Welcome Dep.
I agree.
Welcome Dep.
I agree.
Natural Immunity Croc
And another tidbit - Simmons is 10th in the NL in bWAR.
Pugfan (08-09-2013)
Braves1976 (08-07-2013)
Could Simmons be underrated for making things look too easy? There have been many defensive players be underrated over the years for that reason.
Braves1976 (08-07-2013), JohnAdcox (08-08-2013), Mrs. Meta (08-07-2013)
I believe my eyes.
And yes, my eyes saw my boy Chris airmail a 6'5" 1B last night. That was ugly. And almost costly.
Serious question: Last year after three months, WAR had Michael Bourn worth more than Matt Kemp, mostly on the strength of dWAR. I've read all the disclaimers about year to year numbers being all over the map and needing to look over several years for them to stabilize. There were people here (well, at Scout) and elsewhere who took that as the last word. At the time, Kemp was playing what appeared to be (and was rated as) adequate defense with massive hitting stats, while Bourn was having a nice season with a little power (but nowhere near the impact of Kemp).
Do you believe Michael Bourn had a better first half last year than Matt Kemp?
By all accounts kemp may be the worst defensive CFer in baseball.
The way you guys term players as adequate defenders makes me think there can never be a bad defensive player in the history of baseball.
Of everyday starters, he is the worst in both UZR and DRS by a long margin. Since 2009 he's been worse below average than Bourn has been above average. Kemp is toolsy, but has bad instincts. Classic example of a guy who people think he's better than he really is because he doesn't "look" horrible because people associate looking horrible with Errors.
Kemp just doesn't have great range.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
Wait a minute. I thought CJ was the worst in the game.
I understand range, and I understand its importance in defense. Many of these guys with bad metrics are explained by "bad range." We'll, I'll tell you something. Even if Chris Johnson or Freddie Freeman or Dan Uggla or yes, Matt Kemp, have bad range, there is no way their range costs their teams 3 games a year. Defense isn't as important or measurable as offense. Many of these guys do something well that doesn't get represented or is underrepresented in stats. Dan Uggla turns the double play as well as anyone. And Freddie Freeman handles throws and stretches and saves errors as well as anyone. And nobody seems to measure that accurately.
When i first read the title I thought our buddy from last year Not Simmons was voted as best. ..
Forever Fredi
Julio3000 (08-08-2013)