Simmons signed to 7 year extension
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Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
Simmons is as great as you'll see on defense at short and his offense is likely to improve. He is the best player defensively in the game IMO. He was a huge reason we won the NL East last season. He saves a ton of runs and that makes a lot bigger impact than your comments indicate. Simmons also makes it possible to win (on a regular basis) with poor defenders to his left and his right (Uggla and CJ).
Hudson2
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Simmons was actually 3rd in fWAR among SS i 2013 at 4.7. Ian Desmond was at 5 and Tulowitski at 5.6. It's not hard to see Simmons' low BABIP correcting itself and have a WRC+ of 115 in 2014. That combined with his defense would likely produce a 6 WAR season which could very well be the best among SS.
DaneHill
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Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
The only thing with Kimbrel was because i thought he wouldnt sign that cheap.
Payroll IS moving up, maybe not to LA/NYY/Phi level but around the 115-120 level, i think, maybe more, who knows.
But yes, lot of people said this couldnt happen without the new stadium given our TV deal blows.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
Dont judge him because he turned down one extension.
I hope like everyone else he signs with the Braves longterm but you dont know what kind of deal he wants or was first offered.
Personally would say Alomar and Shoeless Joe, but can see the argument for the other two.
AUTiger7222
Called Up to the Major Leagues
Someone mentioned Bonds and he was good in his younger days but he didn't have much of a throwing arm. Hard to think and consider great defensive left-fielders. You would probably have to go back decades to find the best one ever, maybe Ted Williams? Or did he play RF?
At 2nd base I'd probably go with Ryne Sandberg.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I think you're way over optimistic on that correction. Are you accounting for his massive IFFB?
He played left and was um, not very good, to put it nicely. Yeah Bonds' didn't have much of an arm at all but he was fast and made accurate reads. Positioned himself really well too. He had the ability to play center in his younger days and likely would of stayed there if he had a stronger or the Pirates hadn't acquired Van Slyke in 87.
Nerfherders
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The problem with LF is that if you have any ability to play the outfield you're not playing LF. If you want an all-time defensive OF you're going to put 3 CF's in there.
I think that's something to come down actually as he matures as a hitter. Even if he doesn't it's not impossible for him to have a 300is BABIP as he showed briefly in 2012.
That's not accurate at all. If you have the ability to cover a ton of ground but have a weak throwing arm you will get a lot of time in left. Especially if there is another outfielder who can cover ground but a better arm to stick in center. See Brett Gardner and Carl Crawford.