Comments on: Free Agent Marco Scutaro

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:29:51 +0000

Scutaro will be offered arbitration, and I think the Red Sox will still make him a 2-3 year offer, just one that subtracts the value of their pick from the total value of their offer.

By: JoeR43

JoeR43 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:22:22 +0000

Here’s to Marco Scutaro not being offered arb tomorrow, clearing the way for the Red Sox to offer him a 2-3 year deal.

By: Matt Klaassen

Matt Klaassen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:17 +0000

D’oh, sorry Dave. I should have said -5. I don’t know where my head was when I wrote that… well, I do, but I’m not sure how it got all the way down there, as I’m not usually that flexible.

By: ayjackson

ayjackson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:52:08 +0000

I was wondering if his success may be due to a change of approach at the plate. At the beginning of the season, he was annointed the everyday leadoff hitter. Did he adopt this “try to take a walk” strategy for the first time this year? Has he always been so passive with no strikes?

By: dorsal

dorsal — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:58:29 +0000

15.5 inches (2ft from center) off the plate and he’s swinging? I’ve heard of protecting the plate, but obviously there’s room for improving his pitch selection.

By: Southsider

Southsider — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:42:27 +0000

After perusing the leaders for UZR at 2B for 2009, I think you had him correctly pegged as average, I couldn’t see many 2B he would rate higher than other than possible Jose Lopez, who had a similiar UZR. Apologies….

By: Southsider

Southsider — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:38:11 +0000

I guess I am pegging him as an average SS which would translate to an above average 2B by most historical comparisons. He isn’t ‘rangy’ by any means at SS, but he is heady and his error rate at 2B would be very low making up for any short-comings in range.

Although, league average is probably fair, I am just giving him additional credit after a solid season at SS.

By: Dave Allen

Dave Allen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:05:53 +0000

I could be wrong on this point, but I thought this is where you one used positional adjustments. I had thought it was -2.5 going from 2b to ss, but I think I was misremembering, based on this it looks like it should be -5. That would suggest he is maybe a run better at second and a run worse at short, if you put the data together. Matt where are you getting -10? Again this is not my strong suit, so I could be wrong here.

By: RZ

RZ — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:04:27 +0000

Dave should look at where Scutaro takes his pitches compared to the rest of the league. I know I’ve seen him take knee-high fastballs for balls with two strikes. Scary good confidence and plate discipline.

By: Matt Klaassen

Matt Klaassen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:55:18 +0000

General methodological point: Wouldn’t we expect an average 2B to be 10 runs worse at SS?