Ruben Tejada Leads All MLB Shortstops In Batting Average and OBP

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• LA Mets Fan August 8, 2012 at 2:36 pm

  Ain’t that kick in the pants! What do all the haters gotta say now? lol
• Metsie August 8, 2012 at 2:38 pm

  His current BA (does not qualify with enough PA yet) puts him right behind Wright and Holliday in the race for the batting Title.

  If he stays healthy and maintains his current hitting another of my Bold Predictions will come to pass….

  4 – Reuben Tejada will overtake Wright as the Met we associate with the Batting Title race.

  http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/07/4-bolder-predictions-for-the-new-york-mets-in-the-second-half-of-the-season.html
• Mary August 8, 2012 at 2:39 pm

  Good for Ruben and at 22, the best is yet to come. He’s a very humble kid too who shows respect for the game.
• Brendan August 8, 2012 at 2:41 pm

  All he needed was a little bit of speed and he’d be perfect. But if he develops more power he’d be the ultimate #2 hitter for the next 5-6 years for us. We should sign a centerfielder with speed who could bat leadoff.
• Alex68 August 8, 2012 at 2:41 pm

  Well, to be fair, as of right now he does not qualify amongst the leader, so he’s actually 2nd to josh ruthledge. however, here’s where he would ranked in other important offensive categories:
  in at bats he’d be 12. so i only used those qualifying 12 players to make this list ok. amongst those 12:
  10th in RS
  8th in Hits
  8th in Doubles
  Last in Triples and in HR’s he is next to last.
  11th in SB
  10th in BB
  2nd in K (Behind reyes only, good eye)
  8th in SLug %

  I mean… The kid has surprised, but not sure what post liek this mean… That he’s the next luis castillo minus the speed? Come on… He would’ve been a perfect fit for 2B and our #2 hitter…
  • Metsie August 8, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Your correct he doesn’t qualify due to his missed time due to injury…
    But to me I don’t care if he hits a single nearly 4 out of every 10 PA.
    Thats fine!

    At least it is a hit and not just a walk which won’t drive in any available runs.
    and he is good to have batting in front of the bigger bats as he has this habit of wearing pitchers down by making them throw a lot of pitches.

    Tejada may not actually be a better replacement than Reyes in that regard but I think he does deserve some kudos for what he has done. And if he bulks up a bit more and fills out his body (usually happens around 24-26) he could gains some better gap power to add to his average.
  • jessep August 8, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Right. Lets compare 90 at bats to 271. That makes sense

    Tejada is 47 AB off the lowest total of qualifying SS’s.
  • Alex68 August 8, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Well, metsie, i like his approach.. he seems to have discipline, he puts a lot of balls in plate (doesn’t walk much and doesn’t K either) so i guess that’s a good thing.. the problem is, he’s mostly a single hitter who the league will play very shadow and take away those little bloopers he’s had…
    • Metsie August 8, 2012 at 5:15 pm

      All True but then again at least it isn’t Jason Bay! LOL

      Really if there is a player that performs less than him he’s way low on the list of things that need to be improved.

      Will he serve as a replacement to Reyes? Who can say but we can look at that 6 years from now.
  • Just_Da_Damaja August 8, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    ” He would’ve been a perfect fit for 2B and our #2 hitter…”

    Bingo…

    I said the Mets should’ve dropped Bay…moved Wright to the OF…moved Murph to 3B…moved Tejada to 2B…and kept Reyes at SS…

    Our lineup (1-6) would’ve been

    1 – Reyes
    2 – Tejada
    3 – Murph
    4 – Wright
    5 – Duda
    6 – Ike

    and for a total price of 10 mil more than they paid this year…
• Met Maniac August 8, 2012 at 3:03 pm

  Thanks Omar!
  • jerseymet August 8, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    Give credit where it is due… Sandy inaction and thrift completed it all possible.
    • jerseymet August 8, 2012 at 5:45 pm

      sorry….made it all possable
• Gregg August 8, 2012 at 5:44 pm

  Good for Ruben. For a guy that has never had more than 328 AB’s in a season this is something to be proud of.

  I’d love to get excited about him the way I did about Jose, the problem is, I watch him play every night.
• Peter R. August 8, 2012 at 5:55 pm

  Ruben Tejada may be the biggest bright spot of the 2012 season after the no-hitter.