The Dbacks

Normally i'll leave the baseball posts to my brother because he's a little more into it than i am, but seeing as how he's lazy and this article requires some research... well, it's me you get.

I wrote the other day about the Dbacks 'veterans' struggling a bit this year. So we thought we'd take a look at the Batting Average's between last year and this year. 2006 is first average, this year is second.

Eric Byrnes: .267 to .312 (Up)
Conor Jackson: .291 to .276 (Down)
Stephen Drew: .316 to .234 (Dropping Like a F-ing Rock...)
Chad Tracy: .281 to .289 (Up Slightly)
Carlos Quentin: .253 to .213 (Way Down)
Orlando Hudson: .287 to .296 (Up)
Tony Clark: .197 to .240 (Up)
Chris Snyder: .277 to .213 (Way Down)
Chris Young: .243 to .246 (Same)

At first glance, it's 4 up, 4 down, and one the same. But looking closer, the only person that's come up significantly is Tony Clark, who was injured a lot last year. But looking at Drew, Quentin, and Snyder... i mean come on. That's ridiculous. Snyder and Quentin are a few bad games away from the Mendoza Line. Drew has looked better of late, with some hard hit balls for doubles and triples (though nice job getting thrown out at third tonight on a blast to the corner...).

Overall, it's hard to complain about the Dbacks, seeing as how they're ten games over and 1/2 game back of the division lead. But if we can get some of these guys hitting where they're supposed to be, we could be a team to be reckoned with...

UPDATE: The Dbacks took back over 1st in the division with a win against the Dodgers tonight. Not a fantastic pitching effort, but somehow a shut-out nonetheless...