"Teixiera’s not hitting this season. That’s a far great concern than where he’s hitting. The Yankees are still at their best with Teixeira right in the thick of things, driving in runs and performing like the elite hitter he’s supposed to be.
'I never really worry about the numbers because every year they’re there,' Teixeira said. 'At the end of the year I’ll put my stats up against any power hitter in baseball.'"
So will we, I promise you.
“ 'The biggest thing that you want out of a hitter is production,' Joe Girardi said. 'Average is important, yes, but average doesn’t always mean production. You can become a slap hitter and hit 3.10 [sic] and drive in 50 runs and hit 10 home runs and we’d all be saying, we’d probably like the other Mark Teixeira better, the one that 30 plus home runs a driving in 110 to 120 runs. So for me, the production is the important thing, not the average.' ”
Right.
The complaints about Teixeira are about both his poor batting average and his poor production.
When the Yankees signed Teixeira, they were expecting a .300 batting average and 120 RBIs.
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