Sentences with phrase «league average players»

Hernandez and Marrero haven't been league average players and if the Red Sox are really considering giving Blake Swihart time at 2B, clearly they are trying to find better options.

Not exact matches

A two - time Defensive Player of the Year who's led the league in blocks four years in a row, Griner is now leading the league in scoring, averaging 22 points per game on 57 % shooting while once again leading the league in blocks per game.
For much of its history, Major League Baseball has aligned the value of its players according to traditional stats, like batting average, home runs, stolen bases, earned run average and so on.
That season, the league's 30 highest - paid players lost roughly $ 232 million, or an average of $ 7.73 million per player.
We have seen how Man United have spend big on players that are either proving to be average or are not ready for the league, Falcao being the prime example.
Wenger is just too stubborn is the problem.we have a very strong chance of winning it this season (bpl) but if Wenger had gotten two outfield players in d summer (a fwd and cdm) we would have been sitting at d peak with at least 9 points off the rest d rest by now.but alas his egocentric stubbornness and blind loyalty to some average players in d team is giving us heart aches.however I still see us winning d league this season only that we'll b doing it in a cinderella story way
Liverpool had a terrible defence but almost won the league because they had the best striker in the world, now imagine having the best player and the best striker with some of the best midfielders on the globe, you could win anything with just one one top class defender and 3 average ones.
We need to apologise to Michael Owen, Leroy Rosenoir, etc who perpetually insisted that we can not win premier league with these overrated average players in Arsenal team.
He is the only player in the League currently averaging over 30 a Game.
He gets thoroughly involved in games, more than any other player and averages the most touches in the League per game.
Along with defensive specialist Dan Lehtman (who averaged 2.3 charges per game in 2013 - 2014), Ross Neuman complements a serious contender in Team Zimmerman as arguably the most efficient player in the league.
In a league with an average salary of $ 3.7 million, Walker is not the only player who has been victimized.
If they can bring in 5 - 6 world class players next season and offload 5 - 7 average to below average players, AND with a new top quality Manager, they could probably get up to 4th place next season and then bring in another 5 top quality players the following offseason and then challenge for the league title in 2019 - 2020.
I always say i dnt kno why arsenal fans forget easily... just becoz we won the fa cup everyone forgot how shit we were some hv guts to call sanchez an average player but wait till the league begins coz if u say anythin negative about arsenal now Justarsenal fans will eat u up
Sport recently claimed Barcelona scouted Eriksen in the Champions League, but Pochettino insists he is not a fantastic player but «an average player».
Look ate Chelsea they sold Lukaku, Mata and De Bruyne who were not good enough at that time and signed better players like Hazard, Fabregas, Costa and Kante and have won 2 league titles in 3 seasons whereas Arsenal are still stuck with average players like Debuchy, Mertesaker, Gibbs, Ramsey, Theo, Giroud forever and have zero ambition of winning.
Baker was amazing and now cant get a game at a Championship side Depay was the best player in the league and flopped in the prem Klaasen was Ajaxs best player and has proven to be massively average since joining the prem.
Your argument he is an above average player is that he is an aboveaverage player in a poor dutch league.
Jackson is the only player in the league to average more than 17 yards a catch in each of the past two seasons, and he's the target Rivers has looked for, even more than tight end Antonio Gates, when San Diego needs a big play.
According to Opta, Morgan Schneiderlin averages more tackles per game (4.6) than any other Premier League player.
He hit.360 /.436 /.640 in rookie league at age 19, which is two years younger than the average player in that league.
Chelsea finished 10th in the league before Chelsea took over — and the only «new» players he got were: Victor Moses (who nobody thought was actually a good player), Marcos Alonso (thought to be an average player who had flopped at Sunderland), David Luiz (PSG flop, was being kicked out because Marquinhos took his spot), and Kante (very good signing)(and Bats I guess).
With a.326 average, 44 homers and 121 RBIs, Carl Yastrzemski wins the AL triple crown; no player in either league has achieved the feat since.
Pace only part of his problem... though a big one... his distribution of ball out if defence is awful... one of worst in EPL... slows down our forward movement massively and often puts receiving player in akward situation wher only option is back pass... He is also average in air... So his one quality is positional sense so he is alright as a bench player which is how Germany use him... So yes the guy is right we will not win league with this mertesaker starting
Even average players sometimes play like world beaters but over time they play to their level AND that's what we do — we play to a 3rd or 4th place level — the league table doesn't lie.
He must also be tall as we have the shortest squad players on average in the league, age - at most 26.
