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Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Endy Chavez family of players
I haven’t studied the issue, but I would have to guess based on selective memory and anectodal evidence like Ryan Langerhans that the Endy Chavez famiglia of players (good- to great-fielding outfielders, below-average to really below-average hitters) are very undervalued.
Think about it. If you have a really good fielder in CF (+1 win), who is an above average baserunner (+0.25 wins), with the positional advantage of CF (+0.25 wins) who is a really bad hitter (but not super horrible) of -1.50 wins, gives us a total of +0. That’s a league average player! Take a bit off across the board, and you have a #4 outfielder. This is a valuable player.
List for me the guys you see in the Endy Chavez famiglia…