Giambi’s Batting Skill Worthless & Yanks Should Cut Him

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(Too Early to Be) Thinking About Jason Giambi
Published 4/21/2008 by jscape2000 at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... The always bright and positive Steve Lombardi of WasWatching voices his displeasure with Giambi, um, diplomatically (the title of his article is "Giambi's Batting Skills Are Worthless And The Yankees Should Cut Him"). Steve builds his case by looking at Giambi's batting line broken up according to the type of pitcher he faced (power, finesse, or average). Steve points to Giambi's "overmatched" numbers against power pitchers, but neglects to provide a context for those numbers. ...

A PLEA FOR G
Published 4/23/2008 by Matthew S Schweber at THE YANKEES REPUBLIC
... Whatever the reason, they're not alone. Even some of the more rational and objective voices have joined the chorus. The widely esteemed, Steven Lombardi, of "Was Watching," agrees and he has brought his stat book with him to lend their argument credibility: http://waswatching.com/2008/04/19/giambis-batting-skill-worthless-yanks-should-cut-him/ Lombardi compares Giambi's numbers against "finesse" and "power" pitchers, purports to show that Giambi can hit the former but not the latter, concludes that Giambi's skills have regressed, and argues the Yankees should cut him. ...