The Real Prado?

[KB 34]

Here are some stats to consider, they're the splits for Prado this season.
Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+
April/March 12 4 23 20 1 7 2 0 1 5 0 1 3 1 .350 .435 .600 1.035 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 161 170
May 19 11 59 53 7 11 6 0 1 2 0 0 5 6 .208 .276 .377 .653 20 2 0 1 0 0 1 .217 65 73
June 20 16 73 64 8 23 4 0 2 6 0 0 5 6 .359 .406 .516 .921 33 2 0 4 0 0 2 .375 134 151
July 26 25 121 108 19 35 9 0 2 14 0 2 12 14 .324 .392 .463 .855 50 5 0 1 0 0 2 .359 118 130
August 22 21 94 86 8 25 3 0 3 13 0 0 3 12 .291 .308 .430 .738 37 2 0 3 2 0 1 .301 86 91
Sept/Oct 8 8 35 31 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .194 .265 .226 .491 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 27 38

I consider myself to be as big of Prado fan as practical. He's not going to be a superstar and I doubt he'll have an extremely long career in the majors. Taking a look at his stats he had a marvelous summer, getting hot when the Braves and KJ figured out he needed to heal from his injury.

Take a look at August and now into September. Those numbers aren't starting 2B quality, which leads me to the question, which is the real Prado, or is he somewhere in between? I'd have to say he's in between sightly towards the worse stats. This isn't the type of player to count on to be an everyday 2B for an entire season. Seeing he can play most anywhere one should value him as someone who can come in and solidly fill a hole instead of stinking up the joint like Norton, Tony Pena, Keith Lockhart, or your favorite bench bum would. Teams need players like this but not as starters. My rant is done.

Source:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=pradoma01&year=2009&t=b#month

[Freddy_Ballgame]

Great job on the scrolling thingie! Interesting how he is sliding down after he had a hot run. Interesting but pretty typical. Give this treatment to oh, say, Chipper and McCann and see how their years have gone, just as a comparison. It should be quite interesting. Nice work, KB.

[KB 34]

Why not? McCann has been going down hill all season.
Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+
April/March 13 12 51 41 6 8 3 0 2 7 1 0 7 5 .195 .333 .415 .748 17 1 2 0 1 0 1 .171 86 96
May 20 18 77 66 9 26 3 0 3 11 1 1 11 7 .394 .481 .576 1.056 38 3 0 0 0 1 1 .411 164 182
June 25 22 97 88 7 26 8 1 3 13 1 0 8 15 .295 .361 .511 .872 45 3 1 0 0 1 0 .329 114 136
July 26 24 111 101 16 29 13 0 4 21 0 0 7 18 .287 .327 .535 .862 54 3 0 1 2 1 1 .309 109 127
August 24 23 100 92 11 21 3 0 5 20 0 0 6 18 .228 .280 .424 .704 39 5 1 0 1 0 0 .229 72 81
Sept/Oct 8 7 30 29 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .103 .100 .241 .341 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 .083 -20 -9

No good way to describe Chipper other than recently he has sucked mightily.
Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+
April/March 16 16 69 59 12 19 3 1 2 8 0 0 9 11 .322 .420 .508 .929 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 .370 124 144
May 25 22 97 77 12 24 5 0 3 13 1 1 19 15 .312 .443 .494 .937 38 3 0 0 1 6 1 .350 126 151
June 26 25 111 93 13 23 4 1 4 12 0 0 17 11 .247 .360 .441 .801 41 2 0 0 1 4 1 .241 93 119
July 24 23 104 81 17 23 5 0 4 16 1 0 20 12 .284 .413 .494 .907 40 1 0 0 3 4 0 .279 119 143
August 25 25 109 89 13 22 2 0 3 10 2 0 19 19 .247 .376 .371 .747 33 2 0 0 1 3 0 .279 81 98
Sept/Oct 7 6 26 23 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 5 .087 .192 .130 .323 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 -21 -9

Links:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=mccanbr01&year=2009&t=b

[RiknTN]

Prado's dropoff these past 4 or 5 weeks also coincide with when his extremely painful headaches and dizziness started. Many look for him to fall after doing so well early. But he's proven himself up here over 3 seasons or so. His norm is probably somewhere between earlier in the year and now.

[Freddy_Ballgame]

Good call, Rik. Thanks for the other numbers, KB, they suggested about what I figured. McCann may be young enough to rebound. Prado has proven to be a ML caliber player. Both would be better served playing for a manager who doesn't feel compelled to play the s#!+ outta them! Of course a team would need quality backups,,,,oh yeah, the Braves pretty much have some!
As for Chipper, well, if you want to put him in the same group with Prado and can him just because, I'd say go for it. He may soon find out how a Glavine or Smoltzie got that "forgotten man" feeling...