Comments on: Checking Back In With Niko http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/05/05/checking-back-in-with-niko/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tackle Box http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/05/05/checking-back-in-with-niko/comment-page-1/#comment-36427 Tackle Box Fri, 06 May 2011 16:18:38 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6972#comment-36427 I agree.

I was surprised he started at AA.

]]> By: cariocacardinal http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/05/05/checking-back-in-with-niko/comment-page-1/#comment-36423 cariocacardinal Fri, 06 May 2011 15:56:38 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6972#comment-36423 I didn´t think he should be at Springfield to start the season and said so. My opinion hasn´t changed. He struggled once when we moved him too fast, it seemed logical he might again.

]]> By: Vision http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/05/05/checking-back-in-with-niko/comment-page-1/#comment-36411 Vision Fri, 06 May 2011 13:45:44 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6972#comment-36411 Good info Jeff. My one question would be on the ground balls leads to a lower batting average on balls in play. More ground balls and line drives will generally result in a higher batting average on balls in play than a higher than normal fly ball percentage (though the fly ball percentage will lead to more power obviously).

If a player has a little speed, it isn’t uncommon for a higher than normall batting average in play to be sustainable when coupled with a higher than normal ground ball percentage. A good example of this is with Ichiro.

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