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David Pinto worked for ten years as the chief researcher for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. Starting in 2002, David brought his research and insights to a wider audience through his blog, Baseball Musings.

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    Chicago Sweep

    June 23, 7:53 AM
    by David Pinto, Baseball Examiner
     
     
    Aramis Ramirez
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    The Chicago Cubs took game three against the White Sox last night 7-1, sweeping their cross town rivals. The Cubs won by neutralizing a strength of the White Sox pitching staff, the ability to keep the ball in the park. In their first 73 games, the White Sox allowed just 54 home runs, good for a .372 slugging percentage against. In the three games at Wrigley, the Cubs hit nine home runs, four by Aramis Ramirez. In terms of homers allowed per 200 innings, the White Sox gave up 16.6 before the series, 75 during, a better than four fold increase.

    The losing streak made the division tight again. While the White Sox were getting swept by the first place Cubs, the Twins were sweeping the first place Diamondbacks. At one point, the White Sox held the largest lead of any first place team, but that's down to 1 1/2 games. Even the Royals are just 8 1/2 back in last place.

    Aramis Ramirez shows once again show the incompetence of the former Pirates regime. With Pittsburgh, Ramirez showed flashes of greatness but was inconsistent season to season. The Pirates traded him at age 25, just as he was entering his peak years. Since then, Aramis produced consistently good OBA and great slugging percentages. His 25 games as a Cub against the White Sox were particularly fruitful, as he posted a .380 BA, a .442 OBA and an .804 slugging percentage. His 10 home runs helped him drive in 27 runs in the 25 games. His pickup is likely one of the great Cubs trades of all time. The Pirates got basically nothing in return.

     

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