Sophomore Slump?

[Old Sweater]

Ryan Braun/.250/.258/.422/3 HR/10 RBI/9 runs
Tulowitzki/.185/.264/.277/0 HR/6 RBI/5 runs
Pence...../.200/.222/.300/0 HR/3 RBI/4 runs

Way to early to be concerned but all 3 are starting slow. Tulo started slow last year but Pence(until injury) and Braun were on fire all season.

[blacksilverfan12]

Now that they've been in the majors for a little while, pitchers are probably starting to adjust to them. Give them some time and they'll figure it out

[Old Sweater]

Now that they've been in the majors for a little while, pitchers are probably starting to adjust to them. Give them some time and they'll figure it out

Not to worried about Tulo. He has stroked 3 doubles in the last 2 games.

He is doing great in the field again.

NL Leaders Fielding Pct by Shortstop


Rank Name Team Games Fielding Pct by Shortstop PO+A TC
T-1 Jeff Keppinger CIN 16 1 41 41
T-1 Hanley Ramirez FLA 15 1 70 70
3 Yunel Escobar ATL 15 .986 70 71
4 Khalil Greene SD 16 .986 68 69
5 Miguel Tejada HOU 16 .985 66 67
6 J.J. Hardy MIL 14 .984 62 63
7 Cesar Izturis STL 15 .984 61 62
8 Ryan Theriot CHC 15 .983 57 58
9 Jose Reyes NYM 12 .981 51 52
10 Stephen Drew ARI 14 .978 44 45
11 Troy Tulowitzki COL 14 .974 74 76
12 Brian Bocock SF 16 .97 65 67
13 Cristian Guzman WAS 16 .949 75 79
14 Rafael Furcal LAD 15 .933 56 60

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NL Leaders Zone Rating by Shortstop


Rank Name Team Games Zone Rating by Shortstop Outs Made TC
1 Troy Tulowitzki COL 14 .932 55 59
2 Yunel Escobar ATL 15 .879 51 58
3 Eric Bruntlett PHI 11 .867 26 30
4 Miguel Tejada HOU 16 .863 44 51
5 Hanley Ramirez FLA 15 .86 37 43
6 Luis Rivas PIT 11 .857 24 28
T-7 Khalil Greene SD 16 .852 46 54
T-7 Cesar Izturis STL 15 .852 46 54
9 Jeff Keppinger CIN 16 .842 32 38
10 Jose Reyes NYM 12 .838 31 37
11 Rafael Furcal LAD 15 .822 37 45
12 Stephen Drew ARI 14 .818 27 33
13 Brian Bocock SF 16 .816 40 49
14 J.J. Hardy MIL 14 .804 37 46
15 Cristian Guzman WAS 16 .803 49 61
16 Ryan Theriot CHC 15 .722 26 36
17 Jimmy Rollins PHI 11 .636 14 22

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Player Ag Team Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *4.22
+--------------------+--+---+-----+----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-------+------+
Troy Tulowitzki 23 COL 135 14 14 19 55 2 7 .974 4.93 0 0
Hanley Ramirez 24 FLA 132 15 15 28 42 0 13 1.000 4.77 0 0
Yunel Escobar 25 ATL 132 15 15 17 53 1 8 .986 4.75 0 0
Cristian Guzman 30 WSN 144 16 16 22 53 4 12 .949 4.69 0 0
J.J. Hardy 25 MIL 125 14 14 21 41 1 12 .984 4.46 0 0
Miguel Tejada 32 HOU 137 16 16 19 47 1 13 .985 4.33 0 0
Cesar Izturis 28 STL 127 14 15 14 47 1 8 .984 4.32 0 0
Jose Reyes 25 NYM 107 12 12 18 33 1 4 .981 4.26 0 0
Luis Rivas 28 PIT 73 7 9 10 24 4 5 .895 4.19 0 0
Brian Bocock 23 SFG 141 16 16 22 43 2 12 .970 4.13 0 0
Ryan Theriot 28 CHC 129 13 15 25 32 1 9 .983 3.98 0 0
Rafael Furcal 30 LAD 129 15 15 19 37 4 5 .933 3.91 0 0
Khalil Greene 28 SDP 157 16 16 19 49 1 9 .986 3.90 0 0
Eric Bruntlett 30 PHI 76 8 9 11 22 2 2 .943 3.87 0 0
Stephen Drew 25 ARI 116 13 14 19 25 1 7 .978 3.41 0 0
Jeff Keppinger 28 CIN 121 14 15 7 34 0 2 1.000 3.04

Tulo has a couple of errors but leads in zone and range again. Hope Rollins is dusting his GG Award everyday. I know the managers and coaches had never awarded a GG to a rookie but they should have made a exception for a top 10 season like Tulowitzki had.

[brewcrew82]

Today in his 15th game of the season, Braun got his first base on balls thus far this season. Whilst he didn't walk much last year, he certainly doesn't look like he'll be increasing his numbers much.

I'm not really worried about his start just yet. Though it's interesting that all three guys are off to a slow pace.

[sturg1dj]

how about a juinor slump for Verlander?