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Kolten Wong was categorically awful last year. That's bad!
Kolten Wong will probably not be categorically awful this year. That's good!
I do not know the level at which Kolten Wong will not be categorically awful next year. That's... neither
Kolten Wong's mediocre year in Springfield (.287/.348/.405) was pretty disappointing in a stadium/league that saw Daniel Descalso hit .323/.396/.531. That's bad!
Kolten Wong very good year in Memphis (.303/.369/.466) was pretty awesome in a stadium/league that saw Daniel Descalso hit .281/.349/420. That's good!
Kolten Wong contains potassium benzoate.
The Cardinals traded David Freese to the Los Angeles Angels this offseason seemingly hoping that 2014 Wong (And Ellis, depending on how they're platooned) + 2014 Carpenter is better than 2013 Carpenter + 2013 Freese. Carpenter and Freese combined for 7.3 WAR last year, so even if you project Carpenter for a pretty decent heapin' of regression (which you absolutely should), the combination could still easily see a net positive. And this is all ignoring the fact that we got Peter Bourjos and Randal Grichuk in trade as well!
Stats below, via Fangraphs.
|
Season |
Team |
Age |
G |
PA |
HR |
R |
RBI |
SB |
CS |
BABIP |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
wOBA |
wRC+ |
|
2011 |
Cardinals (A) |
20 |
47 |
222 |
5 |
39 |
25 |
9 |
5 |
0.355 |
0.335 |
0.401 |
0.51 |
0.41 |
|
|
2012 |
Saguaros (R) |
21 |
17 |
76 |
1 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
0.371 |
0.324 |
0.342 |
0.392 |
0.341 |
|
|
2012 |
Cardinals (AA) |
21 |
126 |
579 |
9 |
79 |
52 |
21 |
11 |
0.318 |
0.287 |
0.348 |
0.405 |
0.341 |
|
|
2013 |
Cardinals (AAA) |
22 |
107 |
463 |
10 |
68 |
45 |
20 |
1 |
0.332 |
0.303 |
0.369 |
0.466 |
0.37 |
|
|
2013 |
Cardinals |
22 |
32 |
62 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0.191 |
0.153 |
0.194 |
0.169 |
0.168 |
-1 |
|
Career |
|
|
32 |
62 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0.191 |
0.153 |
0.194 |
0.169 |
0.168 |
-1 |