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Holliday vs. Bay, Defensively
Despite his ill-fated attempt to catch the ball with his crotch in this year's NLDS, Matt Holliday is superior to Jason Bay defensively. You wouldn't evaluate a player's batting skills based on ...
Jason Bay vs. Matt Holliday, Bill James vs. devil_fingers: Free Agent Projection Showdown
Yes, it's that time of year... projections are already coming out. Dan Szymborski from Baseball Think Factory has already published his ZiPS projections for a few teams, and I may (or may not) do some...
Royal Centerfield Defense in 2009
Here's a look at the UZR/150 numbers for 2009. Innings UZR/150 Crisp 412 13.9 Maier 593 2.7 DeJesus 25 -1.4 Freel 32 -2.0 Bloomquist 164 -2.2 Anderson 192 -3.0 I think we can mos...
Brad Hawpe: The Poor Man's Adam Dunn
Following the Rockies' playoff elimination, Brad Hawpe trade rumors have been floating around. Impressive performances by some young and talented outfielders in Colorado have made Hawpe expendab...
Mike Pelfrey's Worst Nightmare
(Click to embiggen - Recommended in order to read the blurry years, which are tough to decipher because of Roger Dorn's presence) Here are the infield UZR figures in numerical form: Year UZR 2...
Let's Get Defensive: The "Plan" For 2010
With the announcement that no major changes would be made to Citi Field's dimensions in 2010, Jerry Manuel decried the Mets were going to make a team built around "pitching, speed, defense." Omar Mina...
Jason Bartlett, for Real?
That Delmon Young and Brendan Harris for Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett (and some other stuff) trade between the Twins and Rays looks better all the time, doesn't it? The big pieces in the trade at the...
Defending And Prosecuting Razor Shines
The New York Post noted that 16 Mets have been thrown out at the plate this season. This is a staggering amount and doesn't reflect well on Razor Shines. One part of this story that the Po...
Morning Prowl: Missing Miner, Magglio's Contract, Outfield Defense, and Grandy's Slump
So as it turns out, the Detroit Tigers weren't one man short in their bullpen on Tuesday and Wednesday. They were down two relievers. The relief corps was already at six, as you kno...
Graph of the Day: UZR's Error Component and Unearned Runs
Continuing with the theme this week of defensive metrics their interpretations, today's graph examines the ErrR, or Error Runs, component of UZR on a team level. We should expect a team's unearn...
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