Kemp was brought in to hit and if he hits like this then nobody is going to complain for obvious reasons. It becomes an issue if he hits like he did the last two seasons when his OBP hovered around 300 and had less than great power or like he did in 2013.
Ender effect is realOriginally Posted by nsacpi
The point of this is to laugh at Enscheff.
Then what explains his worse-than-ever defensive numbers in Atlanta last year?
I think thewupk was making a little joke
Kemp rated very poorly with his arm after coming to Atlanta. His actual rating (at least via UZR) on his range (which is what Statcast here essentially tracks) did improve when coming to Atlanta by a couple of runs when you prorate it. His prorated numbers this year have him improving by a couple more runs as well. All together it's still very small samples though.
Only people on here do still complain about him on here daily.
Also get a kick out of everyone saying Kemp was a below average hitter when he came over last year... even after he started mashing.
I don't see any of that in this thread. Maybe another thread.
Hitter? no. One could argue he was a below average player last year though for hte Braves.
I haven't seen too many Kemp sucks posts this year. Other then what you get in GDT's which will always have in the moment complaining. I have seen lots of debating on whether Kemp can sustain this performance though.
Ok, I've looked at the derivation of RAA and wOBA and some other stuff. I'm still not sure I'm down with the positional replacement thinking - after all, a run is a run, right? - but I buy your premise on Kemp and dWAR. Thanks for helping me through it.
That actually represents growth for him. He got in a little trouble in LA being a "personality." Better to be a ballplayer and not create controversy that is totally avoidable.
We're debating whether he can sustain his level of play, not questioning his dedication and focus. That's a good thing for Big Dick Kemp.
A run certainly is a run. However the way I look at it is that while Kemp is -2 runs in left it should be obvious he would be a lot worse if he played center. There has to be a way to adjust for that.
But he's not playing center. You don't penalize a dog for not being a cat.
mfree80 (05-17-2017)
More to the point at center - or short, second or catcher - you have an ability to save or create more runs than you have at the other positions. So it's already accounted for in there. To penalize the stiff for standing in left rather than center is redundant.
Those extra chances are negated because your runs saved are compared to other players at your position who would have those extra chances as well. A league average defensive shorstop has more defensive value than a league average left fielder. That shouldn't be up for debate.
I don't see how it is is remotely as important as the hitting, myself.
You could go entire games without there being a chance in LF that would merit a difference between the best and worst defensive LF. As opposed to 4-5 at bats a game.
The stats boys at times will concede this is true, but nonetheless will hammer the defensive numbers again in the next moment.
I certainly do recognize that Kemp passes no eye or metric test as a great defender. If we were talking about a playoff series, I would have some real concerns. But for a team without any real aspirations playing a 162 game schedule? I'll take the hitting because that's going to prove the more valuable asset over a large sample.
This is right and also wrong.
Defense at SS is clearly more valuable than defense in LF. No argument here.
We aren't constructing a list of the world's most valuable players though. We are assembling a team.
And defense in LF is less important than defense at SS. And if you are assembling a team, it's irrelevant that some replacement level SS might have better dWar than your LF.
You are only looking at the options in LF. And you could very well decide to throw an all defense LF out there to save the two or three bases a week that could be saved if you wanted to. And depending on the way your roster balanced otherwise that might not be a bad play. but it isn't going to work on every team.
Everyone? I don't think I've seen a single poster comment that he is a below average hitter.
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