Here are the Pirates’ everyday position players, sorted by 2012 wOBA.
Position | Player | PA | wOBA |
CF | Andrew McCutchen | 62 | .361 |
1B | Garrett Jones/Casey McGehee | 33/37 | .319/.298 |
LF | Alex Presley | 58 | .283 |
2B | Neil Walker | 54 | .248 |
3B | Pedro Alvarez | 38 | .175 |
RF | Jose Tabata | 50 | .172 |
C | Rod Barajas | 35 | .137 |
SS | Clint Barmes | 49 | .132 |
The most discomforting realization I had while looking at these numbers? Pedro Alvarez, who many would describe as being lost at the plate, has been the Pirates’ fifth most productive everyday hitter thus far. Yikes.