Surprising:
Pedroia led the league [in 2007] in something called BPS on OutZ, which translates to batting average plus slugging percentage on pitches outside the strike zone. Pedroia was listed at .664, just ahead of notorious bad-ball hitter Vladi Guerrero of the Angels (.662). Ramirez was second-worst in the league in the same category at .189.The minuscule Pedroia hits outside pitches even better than Vlad? Surprising. Manny, one of the best hitters to play the game, and whom my eyes seem to remember landing a lot of hits on bad pitches, was awful outside the strike zone? Double surprising.
Not surprising:
Pedroia also had the second-lowest strikeout-per-plate-appearance average (.072), a category in which Varitek ranked fifth-highest (.236).Tek strikes out more than Manny trying to pick up women outside a Greenpeace convention. Definitely not surprising.
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