San Francisco Giants Pitcher Projections… As Hitters
Entering 2015, Jake Peavy had been a pretty hapless hitter for a long time. It wasn’t always like that, as he entered the league as a guy who could handle the stick a little bit. In eight years with the San Diego Padres, he was a .180 hitter with 14 doubles, two home runs, and 26 runs batted in. But between his mid-2009 trade to the Chicago White Sox and the start of last season, he collected just two hits in 51 at-bats (.039 average), including a hitless 23 at-bats with San Francisco in 2014.
But during a three-game span in September, Peavy magically learned how to hit again. He picked up four hits in eight at-bats, including two doubles, an RBI in each game, and his first home run since 2006. For the rest of the season he was more like the Peavy everyone knew, going 3-28 with no extra-base hits or RBI.
It’s very hard to hit when you’re borderline blind, so 2016 should see more of the hapless Peavy of the past seven years, instead of the slugger that took over his body for two weeks. Don’t except Peavy to channel his younger self on a regular basis. He will probably total more mound outbursts in the first game of the season than he will have hits all season.
Projections:
Average – .093
Doubles – 1
Home Runs – 0
RBI – 0
Runs – 1
Sacrifices – 7
Next: Matt Cain