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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth
Butler aside. What is troublesome is its indicative of a club philosophy on how they are approaching their plate appearances.
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Butler
IS the problem. In 2012 he created 23.9 runs offensively but that fell to 7.2 last year and is already a dreadful -8.2 this year and -0.8 WAR. If he'd have put up the same 2012 numbers that's 15 or so extra runs last year that's another win or two. Right now he's a massive albatross. As bad as Gordon & Hos are they at least bring gold glove defense which keeps our runs allowed down.
If we're on pace to score 20 fewer runs, we can get the bulk of that back just by getting Old Billy to return. It must happen or the season is a lost cause.