atrium 1,176 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Kipnis loves his momma Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wily mo 2,023 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, atrium said: Kipnis loves his momma was he using an actual pink bat today? that'd be funny if somebody broke out of a big slump with one of the pink bats and kept using the pink bat for like three weeks because superstition Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donkey Doolittle 39 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 23 hours ago, Damn Yankee said: Good on you ARob...not many of us could stomach the 11 for 71 streak over the last 19 games he had going since he returned while waiting for this one decent day. I know I couldn't take all those O'fers. Happy to hear that someone is getting to enjoy his productive day....finally. Exactly why I was able to trade for him and V. Velasquez last week giving up Schoop (who's now on waivers) and Triggs. Reaping the benefits this week, and hopefully for the ROS. His swing looks good tbh. Extremely short and quick to the ball and the power is nice to see. If he doesn't use a pink bat next game I'm going to be pissed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radioflyer9 59 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Hitting leadoff again today! Finally its happening. I traded for him hoping he would hit leadoff in that dangerous offense and it's happening. He could put up a lot of runs in that offense this season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZChronicNebula 2,059 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Someone dropped 2 days ago and I claimed... hope Im not too late hopping on the train! Choo! Choo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EmbargoLifted 902 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) thanks for all the emotion/anxiety posted in this thread .. i use the ranting/raving/angry fan base on rotoworld forums to gauge what a typical owner might be feeling regarding their player and then buy low. Got Kipnis right before his 2 HR game , and have been enjoying the breakout since. Edited May 20, 2017 by EmbargoLifted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newyorkspankees 18 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) On 5/19/2017 at 9:46 PM, EmbargoLifted said: thanks for all the emotion/anxiety posted in this thread .. i use the ranting/raving/angry fan base on rotoworld forums to gauge what a typical owner might be feeling regarding their player and then buy low. Got Kipnis right before his 2 HR game , and have been enjoying the breakout since. so glad I held onto him....someone dropped him a month ago in my league and I scooped him up and held strong Edited May 22, 2017 by newyorkspankees Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EmbargoLifted 902 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) Any thoughts on his SB upside this year ? He is 30 and the age curve for SB drops off a cliff pretty early. Hoping we get 10-15 this year from him. Keyword there is 'hoping' .. I can't even remember the last time he attempted a steal at this point. Edited June 2, 2017 by EmbargoLifted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SwayzeExpress 410 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 So where does he go from here? Babip is pretty low, his bb/k rate is down, but his soft, med, hard contact rates are pretty spot on for his career. He's got a 1.00 GB/FB rate and his LD% is down a touch to 17.9%. Anyone think there's an adjustment he can make and still finish the year .270/20/80/10/80? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EmbargoLifted 902 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 21 minutes ago, SwayzeExpress said: So where does he go from here? Babip is pretty low, his bb/k rate is down, but his soft, med, hard contact rates are pretty spot on for his career. He's got a 1.00 GB/FB rate and his LD% is down a touch to 17.9%. Anyone think there's an adjustment he can make and still finish the year .270/20/80/10/80? At this point it doesn't matter what his finals numbers are ... that horrid April/early May is likely to drag those down a bit. What you should be worrying about is if he can hit at his career pace *going forward* which, at the end of the day, should still return ROI on where he was drafted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheGreatUnwashed 268 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 About to drop as he has easily been the most miserable player on my team. He's still nearly 80% owned in Yahoo though so obviously people think he'll turn it around. What are ya'll doing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JetsAwesome 638 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 22 minutes ago, TheGreatUnwashed said: About to drop as he has easily been the most miserable player on my team. He's still nearly 80% owned in Yahoo though so obviously people think he'll turn it around. What are ya'll doing? He's a worse version of Brian Dozier to me ( which is saying something because Dozier is having an average season), I cut Kipnis after the first month of his miserable play. He got hot for a couple of games then returned to being trash. Im beginning to think he just wont be terribly good this year. Awful BA, OBP and not much in way of stolen bases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnonymousRob 3,429 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 20 minutes ago, TheGreatUnwashed said: About to drop as he has easily been the most miserable player on my team. He's still nearly 80% owned in Yahoo though so obviously people think he'll turn it around. What are ya'll doing? His career plate discipline numbers are a bit off right now as his hard hit rate. Looks like he's hitting way more fly balls. Not sure if he's deliberately joined the revolution. Either way, his numbers are lower than career norms but not THAT off. Could be pressing. There's enough promise in his numbers that I'm keeping him. His babip is about 70 points lower than career normal. His