Comments on: 2009 Replacement Level: Second Base http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2009-replacement-level-second-base/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gjlorpfff http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2009-replacement-level-second-base/#comment-61591 gjlorpfff Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:21:08 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2754#comment-61591 so when u guys refer to WAR, that's Value Wins, right? so when u guys refer to WAR, that’s Value Wins, right?

]]> By: Scappy http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2009-replacement-level-second-base/#comment-61562 Scappy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:33:26 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2754#comment-61562 Not enough playing time in the majors to really say either way. You'd need someone familiar with watching him in the minors to chime in on it. Not enough playing time in the majors to really say either way. You’d need someone familiar with watching him in the minors to chime in on it.

]]> By: JH http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2009-replacement-level-second-base/#comment-61551 JH Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:24:27 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2754#comment-61551 For some reason I was under the impression that Callix Crabbe was something of an asset w/the glove. No? For some reason I was under the impression that Callix Crabbe was something of an asset w/the glove. No?

]]> By: Scappy http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2009-replacement-level-second-base/#comment-61535 Scappy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:01:15 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2754#comment-61535 One thing that may need revision in a more detailed study is, what is replacement level defense? As a group it probably washes out between the guys that can actually hit a little are probably bad fielders and that is why they are replacement level. The guys that can actually field probably can't hit worth a damn and that is why they are replacement level. On the flip side of the coin most organizations are not doing an adequate job evaluating defense, so just because an organization treats a player as replacement level does not mean that they do not have a positive impact. Out of the guys with at least 50 games of UZR data they work out to about 6 runs above average. We just don't have enough data (as with almost everything) to really lay claim to their defensive abilities as a group. One thing that may need revision in a more detailed study is, what is replacement level defense?

As a group it probably washes out between the guys that can actually hit a little are probably bad fielders and that is why they are replacement level. The guys that can actually field probably can’t hit worth a damn and that is why they are replacement level. On the flip side of the coin most organizations are not doing an adequate job evaluating defense, so just because an organization treats a player as replacement level does not mean that they do not have a positive impact.

Out of the guys with at least 50 games of UZR data they work out to about 6 runs above average. We just don’t have enough data (as with almost everything) to really lay claim to their defensive abilities as a group.

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