Best SS 3b Combo?

by LantermanC on Aug 23, 2007 5:46 AM PDT

I have ARod and Hanley on my fantasy team, and I was thinking, damn that's a good combo, but then I thought, hm.. they have good counterparts on their teams as well, New York debated last year on who has the best SS and 3b combo, but with Hanley lighting it up, maybe Florida's is the best. Which combo would you rather have? (I was tempted to put Yuni and Beltre or Beltre and Triunfel in, but I have a feeling that would win).
(Sorry if this diary sucks, I'm sorta bored at work).

Poll

What's the best combo, disregarding age and salary?

ARod & Jeter

13 votes

Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez

57 votes

David Wright and Jose Reyes

23 votes

93 votes | Poll has closed

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What's a better 2b ss combo i wonder

At first I thought definetley Rollins and Utley, but Uggla and Hanley proved they aren't flukes.
Michael Young and Ian Kinsler could be there too (/sarcasm), remember when Some guy from the Rangers website said he could get 40 hrs?

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by LantermanC on Aug 23, 2007 5:59 AM PDT reply actions

Uggla and Kinsler are second basemen.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 23, 2007 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Whoops. I'm a dumbass.

Disregard.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 23, 2007 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL

i think your signature explains what you were thinking

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by LantermanC on Aug 23, 2007 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Haha.

One of these days my reading comprehension will catch up with my eyes.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 23, 2007 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd go Rollins / Utley for SS/2B

even if the diary is SS/3B.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 23, 2007 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Two more

Chipper and Renteria -- They aren't fashionable and often they aren't healthy, but...

Braun and Hardy -- Give them a few years and maybe they'll make the poll at least, if Braun's fielding improves beyond the historically bad.

rightly, in every age it is assumed we are witnessing the disappearance of the last traces of paradise... Cioran

by toonprivate on Aug 23, 2007 7:29 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, I keep forgetting Chipper's a 3b again

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by LantermanC on Aug 23, 2007 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Wright/Reyes

Yes, there's a little dropoff between Wright and Miggy/A-Rod, but Reyes, in terms of production combined with defensive competence, is ahead of the other options IMO.

by Gomez on Aug 23, 2007 9:40 AM PDT reply actions

I would say....

Miggy and Hanley. BUTTTTT Miggy is just so terrible with the glove. On offense i think they win. But Overall i give the edge to A-Rod and Jeter, who do decent on field and with the bat. Not Reyes and Wright because Wright has not shown consistancy in my opinion.

Well like....thats just....your opinion...man.

by shunter160 on Aug 23, 2007 10:52 AM PDT reply actions

Hm?

Wright has been pretty consistent the last three years (unless you mean in season consistency).
avg obp slg sb
2005 306 388 523 17
2006 311 381 531 20
2007 309 402 519 26

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by LantermanC on Aug 23, 2007 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions

those

numbers are better than i remember. The edge still goes to a-rod and jeter for expierence. Oh and yes Jeter is a decent fielding shortstop. His numbers are not that great. I've read in a ton of places that he is the most over rated defensive shortstop. Doesn't mean he isn't incredible but he isn't that great. And he isn't a Omar!

Another one that might be a good combo to have... JJ Hardy and Ryan Braun. Braun has light the ball up! I haven't seen JJ's numbers in awhile but he was smokin it early on in the year.

Well like....thats just....your opinion...man.

by shunter160 on Aug 23, 2007 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions

"Jeter is a decent fielding shortstop."

Wrong.

by Graham MacAree on Aug 23, 2007 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

And Ibanez is a decent fielding LF

by chrisisasavage on Aug 23, 2007 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Wright's numbers in his

full seasons, have essentially been the same. OPS+s 138, 136, 144.

Secondly, I suggest you read Bill James' essay about Jeter's defense in The Fielding Bible.

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by rfloh @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 5:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Jeter is DECENT on the field?

Both Miggy AND Hanley look awful with afield.

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by rfloh @ Lookout Landing on Aug 23, 2007 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Jeter is CLUTCH!!!one1!!2!!!

REMEMBER THE RELAY HE CUT OFF AND TOSSED HOME TO GET GIAMBI AT THE PLATE???? ESPN DOES AND SO DOES GATORADE!!!!

by thenatural on Aug 23, 2007 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

AND THAT PLAY WHERE

HE FELL INTO THE 3RD ROW TO MAKE THAT CATCH?!?!/1/1/1

by Gomez on Aug 23, 2007 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't forget

that he kind of looks like the Jordan logo when he has to get to a ball and jump throw when most short stops could pick the ball, sit down, and throw and still get the guy out.

by Dylan @ Lookout Landing on Aug 23, 2007 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Nick Punto and Jason Bartlett???

by chrisisasavage on Aug 23, 2007 1:48 PM PDT reply actions

nope, Uribe and Richar

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by MFAN on Aug 23, 2007 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh yes

I do stand corrected

by chrisisasavage on Aug 23, 2007 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Both of you need to check yourselves

Gordon and Peña in KC.

by Gomez on Aug 23, 2007 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I almost wrote that one

but I laid off of it because of Gordon's potential.

Bartlett, Punto, Richar and Uribe all suck and that is unlikely to change.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 23, 2007 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions

offensively

Miggy and Hanley, no question. All around, I'd have to go with Wright and Reyes. Miggy and Hanley are both pretty terrible defensively, while Reyes and Wright are both above average defenders.

by Eldukey on Aug 23, 2007 3:09 PM PDT reply actions