We often hear how 2010 was the worst season of Derek Jeter’s career. However, sometimes lost in the receding hairline of The Captain is that Alex Rodriguez also had the worst season of his career in 2010, posting lows in OBP (.341), wOBA (.363), and Wins Above Replacement (3.9). Additionally, he experienced his worst production versus fastballs, his Isolated Power declined for the 3rd year in a row (.271 to .245 to .236.), and his line drive rate dropped to a career-low 13.8%.
Granted, most players would kill to have 2010-Arod numbers, but the Yankees are paying Alex like he invented baseball.
So we ask, what is a reasonable expectation for what we can see out of Arod for 2011 and beyond?
This is where Alex will receive his endless supply of Yankee paychecks.
68 Comments
Big Papi January 7, 2011 22:40
No Problemo.
I’ll hook A-Rod w my man..get him back on the jugo and mvp here we come.
Vamos.
Eh January 7, 2011 22:43
Probably something like .270/.350/.500 hopefully? I think he’ll be more willing to work with Long than Captain Groundout.
55 January 8, 2011 00:32
Except Jeter worked with long last year and is meeting with him soon. Next.
Voomo Zanzibar January 8, 2011 03:06
Hey! I coined “Captain Groundout”! And someone else used it! Holy shit. I feel so validated.
Voomo Zanzibar January 8, 2011 03:08
And by the way, I know its January and we’re all hard-up for baseball – but is this really interesting at all? I think not. Let’s Go Jets!
Mr. Contrarian January 9, 2011 01:15
Very creative! He’s the Captain and he grounded out a lot….Good job!
A-Bomb January 8, 2011 03:39
Incorrect. Jeter refuses to work with Kevin Long but A-Rod is Kevin Longs man. I know this for a fact because my friends dad talks to K-Long. A-Rod worked with Kevin on making a hitting video. Kevin also works with Swisher, Cano and Curtis from what I know but most of all he works with Alex and I was told that Alex loves Kevin.
[Censored] January 8, 2011 07:12
when you grow up you’ll realize how stupid that sounds.
55 January 8, 2011 10:50
So, never.
Pete C. January 9, 2011 07:13
DJ is the man, truly in my opinion he’s this generations’ Joe DiMaggio.
But I gotta say, I hate that swing. Always did always will. It looks like my sisters’ when she played HS softball.
Now if this was another site, you know the “sensitive one” right about now they’d be trying to track me down so they could try to club me to death with their imitation Jeterian swings. I laugh at their insignificance.
Zero January 7, 2011 22:46
I’m hoping that maybe last year the team was just being lazy coming off a championship. I know thats really unlikely but I am still hoping for it.
Binger January 7, 2011 23:02
Nudie Magazine Day!
Random Sports Guy January 7, 2011 23:33
Alex Rodriguez 2011: .287/.388/.543, 39 HR’s, 122 RBI’s.
Just putting it out there. I might be out of my mind but we need this guy now more than ever. I might not have always been an A-Rod fan but damn it I recognize the fact that the man is still a damn good ballplayer. Roll tide.
bartonbickle January 7, 2011 23:40
He’ll be fine. He’s the best player in baseball. He’s a God. He can do anything. I remember 2007. I remember 2009. I know what I saw.
B January 7, 2011 23:50
He’ll be better this year. No need to worry about him.
Bird Ass January 7, 2011 23:58
It’s an odd-numbered year nigga no need to stress.
Sensitive RAB guy January 8, 2011 00:18
meh. and they’re paying Kei Igawa like he’s Cy Fucking Young.
At least they learned from A-Rod and signed Jeter to a perfectly reasonable contract.
Brandon January 8, 2011 00:24
When was the last time he was fully healthy? He really looked like the old A-Rod with 9 HRs in September. I expect around .280/.370/.540/.910, 38 HRs, 135 RBIs
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Village Douchebag January 8, 2011 01:39
39 HRs in 2010 after how many games injured? I agree! Total decline! I hit 76 in 100 games on intellivision. Arod is crap, his 122 RBIs is worthless. I think we should trade for Beltran. That would be better. Maybe we could trade Cano too while his stock is high. Such baseball smarts here. Way smarter than the other kids at my orphanage. 39. 122. Decline. My head hurts. I’m gonna go play with my cock.
What a joke January 8, 2011 04:21
Says the guy who posts on a Yankees site at 1:39am on a Friday night. You didn’t do much tonight, did you?
