Another Hot April For Fukudome
Kosuke Fukudome has proven his best month offensively is April. The unfortunate part, however, are those hot starts tend to wear off pretty quickly.
Now, more than ever, the Cubs need Fukudome’s hot-hitting to carry over into May, especially with Tyler Colvin going 7-for-52 (.135) to start the season and Carlos Pena not much better at .157.
So if Fukudome continues his annual slide below mediocrity, the Cubs have virtually zero production from any of its left-handed bats. Not good.
Here’s a quick look at Fukudome’s April stats since joining Chicago in 2008:
AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SLG OBP
2011 .458 48 22 1 0 0 2 10 5 .479 .552
2010 .344 64 22 4 0 5 16 13 11 .641 .443
2009 .338 71 24 6 0 4 15 16 15 .592 .461
2008 .327 98 32 8 2 1 10 19 18 .480 .436
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