Comments on: UZR Tidbits Through April 19th

By: Kevin C.

Kevin C. — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:24:13 +0000

It’s scary to think how good the Mariners UZR will be after Ichiro’s UZR levels out to his usual top form

By: RollingWave

RollingWave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:46:38 +0000

MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!

Derek Jeter: 3.6 UZR/150

you think they’re missing A-rod yet?

Cody Ransom: -24.1

well at least he got his OPS+ back into double digits. it was 0 just a couple of days ago.

By: RollingWave

RollingWave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:57:45 +0000

nah, we’ll just catch Bin Laden

By: phildo

phildo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:54:27 +0000

i meant “looking at uzr data for two weeks and expecting to…”

blah

By: phildo

phildo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:53:38 +0000

you shouldn’t always take them seriously over an entire season. looking at uzr data and expecting to take way things like “the rangers have an improved defense” is ridiculous.

pie played very well in cf in 2007, and he played twice as many innings there than in 2008. looking at 200 innings of pie’s fielding and concluding that he is lousy is a mistake. uzr has him a good cf over his career so far and scouts seem to like his defense (plus the orioles will be playing him in left a lot. he should be one of the best defensive corner outfielders in baseball).

this is why looking at small sample sizes of uzr data is silly. and that is a couple hundred innings. rj is looking at even less. i don’t know what he was thinking with this post.

i would actually be willing to bet a decent amount of money that the orioles outfield will have a positive uzr by the end of the season, and by a decent amount.

By: Davidceisen

Davidceisen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:42:50 +0000

UZR does seem like an odd stat to be looking at so early in the season.

By: Davidceisen

Davidceisen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:42:19 +0000

Nope, the Earth is still spinning.

By: don

don — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:39:04 +0000

Markakis and Jones were rated as very good fielders and Pie as a lousy one last year, unless I’m missing something.

I wouldn’t take the fielding values for this year too seriously until the All-Star break. They can be pretty wonky with small sample sizes.

By: excatcher

excatcher — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:20:43 +0000

thinks *Jones/Markakis* are liabilities. Pie, so far, is one.

By: excatcher

excatcher — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:19:47 +0000

I don’t understand why UZR hates Baltimore so much. If you watch the games, you can see Adam Jones has claimed 2/3 of the outfield (3.1 RF/G), and Pie looks like a little leaguer out there, but UZR thinks Pie/Markakis are liabilities and gives points to Pie. Same thing happened last year, Nick rated very poorly on defense, while leading the majors with 17 A.

Maybe it’s because of the poor pitching causing 20-30 balls hit to the outfield each game?