Just Sayin' January 8, 2011 12:44
A guy posts about Intellivision, and somehow the timeline of the post is relevant?
I’m Just Sayin’
Voomo Zanzibar January 9, 2011 21:49
You are saying this ironically, yes? Posting @ 421am. Yes, much irony.
Humorless Twat January 9, 2011 15:30
I don’t get it.
Random Sports Guy January 8, 2011 06:32
What a joke indeed. Village Douchebag, you truly live up to your name. Roll tide.
Village Douchebag January 8, 2011 20:07
Thanks SO MUCH! I’ve worked so hard fit in here. Ok, well its not really work. Just had to kill some brain cells, smoke dope, pretend to know stuff and just act like, well, a DOUCHE! Oh, and I jerk myself off a lot. Common here.
Ummmm January 8, 2011 23:53
Ok? I guess.
Fuck Face January 8, 2011 09:16
Maybe if he stops bagging used-up ugly bitches he will have more time to work on his game.
Pete C. January 9, 2011 07:19
What’s wrong with used up ugly bitches? It’s been my vast experience that they’re the ones who know their way around a piece of wood best. Besides I heard some guys around here use that term about your mom. Jist sayin’. I get that right?
Fuck Face January 10, 2011 09:25
Pete C. loves the cock.
Matt January 8, 2011 09:19
I think a reasonable expectation for him would be to be dumped by Cameron Diaz and to start dating Glenn Close.
Mike Francesa January 8, 2011 10:16
Wait a second, Most players would kill to have ARod’s paycheck never mind his stats. Some how the two don’t add up. I hope you school boys enjoy that 31st pick in the draft in June, nice job Cashman passing on Soriano you dolt. Thank you Hank for outbidding yourself on Rodriguez, that probably will end up being the dumbest contract south of Vernon Wells and north of
the great A. J. Burnett. I want Darek Braunecker negotiating my next deal with WFAN
Mike Francesa January 8, 2011 10:19
@ Brandon I expect to see nothing but nuns and Sailors in the box seats at Yankee Stadium
BadAssBillyCurtis January 8, 2011 11:24
Are declines supposed to have lumps?
Kenny Fucking Powers January 10, 2011 13:55
ballsniffer
slick January 8, 2011 13:00
The days of AROD playing full seasons are over. He’s still a very good hitter, but his contract is soooo bad
This Just In January 8, 2011 14:25
What we’ve learned here
1. Time Zones dont matter anymore, the ‘post time’ on Nomaas is now UNIVERSAL GLOBE TIME!
2. You can post at 4:21 “Nomaas Time” and you’re uber cool.
3. Farts shouldnt have lumps. Dr. Dover says so.
4. If you want to argue a point, throw all logic out the window. Use random stats to fake intelligence. If you drop an “F” bomb in your retort, or attack a poster in any way, you automatically are correct. (There are studies at Cambridge that prove this to be true)
5. Apparently there is a fat Jewish man angry about treadmill usage at gyms in NY.
And, that pretty much sums it up.
This is ‘This Just In’ signing off.
Sensitive RAB guy January 8, 2011 14:45
In keeping with “slow news day” THIS JUST IN!!!!
JoePawl explains (in just a few hundred words!) how he reads a magazine:
This was in my mailbox yesterday. It is the first time in five months that I’ve actually received The New Yorker on a Monday. It almost always comes on a Wednesday, by which time I think a neighbor has stolen it (which is thankfully a moot point now that we have a real mailbox system). Thanks to my Kindle, this is my last remaining physical magazine subscription. And when my subscription runs out in July, I’ll probably switch to the Kindle version as well. Then again, considering how I read the magazine, I might just leave this one in physical form.
When I first get the mag I usually just toss it on a pile. The only time-sensitive items are the events, and I’ve looked at them maybe twice in the two years I’ve subscribed. When I hit the can, I grab the mag and read through all the comics first. It’s not that they’re must reads — about two or three in each issue, out of about a dozen, are good. But if I don’t read them first I find my eyes always gravitating towards them as I read through articles. Getting them out of the way helps me stay focused when reading.
Then it’s to Talk of the Town. Again, this isn’t because it’s filled with the best writing in the magazine. But the blurbs are short enough that I can read them without getting bored. Each one gets a three-paragraph trial. If I’m bored, it’s on to the next one. With about a half dozen blurbs per issue I end up reading four in full, on average.
