Community Projection - Mike Redmond

by ubelmann on Mar 4, 2007 3:07 AM EST in News Comment 13 comments

Sticking with the catcher position, let's take a look at Mike Redmond. As Mauer's backup, Redmond has proved to be valuable over the last two years. Driven largely by a high singles rate last year, Redmond was valuable at the plate and behind the plate. How will he fare this year?

As usual, if you're submitting a projection, just make a comment including your projected plate appearances, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging average, home runs, stolen bases, and caught stealing. Discussion is encouraged.

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I'll say...

...Redmond is good for 155 PA, .270/.310/.365, 0 HR, 0 SB and 1 CS.

by ubelmann on Mar 4, 2007 3:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'd go...

up to .290 for him for an average. A dropoff to be sure, but still damn good for a backup C.

by djskilbr on Mar 4, 2007 3:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Red-dog

162 PA
.288/.320/.358
0 HR/SB/CS

by Diggity Dino on Mar 4, 2007 7:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Guess

I'll say .280/.320/.360, but he could end up a lot of places. His ISoP and ISO are pretty consistant from year to year, but as a guy who doesn't get many at bats, he has a pretty big range where his average can end up at.

Either way, he's a perfectly serviceable backup catcher. With him backing up Mauer, we have almost undoubtedly the best backstop situation in baseball.

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Mar 4, 2007 7:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

What say you...

...on PA and HR/SB/CS?

by ubelmann on Mar 5, 2007 1:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

Without really trying, I'll say 1/0/2

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Mar 5, 2007 2:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

And PA, eh, 180

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Mar 5, 2007 2:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

NBP

195 PA
.287/.318/.356 1 HR, 0 SB, 25 RBI

I 'm going to go with more plate appearances then anyone else so far. I think Gardy will rely more on him and DH Mauer more due to both Redmond's good 2006 and the tight competition in the AL Central. However, I think his numbers are going to come back to Earth this year.

Redmond is a career .292 hitter, but I'm guessing that age will begin to catch up with him pretty soon (he's 35). So I'm projecting his BA slightly below his career average. He also has a low OBP because he has only walked a total of 10 times in his 2 seasons with the Twins.

Redmond also has little power, so his slugging percentage and RBI total are low as well. He will get 1 homerun, however (because Gardenhire said he will this spring).

Still, I'll happily take this from a back-up catcher who is solid defensively and somewhat of a team leader.

-Flip

by Flip27 on Mar 4, 2007 9:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

My guess

160 PA
.305/.325/.375 1 HR 20 RBI

He's improved his contact skills late in his career, but he's not much on drawing walks (or striking out much). And his power is limited at best. I also think his PAs will be down this year because the Twins will have a viable DH in Kubel, so Gardy will not DH Mauer as much, keeping him behind the plate in every game except day games after night games in which a lefty is pitching. That's about 25 games. But there will be games when Mauer DHs and Kubel plays left, so I figure Red Dog will catch 40 games, hitting down in the order for an average of four PAs per game.

Joe Mauer for MVP (for real).

by cmathewson on Mar 4, 2007 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Just a Request

Just a request, and i don't want to ruin any plans, but can we get all the projected starters in before we start doing the backups?

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Mar 4, 2007 10:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs