Tuesday, July 27, 2004
More Attacks on Fortress Cirillo
A couple of days ago I posted Dan Wilson's batting statistics for the year, and surmised that we might witness an assault by Dan on the Cirillo line.
But I completely overlooked another player who is also challenging the Cirillo Line - Scott Spiezio. And, unlike Wilson, Spiezio was signed specifically to bring more offense. So let's take a look at how our Spiezio is doing in comparison to the Cirillo line.
The topmost chart, below, shows Spiezio's monthly batting splits. This is the same chart that I put up for Wilson. The second chart shows Spiezio's offensive stats as of the end of each month in this season (through games of July 26 for the July).
Just like Dan, Spiezio is also putting together a nice little run at the offensive line put up by the guy whose bat he was supposted to replace. The biggest problem that Spiezio faces is Melvin's increasing tendency to bench him in favor of Leone. So while he has really started sucking in July, he's not getting enough at bats to seriously drag down his season numbers.
Take heart, though, you Spiezio fans. If Spiezio doesn't make it this year, he's got two more years left on his contract to get the job done!
Any my heartfelt apologies to Spiezio for overlooking him previously.
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