Comments on: Where Did This Come From?

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:39:29 +0000

Since this post, his OBP is .273, and his range has declined to the point that he’s a significant liability in the field. Guzman is terrible.

By: Alireza

Alireza — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:22:54 +0000

I really wonder how many MLB players would be better if they simply had vision issues corrected. Matt Kemp has vastly improved his pitch selection this year upon changing contact lenses and I don’t think any can doubt that Guzman’s improvement is at least partially related to his vision correction.

By: Ed Nelson

Ed Nelson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:26:32 +0000

Didn’t we all have a laugh when we saw his PECOTA projection?

He’s accumulated a few too many ABs to call it luck. He seems to have found his inner Placido Polanco although for how long who knows?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:31:32 +0000

Guzman also had shoulder surgery in 2006 for an injury he said had been present for a few seasons.

By: gb

gb — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:28:06 +0000

So what we are saying is that he had PES(Performance Enhancing Surgery)?
Is that also a 50-game suspension?

jk ;)

By: PhDBrian

PhDBrian — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:07:57 +0000

It’s Lasik surgery. He did not have 20/20 vision most of his career. Now he does. You will note his defense has not fallen as much as would be expected because of his age. Its better vision. Playing without contact lenses.

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:09:05 +0000

The WAR totals are only from 2002 onward, which is Knobby’s last season.

By: jmualumni

jmualumni — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:05:39 +0000

As someone that has watched him the last four years, the big turnaround was the lasik surgery. The chronology works out and both he/Acta have said as much.

By: David Pinto

David Pinto — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:05:04 +0000

Wow, Knoblauch’s defense was so bad that he was negative WAR for his career? That’s tough to believe for a player with a .378 career OBP.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:02:26 +0000

Not having more than a menial glance at the numbers, his K% has gone back up to his career numbers, and in general his 1/3 season sandwich years showed K% that were close to values he’d been hitting the last few years before the injury. Seems like those sandwich years he’s had a higher BABIP than is expected, given the crude estimation using LD%. He may just be getting lucky right now, with a legitimately good season in between (the numbers for the middle season seem to point to a solid campaign with less luck involved). Question may be how he got that 2008; he was certainly hitting it harder, based on the LD% and HR/FB, but the short seasons before and after it don’t seem to match up.