Then it’s onto the articles. Again, it’s rare that I find more than two articles I want to read. The fiction gets automatically skipped unless someone specifically recommends it. There are a few writers whom I’ll read even if the article doesn’t immediately stand out to me — James Wood and Jeffery Toobin usually stand out. This week I’m probably going to read the story about bananas and Joan Acocella’s bit on Stieg Larsson (despite never having read a word he’s written). Then it goes onto the recycle pile.
All told, an issue takes me between 20 and 45 minutes to complete.
55 January 8, 2011 18:20
Good news- there’s a new RAB writer for you to stalk.
Sensitive RAB guy January 8, 2011 19:25
I’m on it.
Actually, I’m sure there’s already 40-50 comments up on how he/she can improve their writing & analysis.
[Censored] January 9, 2011 06:58
new chick isn’t much of a writer, but we all got loser boners over her so we hired get on. We have high standards, we didn’t choose a nomaas writer because our feelings are hurt. Our criteria were: someone who writes worse than ben, and someone who stimulates our genius comments by being that rare girl who talks about sports therefore becoming an object of disturbing obsession as the nerds fight for her attention with more and more obscure stats.
Joe Pawlikowski January 11, 2011 14:52
I had to pick someone who writes worse than Ben Ka bak. Otherwise his dad would yell at me and threaten to sue.
Roy Keane's dog January 8, 2011 18:01
Sensitive RAB guy? Total cuntface.
BadAssBillyCurtis January 8, 2011 20:33
With lumps.
Sensitive RAB guy January 8, 2011 20:43
Am I supposed to have lumps??!?!?
BadAssBillyCurtis January 8, 2011 22:10
Of course, you homo.
Kenny Fucking Powers January 10, 2011 13:57
ben ky-backside
Kim Last January 11, 2011 14:53
I lick lumps. Jew lumps
Captain Valchek January 9, 2011 09:49
Roy Keane’s dog? haha, great
Carl Pavano January 8, 2011 21:51
Some people take this commenting thing too seriously.
Ummmm January 8, 2011 22:12
Go fuck yourself, Pavano.
Freddie Mercury January 9, 2011 15:34
Good point, but I still want my mustache back.
Carl Pavano January 8, 2011 23:42
Get a life you losers.
Ummmm January 8, 2011 23:55
Give us some of that $40 million you stole from the Yankees and maybe we can all buy ourselves some lives, you fucking pussy. If I ever see you in public I will punch you in the face. I fucking hate you.
Just Sayin' January 9, 2011 22:52
The “buy ourselves some lives” bit was both telling and humorously accurate.
I’m Just Sayin’
snowball January 9, 2011 14:37
it all went down hill for Alex when he met Cameron Diaz…
R2-D2 January 9, 2011 15:45
It was kate hudson it was always Kate Hudson. Cameron Diaz is like the bad chick in the Natural wazzherface KiM Bassinger. Kate was Glen Close. We got to get her back.
Ummmm January 9, 2011 17:39
Sure, let’s just call up her agent and tell him that a bunch of losers from a Yankee blog think that she should be back with Alex Rodriguez. Quick, get him on the horn. Anyone got that number?
Sensitive RAB guy January 9, 2011 18:59
R2-D2′s not a loser
Ummmm January 9, 2011 21:53
Are we supporting a dude who posts under a terrible Star Wars character or the actual character? Either way you’re defense is fucking pathetic. “Oh, R2-D2 is not a loser. Boo woo woo.” You’re a fucking a pussy and now everyone knows it. Go fuck yourself, jerk. THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^MAN^^^^^^IS^^^^^^A^^^^^^BOX!
R2-D2 January 9, 2011 22:10
You beat your wife and dog alot don’t you
Ummmm January 9, 2011 22:48
I have neither and now you’re just trying desperately to turn the insult on me when in fact you just made yourself to be as pathetic and as much of a pussy as the dude above you. THIS^^^^GUY^^^SLEEPS^^^^WITH^^^^RAB^^^^^^GUY!!!!!!!!!!
R2-D2 January 10, 2011 10:53
Well thank the lord for small favors. none of us want you reproducing or wasting the ASPCA’s time
Ummmm January 10, 2011 18:44
You’re a fucking moron. Now excuse me R2, I have to get back to bathing your mother.
arod's cuz January 9, 2011 19:24
he’s got a date with cher next week..
Just Sayin' January 9, 2011 22:55
It’s been real ugly in here lately.
I’m Just Sayin’
Ummmm January 9, 2011 23:01
Yes, indeed.
Joe Pawlikowski January 10, 2011 15:00
He should be the full time DH. He is slow.