On the Brighter Side.
by Matthew on Apr 20, 2009 8:00 AM PDT
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PrintA leaderboard of the best fielders in all of baseball, by UZR:
That's three Mariners in the top ten. As a team, the Ms top both UZR and UZR/150 and are more than 50% better than second place in Range.
By the way, according to FanGraphs, Endy Chavez has been worth 0.9 wins so far this season. Raul Ibanez is at 0.8, and that's with his defense being called average so far.
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How many wins is Gutz projected to be worth at this pace?
"The dark secret of LL is that it only exists so I can one day moderate Graham" ---Robert
by .Taylor on Apr 20, 2009 8:37 AM PDT reply actions
Don't forget
That’s just Endy’s UZR in LF. He’s also been excellent in RF. His overall UZR is +3.6.
He's only really had one bad year
last year UZR had him as average while PMR put him at 10 plays over. He’s a nifty little player, and I would love for the Mariners to try and pry him away as his payday approaches. I’d part with Morrow and Clement for him in a heartbeat.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 20, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
If Hanley Ramirez can play good defence he's the best player in baseball
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
But in 2007 he fielded like a deranged robot
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Which makes me suspicious
He was basically dead on average last year in the same number of innings.
Dan Uggla was above average in 2006 and 2008, but also fielded like a deranged robot in 2007. I’m starting to think the problem wasn’t with Uggla/Ramirez……
It’s also worth pointing out that even in 2007, Ramirez rated pretty much dead on average by PMR.
If I were a betting man
I’d put my money on him being -5 < x < 5 for the season. And yeah, I think he’s one of the best players in baseball.
As far as what it would take to get him.. who the hell knows. Prospects are being valued differently now than they have in years past so I wouldn’t expect the Marlins to get any overwhelming Miguel Cabrera type offers. I’m not saying that Clement and Morrow is all it takes, but I’d be happy to send those two packing to the NL if he could be got.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 20, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This makes walks that much more frustrating
Relating to the post below about Silva’s much lower strike rate this year, this defense makes walks by our pitcher’s doubly inexcusable.
Throw a strike and make the other teams hit it somewhere where our defense can’t get it. I’d hope that the pitching coaches are looking at these defensive numbers.
I thought Chris Davis was a butcher.
Has UZR fallen prey to some corollary to the Nichols Law of Catcher Defense?
(Yes, SSS)
He was a butcher at third base...
but there was little scouting or statistical evidence to support he was a bad FIRST baseman. I don’t trust his UZR right now as indicative of anything, and I think we’ll end up seeing him as an average defensive first baseman in the long run.
He should be a fine first baseman
Provided he learns to not strike out so damn much.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Apr 20, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe he's ever been considered a defensive problem
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Right, yuniform may be thinking of Victor Diaz
although I don’t think Cruz has ever been seen as a good fielder – just not a terrible one.
Just want to take this chance
To talk about my love for David DeJesus. I promise, only 85% of my undying love for him stems from the fact that he went to Rutgers. The other 15% is because he is amazingly underrated. Nobody fucks with DeJesus.
If I posted the pic
Then you wouldn’t have been able to, now would you!?
On the dark side
Guess who’s 8th from the bottom in UZR?
Grumble.
At least he’s better than Michael Young.
Khalil Greene is the worst so far this year, which is surprising.
Jordan Schaefer’s in the bottom 10, too.
Is anyone else a bit worried about Ichiro?
It seems to me that he’s lost a step. There were a few hit balls that I felt he was a bit slow to get to.
He just came off the DL
and maybe a bleeding ulcer has lasting effects, but I haven’t noticed anything.
I didn't realize Ichiro has a tendency to go into defensive slumps in April.
I know it’s early, but it’s something I’m keeping an eye on. Just saying I thought he looked slow out there last night (by which I mean about average for a right fielder).
I don't know that
he meant that Ichiro was off to a slow statistical start, but that he’s actually physically running slower.
Willing to blame the injury for the time being
it’s Ichiro. He’ll be fine.
by seattlebruin on Apr 21, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
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