discipline and heavy fly ball rate still doesn't explain that big a drop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Bat Theory 7,363 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 27 minutes ago, TheGreatUnwashed said: About to drop as he has easily been the most miserable player on my team. He's still nearly 80% owned in Yahoo though so obviously people think he'll turn it around. What are ya'll doing? For the thousandth time: Yahoo percent owned and percent played statistics are totally useless. No one should ever looks at them, notice them let alone think they mean anything. They are based on ALL leagues at Yahoo and 95% of them are casual public leagues where you are lucky if 3 or 4 managers in these 12 team leagues remain active more than a month. Most just set their line-up once and leave for the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheGreatUnwashed 268 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 18 minutes ago, The Big Bat Theory said: For the thousandth time: Yahoo percent owned and percent played statistics are totally useless. No one should ever looks at them, notice them let alone think they mean anything. They are based on ALL leagues at Yahoo and 95% of them are casual public leagues where you are lucky if 3 or 4 managers in these 12 team leagues remain active more than a month. Most just set their line-up once and leave for the year. I don't think they're "totally useless." I get your point but while the ownership number is still high active league owners may be dropping him. We should be looking a the trend down as opposed to the nominal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
codyodea 351 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I've been a big Kipnis supporter but I've recently dropped in a 12 teamer. I love his spot in the lineup (let's give it to Jose though) but that is it. I know it seems exaggerated but he flies out, in play, or foul most at bats I watch and I watch way too much baseball. He also has hit the ball right at a lot of people. I was waiting for his crazy hot streak but nothing so far. I'm monitoring for now but the eye test says it's not been his year. I hope he goes on a tear at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StevoSupremo89 130 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 2 for 2 with 2 doubles so far today. Signs of life? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Purple Hippo 1,365 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I reluctantly put him in my lineup today because he had great career numbers against Zimmerman. I'm parking him back on the bench tomorrow as I'm sure he'll go back to being useless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piotr 108 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Anything on the injury tonight? I just saw that he left the game tonight with some sort of leg injury. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjk356 4,553 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Piotr said: Anything on the injury tonight? I just saw that he left the game tonight with some sort of leg injury. I checked the clip on MLB.com as I have him on a couple teams. He pulled his hammy running down to first, didn't look good. Wouldn't be surprised if he's out a few weeks. Just as he's heating up a bit too. Edited July 9, 2017 by mjk356 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Bat Theory 7,363 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 52 minutes ago, mjk356 said: I checked the clip on MLB.com as I have him on a couple teams. He pulled his hammy running down to first, didn't look good. Wouldn't be surprised if he's out a few weeks. Just as he's heating up a bit too. I took over a team with him on it. First time I ever owned him. So he gets injured before Opening Day, comes back and sucks, starts to show a pulse so he promptly gets freaking injured again. Was he this much of a problem in years past? Because he is driving me up the wall currently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JetsAwesome 638 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Those counting stats were putrid then and remain so, the injury makes it easy. He had a brief week were he was hot then went backing to being trash. My patience with Brian Dozier is wearing thin as well..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
My Dinner With Andre 5,750 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Here's a little tidbit: The Indians this year have logged fewer plate appearances against right handed pitchers than any team in the league. At the same time the Indians this year have logged the most plate appearances vs lefties, nearly 1,200, more than 2x the Braves, which have logged the fewest. Not sure if it's random noise, or if there's a plethora of left-handed pitchers in the AL Central or something, but these factors certainly do not bode well for Kipnis, a left-handed better who historically has done very well against righties. Edited July 9, 2017 by My Dinner With Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
azeri98 821 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I think the shoulder injury he had in the spring is still bothering him, it will be a lost year for him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Bat Theory 7,363 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Who will be filling in for him. I see someone named Erik Gonzales listed as a 2B on the Indians. Is he the guy that will get the starts because in a 20 team league there just isn't many 2B options out there so is Obi-Wan Gonzales my only hope at this point? The way Kipnis is going and if indeed he still has that shoulder injury and the fact that Cleveland is contending but can't seem to get much traction; maybe they should look into Kinsler or Jedd Lowrie at this point. And God knows Billy Boy wants to move Jedd as soon as he can. Or is that me wanting him moved so Barreto gets recalled and get 2B eligibility asap for me, hah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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