|
0.167
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0.333
|
April
|
93
|
30
|
0.323
|
15
|
3
|
15
|
0.907
|
May
|
101
|
31
|
0.307
|
9
|
2
|
15
|
0.799
|
June
|
76
|
20
|
0.263
|
8
|
0
|
1
|
0.603
|
July
|
70
|
28
|
0.400
|
17
|
6
|
12
|
1.253
|
August
|
40
|
7
|
0.175
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0.386
|
| YTD |
386
|
117
|
0.303
|
52
|
11
|
56
|
0.819
|
| Rank on team |
2
| 1st | 1st | 4th | T-3rd |
5
|
3
|
This is what we know:
- The Pirates were incredibly hot from Opening Day up until mid-May or so. So was Dickerson.
- Dickerson cooled off considerably from that point through the end of June. So did the Pirates.
- Dickerson had an absolutely torrid month of July, hitting .400. The Pirates also had a torrid month of July that featured an eleven game winning streak and put the team back into playoff contention.
- Everyone knew that neither the pace set by Dickerson nor the pace set by the team in July was sustainable. It wasn't. Halfway through the month of August, Dickerson has been, well, awful at the plate, and the team as a whole hasn't been much better (5-7 in the month).
So I once again ask the question posed in the headline, as Corey Dickerson goes, so go the Pirates?
Is Dickerson the cause of the Pirates playing well or lousy, or vice versa?
Discuss.
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