Comments on: Remembering Corey Patterson’s Bright Spot

By: Fresh Hops

Fresh Hops — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:39 +0000

Maybe. I think +8 UZR is generous for a guy who’s +8.8 his whole career and hasn’t been a plus CF since 2006. He turned thirty in August and has never had a skill set that would age well. (Speed is one of the first things to go; he’s never been a contact hitter; he can’t take a pitch, so he wasn’t going to learn to walk his way into valuable.)

By: PhD Brian

PhD Brian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:57:11 +0000

I do not know. His bat is really anemic. I would wager he is among the weakest hitters in the game. Plus, he defense last season did not look as good as previous years. Still very good though.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:16 +0000

I believe a “defensive game played” is not identical to an “actual game played”–based on number of defensive chances.

Someone with more knowledge might be able to help more with this, but I think a “full season” comes out, on average, to about 150 defensive games played.

Correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Dave R

Dave R — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:52:25 +0000

I’m guessing the average starter only plays about 150 games a season.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:40 +0000

Why is it UZR/150 and not UZR/162? Wouldn’t UZR/162 be a much better indicator of a full year’s worth of defense?

By: shilzzz

shilzzz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:26:46 +0000

ok, let’s not lump all cubs fans together, now. patterson had an issue with high fastballs and the league caught on to that. if he only knew how to take pitches he could have been devastating.

By: Al Dimond

Al Dimond — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:57:58 +0000

He had a very good year in 2004, also, playing good defense in center and average offense. His line-drive rate in 2003 was over 24% — not something he could expect to keep up, and that was probably responsible for his high ISO and BABIP that year. But Cubs fans just saw a drop in batting average and lots of strikeouts, and called it a disappointing season.

Now 2005… that was a disappointing season.

By: lookatthosetwins

lookatthosetwins — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:55:58 +0000

I’d project Patterson as a passable player-

-20 wRAA
+8 UZR
+2.5 Fielding

About 1WAR or so over the course of the season. Better than Delmon Young….

By: LeeTro

LeeTro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:19:04 +0000

Michael Bourn looks like the new Patterson. OK age-24 year, poor age-25 year, OK age-26 year…..

By: Choo

Choo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:12:33 +0000

That cat could cover an insane amount of ground. I went to an Angels/Orioles game a few years back and watched Corey Patterson fly around like he had a rocket on his back, turning hits into outs, over and over and over again. It was a superhuman performance and I have never been able to get those images out of my head.