Todd Helton

[ThaSaltCracka]

wtf is going on with him?

Lack of juice?


His OPS this season is 200 points lower then his absurd career average.

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Lack of juice

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[DontRaisePlz]

Getting off the juice - does that make you worse than you were before you take steroids? Because the guy should at least hit .300, especially in Coors. He's been a .300 hitter at every level.

[J.R.]

he's only a a career .295 hitter on the road.

everything says no to juice- never a true power hitter (line drive guy with max 46ish hrs I think), skinny, deeply religious (he sports the wooden cross outside of his uniform shirt)- but then there's that cardinals announcer...

its just a weird slump/pitchers have figured out a weakness situation I think

[pryor15]

his hit rate (% of balls in play that fall for hits) is way down this year (28% as opposed to 35-38% average), so he may just be hitting the ball at people.

as for the power, beats me. could have something to do w/ a lack of protection in the lineup

[nolanfan34]

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lack of protection in the lineup

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[Jack of Arcades]

WTF? "Lack of Juice?" You have to be [censored] kidding me. You're smarter than that, TSC.

[Boris]

Why are you so convinced he wasn't on the juice?

[Jack of Arcades]

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Why are you so convinced he wasn't on the juice?

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That wasn't my point.

My point was that if he was on the juice, he's certainly not off of it now.

I don't think he's on the juice, though. He's a tall, skinny, goofy white guy that was a quarterback.

Edit: he's also a superlative defender. If you look at all of the "roids" candidates, none of them were ever very good defenders.

I think Helton's most similar to a guy like A-Rod.

[Jack of Arcades]

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he's only a a career .295 hitter on the road.

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The Coors hangover effect has been well documented. Our best guess of Helton's true average is somewhere slightly below his Coors average.