Ok, so not too much of a delay on the second post afterall. Due to time constraints it's not going to be a long one, but is definitely a good one (hopefully). There's one stat in baseball that is often overlooked, and that's a players on base percentage. Whilst home runs are sexy, if you can find a player that knows how to work the strike zone, then you're going to get more guys on base, delay that 27th and final out of the game which will result in your team being able to score more runs. Last season there were a couple of guys that jumped out at the Backyard Baseballer for their ability to take a walk... one of them is Michael Collins, now I don't need to do a post on him to be able to explain this guys value to a team. However the other one went relatively un-noticed last year, his name is Allan de San Miguel.
He only hit .262 last year, which might have people wondering why I would bother doing a post on him. Well he managed walk a league leading 20 times, bringing his on base percentage to .447 ,when you compare that with the league average of .353 you start to realise that this guy had a great season last year. Coupled with the fact that this kid is only 22 years old, and plays catcher, the Backyard Baseballer thinks that Alan de San Miguel will be one of the stars of the new ABL.
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