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 For a guy who is supposed to be leading the Cubs into the playoffs, Derrek Lee sure is doing a piss poor job of it. I'm not sure if he's injured/tired/depressed/etc., but right now he's just not playing very well and after looking at his stats, he hasn't been for the two months. After hitting a robust .320 in June, Lee followed it up by hitting .257 in July and .264 so far this month. This is the time of the season where the big guns are supposed to step up (look at Pujols and Ryan Braun for examples) and Lee is just shuffling along. I understand that Alfonso Soriano has been out of the lineup for awhile, but the Cubs pay Lee quite a bit of money to drive in runs and lead them to victory....
Now, I'm not saying the Cubs need to get rid of the guy, but he needs to start playing better if the Cubs hope to have any chance of making the playoffs. I nearly threw the remote at my TV last night as I watched Lee strike out after not even swinging during an entire at-bat. I can't remember him doing that too much before. It just doesn't seem like his mind is right....unfortunately, this isn't the time of the season when he can get a day off. Just watching him half run/walk to first base after a walk depresses me. He doesn't look like he's having any fun, which is weird because he's right in the thick of a pennant race. For a guy who was a World Series hero for the Marlins, this seems like a strange thing to happen.
I've been on Lee's case quite a bit this season because of his lack of power and for not taking his suspension during an easy stretch of games, but this is ridiculous. For a guy who is supposed to be the leader.....he's not doing his job and it's costing the Cubs games.
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Since the break he is hitting .280/.394/.551. Average has gone down but power has went up. Which was what people were complaining about in the first half.
He'll likely end up around 300/400/500 which is great considering he had a pretty nasty injury last year.