When Griffin was a rookie — and the runaway choice for rookie of the year — he average 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, which were nearly unprecedented numbers for a newcomer in the league, certainly considering how 20 - 10 players have become an endangered species in today's NBA.
He just posted a.648 OPS in 64 Low - A ball games despite being eight years older than the average player in that league, but the Mets decided to promote him anyway to High - A Port St. Lucie.
I think «two way player» should be reserved for the player who is better than league average on both defense and offense.
With those averages, Antetokounmpo became the first player in league history to finish top - 20 in all five major categories.
After averaging a league - high 13.5 boards and finishing fifth with 2.71 blocks, Mutombo was named Defensive Player of the Year for an NBA record fourth time.
I know Arsenal all too well and trust me we would've still lost.A lot of people think this Arsenal squad isn't good enough to win the league but I beg to differ.Give this same squad to Rafa Benitez or any world class manager even without any signing before the transfer window ends and watch us play like you've never seen before.The problem in this team has always been tactics, mentality and mismanagement.This is what has really been disturbing us for several seasons but alwas goes ignored.Mark my words that if Arsenal get everyone they're supposed to we're not winning the league if those three things aren't checked.We need signings but our problem is much bigger than signings.Give this same squad to Klopp or a too manager and you'd be shocked some players who were called average will be playing differently.You know why?Strong mentality, proper management and good tactics count.
Leicester city won the league with just average players, its just all about consistency that matters in the league, with the squad at arsenal, they only need makelele type ov DM to compete favourably 4 da trophy.
This guy is not consistent enough to be an arsenal player is over pampered by Wenger, if he leaves with a good replacement no problem... i am tired of this average players, every season top four battle, the only season we are suppose to win the epl when other teams where not inform we ended as runners up, too bad this season now we are not fighting for the league i am tired and sick of this ally the time
One of the most colourful characters to ever appear in the Premier League, there was only a certain amount of time before Gunners fans saw through the antics to see an average player as their first choice right - back.
Stephenson, who leads the league with three triple doubles this season and is arguably the second best player on the best team in the conference, is a much more well - rounded guard (averaging 5.3 APG & 7.1 RPG).
arsenal have scored 37 goals after 24 matches, the top 3 teams all score 44 or above... arsenal give away only 21 goals, top 3 give away average of 25, our problem is not mert, flamini... all the players we seem to hate, our defense is number 3 in the league, our problem is we can not score
Will he win us the league next season with the same squad or by buying average players?
I have example to Back my Statement... In 2003 Real Madrid bought Beckham from Man Utd for 25M which highest transfer amount that time and now if look at the transfer then average player also cost for 30 to 35M easily... So it very difficult to know how much we have earned from every year making Champions League but yes certainly we must have earned lot because we were 500M debt ridden club when we moved to Emirates Stadium and now we are debt free entity so there is good possibility that we have earn lot from Champions League qualifications and also from Highbury real estate projects as well....
Payet is ranked the best Premier League player on Oulala this season with an average of 39 points per game and the second best player overall behind only Barcelona's Neymar.
There is no way we will be anywhere near challenging for the league with this team we are to weak physically, And to many average players, I foresee banners & protests ahead in another long hard season.
Fans are dreaming of they think they will see more of those players... They are below average and should play in lower leagues.
Alexis will move to a more ambitious club and we'll remain with our average players to keep fighting for 4th, and next season we'll witness Alexis winning trophies just like the others with ambition that left us and went on to succeed, and we'll be here waiting for St. Toteringham day to celebrate like we won the league
The main reason the players are blameless in my opinion, is because Wenger has changed a lot of players down the years, and has gone from more of an average squad, with a sprinkling of quality, to one of the best squads in the league, and yet nothing has changed!
Alexis Sanchez X Age — 28 Contract — 30.06.2018 Involved in the most goals (26 in 29 Premier League games), most minutes played, best points per game average, best prime number shirted player in the division... etc..
there are only 10 players in the entire league whom averaged 20 + ppg while shooting 38 + % from 3 this year, Kemba is one of them..
Their investment returned fruitfully when it mattered most, as Durant became the most efficient player in league history to average 30 or more points in the NBA Finals.»
Everybody at the top of the White Sox lineup has contributed: At week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIs.
You can't rely on three players to win you the league that's unrealistic, and what's even more unrealistic if the fact we also rely on an average striker.
But the French league is an extremely open league, where at times average looking players can flourish.
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