Rangers Defensive Barometer: June 22nd Edition

Joey looks at the Rangers defense so far through UZR and +/-.

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I haven't gotten to read that yet but I just got home and saw the Angels are getting their asses handed to them

YAY

by texasraider on Jun 22, 2009 11:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good article by Joey

And yeah, when I last checked it was 8-1 Rockies. Good way to cap off the evening.

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by Ed Coffin on Jun 22, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

9-1 in the bottom of the 8th now

Looks like karma finally caught up with Matt Palmer tonight. He’s got his ass handed too him.

Get on base or die, Salty.

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by lonestarJon on Jun 22, 2009 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My biggest problem with the UZR rating system is that it judges the position of first base unfairly. Crush has saved a lot of other people’s ratings by picking throws in the dirt, and I’m not confident that is reflected in his UZR. I’ve watched a lot of other firstbasemen who either can’t pick throws in the dirt, or don’t do it as well as Davis or Tex or whoever, and the degree of difficulty of those picks is so subjective.

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Jun 22, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Read the misc thoughts

He addresses that exact issue. He also says his defensive numbers are getting worse as the season is going on.

by chase1971 on Jun 23, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw that

after I posted. I should really read the entire article before ranting.

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Jun 23, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd definitely like to see that

adjusted in.

Of course, to make it realistic, you’d have to adjust Young’s and especially Andrus’ numbers downwards as much as you adjust Davis’ upwards.

I agree that most of the big plays that Davis makes are on bad throws from the left side of the infield. Andrus by himself probably has another 7-8 throwing errors with a lesser 1B.

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by DJCahill on Jun 23, 2009 6:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs