One Defensive Metric's Gold Glove Winners....
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# are above average (RSpt is Runs Saved total, RS/150 is per 150 games)
Texas Players:
Player GP INN RSpt RS/150
Barajas 94 825.0 1 1
Teixeira 159 1399.0 2 2
Kinsler 119 1032.0 -3 -3
Blalock 122 1063.7 1 1
M Young 155 1356.3 4 4
Wilkerson 80 664.3 -5 -9
Matthews 142 1227.0 -8 -9
DeRosa 60 512.0 2 6
Mench 57 489.7 -6 -16
C Lee(MIL) 98 835.3 -3 -5
Some other notables:
Player GP INN RSpt RS/150
A Gonzalez 155 1341.0 5 5
Soriano 158 1374.7 5 5
D Roberts 116 970.0 14 19
Cameron 141 1244.0 8 9
Giles 158 1399.7 12 11
Pierre 162 1426.0 16 15
Lofton 120 961.0 -2 -3
V Wells 150 1290.3 12 13
Some comments.
Mike Young really improved a lot this year fielding-wise. Let's hope its for real.
GMJ, was not good for the year. OTOH, between the All-Star break and the end of the season his Runs Saved above average was 0..... So, he was better in the 2nd half. I still don't know if it's worth paying him the money as I'd rather get the picks, I think.
Kinsler did a passable job at 2B, but hopefully he'll get better as he learns the position more.
Adrian Gonzalez was an excellent fielding 1B as advertised.
Soriano did very well in LF. It's too bad we couldn't have the cajones to move him there.
Wilkerson and Mench were horrible in the outfield, while Lee in his MIL stint was bad (I don't have the Texas data, so I don't know if he was worse here).
San Diego's outfield was awesome. Given that Chris Young is an extreme flyball pitcher and Petco is a large park, I think it's safe to say that his numbers would not have been as good if he had pitched for Texas.
Finally, Wells' prowess on defense is one major reason I'd rather wait and sign him than GMJ.
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No way.
That and more money can be wasted. A lot more. Like, really, really, lot. Like, 100 million dollars, on the low end.
For a .860 OPS best year crap fielding Wells.
by Sharky on Oct 30, 2006 3:30 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah....
Everett
GP - 149
INN - 1292.3
RSpt - 27
RS/150 - 28
That's insane.
He was also highlighted by John Dewan in The Fielding Bible as being the best fielding SS in the game.
This makes it seem like he's at Ozzie-like levels....
I wonder if he keeps this up whether he can make it in just for his glove.... Probably not....
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by Requiem on Oct 30, 2006 3:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I've thought for a while
by Ian Cobb on Oct 30, 2006 4:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wells career full seasons
Scary bad for a 120 million minimum contract player
Though I definitly see him demanding at least 7/140/no trade.
That's really scary. He's been barely above average only twice.
by Sharky on Oct 30, 2006 3:33 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Again, those stats have to be................
by tklawless on Oct 30, 2006 10:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
It is relative...
It isn't saying Lee is better defensively than GMJ. It is saying that he's not as far below average in left as GMJ is in center.
I still don't understand why there is such resistance to the idea that GMJ is not a great defensive centerfielder.
He's always been considered, throughout his career, to be like Gabe Kapler...someone who is strong defensively on a corner, but weak defensively in center.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 30, 2006 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Who cares what he has been considered
Since I goto school in Kansas I can't watch every rangers game so I would estimate I only got to see about 60 games. The only thing I saw was GMJ keeping guys off the basepaths, and in some cases singlehandedly saving runs. I would take him over the majority of center fielders in the league.
by TexGoesYard on Oct 30, 2006 9:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
to the extent that
by t ball on Oct 30, 2006 11:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
! sentences !
by a bebop a rebop on Oct 30, 2006 11:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Gabe Kapler ? Come on Adam
by tklawless on Oct 30, 2006 11:49 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
ManRam
by RangerMoto on Oct 30, 2006 6:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah....
Basically, the problem is that some fields have the stats messed up because of the way they count balls in the zone.
Fenway's LF is one of those parks.
Manny Ramirez might be bad, but he's most likely not -42 Runs bad.
The stat's creater has acknowledged this problem (and other smaller issues).
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by Requiem on Oct 30, 2006 6:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ahhh
by RangerMoto on Oct 31, 2006 9:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I love
Only F-Her is better.
by thedirkatron on Oct 31, 2006 3:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that King Felix?
by RangerMoto on Oct 31, 2006 9:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yah
by thedirkatron on Oct 31, 2006 4:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
preferably in the NL West
by RangerMoto on Nov 1, 2006 3:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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