Braves sniffing around on Markakis; Official 4 years 44 million.

BremanFan88 said:
The Cardinals, Giants and Red Sox have embraced advance metrics to build their teams. That's a fact. Defense, offense, pitching. They take it all into account. Why do you think the Cardinals wanted Heyward? I wish ours knew just a little about them. Maybe we'd have a little more success instead of going into the tank.
Click to expand...

They wanted him because Taveras died (RIP), had he not, they dont trade for him.
 
It is more difficult to measure defense. Basically it boils down to this. If a player has say a 25 score on defense, his true value could be anywhere from 15 to 35. By comparison if his offensive score is 25, his true value might be in a 22-28 range. But don't think that the defensive stats systematically overrate good defensive players. There is just as good a chance they are underrating guys like Simmons and Heyward.

The fact that we can't measure something precisely doesn't mean we should discount its importance. And btw that goes for some of the stuff I make fun of like grit, leadership, clutchness and a fourth quality whose name escapes me at the moment.
 
thethe's right.

Defense is important but its not the end-all in building teams up.

I mean, the Giants just won the WS with basically having one consistent SP in the playoffs.

You get in and let the chips fall where they may.
 
BremanFan88 said:
They still use advanced metrics. They clearly feel Jason's defense will help them keep consistently winning.
Click to expand...

Of course, but as i said, if Taveras didnt die, they dont trade for him and who knows where Jason would have gone instead.
 
thethe said:
Everyone should love Heyward. He is really good at baseball. Some just disagree he is a 25 million dollar player.
Click to expand...

I think he goes up a million every 20 times you mention it. I remember when the trade first happened he was a 20 million dollar player.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top