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Monday, October 15, 2007
Here you go. Ichiro is #1, once again. My goto guy is always Derek Jeter, as I’m interested in his comps. You will note one common name from last year is Michael Young. Both of these overrated players finally took a tumble among the Fans, so that they are now considered, officially, as below average fielding shortstops by their respective fanbases. It took a while, but the fans finally took notice. Troy Tulowitzki is the find of the year, this year. Of course, now that he’s in the playoffs, the surprise is gone. But, it definitely gives his UZR and other PBP stats much greater weight. Other big finds are Felix Pie and Shane Victorino. And every year, Manny always comes out smelling the same.
(Tech note: you can change the URL from “2007” to “2006” to flip between years.)
Monday, September 24, 2007
Here are some category results. The “All” is the simple average of the 7 traits (50 is average, 70+ is excellent, 30- is terrible).
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Monday, November 20, 2006
Someone asked me if I would run a pitcher scouting report. A little background first…
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Dial’s ZR hated Jose Reyes early in his career, and now it thinks he’s great. The data’s just not good enough - yet - to take one year of defensive performance and use it to evaluate a player’s defensive abilities.
-- David Cameron
To be fair, most mets fans i know think reyes has actually gotten a lot better, not that he wasn’t measured properly in prior years.
-- Kyle S
What to make of this?
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Placido Polanco is a league average hitter. He is on the other hand, an excellent fielding infielder. Derek Jeter is a wonderful offensive player. He is on the other hand, at best, an average-fielding infielder, and likely a below-average-fielding infielder. Which one do you want?
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Darin Erstad switched from CF to 1B back to CF. There is no more unusual position switch than going between CF and 1B, other than catcher. How did the fans evaluate Erstad, year-to-year?
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Zimmerman is one of those “finds” (or more like a stamp of approval) from the Fans’ Scouting Report. Before the season started, this is what was being written about him:
Jim Bowden doled out after he was drafted, saying Zimmerman had defensive ability comparable to the all-time greats at third base, to Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt and Scott Rolen, 32 Gold Gloves among them.
Now, you hear exaggerations all the time. However…
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Friday, September 22, 2006
Very. Here’s the evidence, using the Fans’ Scouting Report.
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Monday, August 21, 2006
UPDATE (Sep 19)
This is your last chance to vote, before the Globe Gloves are awarded at the end of the season. Voting has already surpassed last year’s total, but the more hardcore fans who contribute, the better.
INITIAL (AUG 21)
It’s the fourth annual fielding survey. I’m hoping for another great turnout this year. Please take a few moments, and participate!
http://www.tangotiger.net/scouting/
You can also check out the results for 2005. And if you have a blog, please, spread the word.
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/does-size-matter/
I don’t have much to say. Selection bias abound, and Kirby being half the sample gives me reason to pause. I also can’t tell how many players and PA are in each sample. I think the selection criteria should have been modified so that you have an equal number of players and PA in all groups.
That said, it’s always interesting to take a look at the correlation (though not necessarily causation) of size to performance.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
It’s always amusing to me that we have to consider the feelings of the incumbent, and simply treat the newcomer as “lucky to be here”.
For example…
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