The progrees he is making almost on a week to week basis is amazing.
The scary thing is he is only going to get better and better.
NO. He has never been good. In over 100 posts in this thread, I predicted that pitchers would never throw him strikes again. He is such an offensive liability.
<table class="pv_table" summary="Individual player stats table"><tbody><tr><th class="Center">Year</th><th class="Center">Tm</th><th class="Center">Lg</th><th class="Center">RC</th><th class="Center">GPA</th><th class="Center">P/PA</th><th class="Center">LD%</th><th class="Center">GB%</th><th class="Center">IF/F</th><th class="Center">HR/F</th></tr> <tr> <td class="Center">2005</td><td class="Center">ATL</td><td class="Center">NL</td><td class="Center">49</td><td class="Center">.287</td><td class="Center">3.4</td><td class="Center">19.1%</td><td class="Center">39.7%</td><td class="Center">15.9%</td><td class="Center">17.2%</td></tr> <tr> <td class="Center">2006</td><td class="Center">ATL</td><td class="Center">NL</td><td class="Center">91</td><td class="Center">.246</td><td class="Center">3.3</td><td class="Center">18.3%</td><td class="Center">45.0%</td><td class="Center">20.0%</td><td class="Center">15.5%</td></tr> <tr> <td class="Center">2007</td><td class="Center">ATL</td><td class="Center">NL</td><td class="Center">103</td><td class="Center">.266</td><td class="Center">3.4</td><td class="Center">19.4%</td><td class="Center">43.3%</td><td class="Center">14.9%</td><td class="Center">9.7%</td></tr> <tr> <td class="Center">2008</td><td class="Center">ATL</td><td class="Center">NL</td><td class="Center">31</td><td class="Center">.225</td><td class="Center">3.5</td><td class="Center">20.8%</td><td class="Center">43.8%</td><td class="Center">9.3%</td><td class="Center">8.2%</td></tr></tbody></table>