Charting Ronny Cedeno: A Trend Downward Month-by-Month
Ronny Cedeno has shown a disturbing trend in his offensive production this season. A good April (816 OPS) is somewhat masking, at least among our collective perception, how bad he has been since then. July has been particularly brutal for him. He is 5-for-37 with no extra base hits and one walk, good for a 289 OPS.
The other strange thing about Cedeno's season is his large reverse split. He has a 720 OPS against righties but a 409 OPS against lefties. Neifi Perez, continuing a career trend, is the opposite, posting a 778 OPS against lefties (thanks to some added power from the right hand side) and a 541 OPS against righties. If the Cubs were playing for anything but pride and development, it would make sense to platoon Cedeno and Perez. Because they are not, the Cubs need to continue playing Cedeno everyday to determine whether they can rely on him next season.
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Utility Player?
Perhaps Cedeno is just not meant to be a day to day player. His talents might be better used as a substitute player in which case the Cubs could try to train him to play at multiple positions as a super utility player.
Re: Utility Player?
I think that's too early to say, but it's a possibility. He needs to pick up his walk rate.