Knuckle Curve » bengie molina http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Worst Hitting Teams in Baseball in 2008 http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/worst-hitting-teams-in-baseball-in-2008/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/worst-hitting-teams-in-baseball-in-2008/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:58:30 +0000 Stephen Kersey http://www.knucklecurve.com/worst-hitting-teams-in-baseball-in-2008/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

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The Royals actually have a lot of talented arms. The problem in Kansas City this year is their total lack of hitting. The Royals are 23-34 and they are lucky to be that good with the way they’ve swung the bat. The good news is Jose Guillen has started to heat up so perhaps there is hope for the Royals.

San Diego Padres
The Padres play in a pitcher’s park but that doesn’t totally explain why they are last in the NL in runs scored. Adrian Gonzalez is having a good season but that can’t be said for any other batter on San Diego. In fact, Gonzalez has more homers than the next highest two totals combined.

Washington Nationals
The Nationals are horrible once again and it’s their bats that are most to blame. They have a few decent bats in their lineup but they just have too much trouble scoring runs. The 24-34 Nationals really have no hope of coming out of the cellar unless they bring in a few hitters for the middle of the lineup.

San Francisco Giants
The Giants have been hot lately but they still field one of the worst lineup of the last decade. Bengie Molina is a good catcher and a solid hitter, but he’s far from your prototypical cleanup hitter. For the Giants, he’s the best thing they have going.

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Cleanup Hitter?

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