Fangraphs' Justin Merry on Carlos Quentin

Merry @ FG:

Fun fact: My now-five year old daughter’s first baseball game was Quentin’s major league debut, a game in which he hit his first home run.  So while I admit that I have a soft spot for him, I also think that what the 28-year old has done so far is sustainable.  Part of it is that he’s done it before: his .408 wOBA this year wouldn’t even be a career high (.414 wOBA in 2008).  And part of it is that a major reason for his lower performance over the past few years may be injury.  He has missed a lot of time over the last two years (240 games played total from 2009-2010), and it’s possible that the injuries negatively affected his play–if nothing else, by throwing off his timing upon returning.  There is nothing really alarming about his indicator stats: walk rates, strikeout rates, HR/FB rates, BABIP, etc, are all close to career norms.  He may well just be healthy for the first time in a while, and is clobbering the ball.  Hopefully he can stay that way!

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