Kearns was Anchor Man in 2007
Just like the beer drinking game Anchor man :
Teammates of the anchorman must drink first and decide how much they leave for the anchor man.
Austin Kearns of the Washinton Nationals had a poor season for most of 2007 with his bat, but made one huge last gulp the last few months avoiding a total embarrassing season.
He was in a huge funk where he had no homers whatsoever for the month of June, and headed into August with a humbling sum of 7 home runs on the year. But, something clicked.
I looked over his stats using the B-R Play Index to see if something stood out. Well, he hit most his homers off fly ball pitchers. He was a Mets Killer. Hitting 33% of his home runs off the team from Flushing. One thing that was interesting is when the game was on the line, thats when he did his best. He performed well with runners in scoring position and when the game was within 1 out. I guess with the Nats at bottom of the division in the NL East, the game is not always on the line. His problem was that as a power hitter, he hits a alarming amount of ground balls. That results in his SLG percentage issues. In fact, his slugging career wise is under .500 . Playing in a pitchers park does not help matters. What his numbers do tell you is that he is somewhat clutch, and with some concentration, he might bust out this upcoming year.
Kearns OPS-PrOPS (predicted OPS) says he was cranking the ball better than his number showed. Meaning, he underperformed and may be in store for a rebound.
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