Fielding Bible Awards
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 31, 2008 8:54 PM EDT
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PrintCarl Crawford was voted the league's best LFer.
Carlos Pena was voted the fourth best 1B.
Evan Longoria the second best 3B.
Dioner Navarro the seventh best C.
B.J. Upton, Gabe Gross, Jason Bartlett, and Akinori Iwamura also received votes at their respective positions.
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Navi will move up...
if he loses a few more lbs and blocks the ball better.
His arm is great. Quick release. Strong and accurate.
Just about to say, Navi seems really low
Upton too for that matter
by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 31, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
7th is still pretty damn good. I mean, there ARE five Molinas in the majors.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
This has to be a joke.
Who the hell is John Dewhan? Ranking Longoria 9th…
More douchebaggery:
Upton, Bartlett, and Iwamura not even placing.
Melky Cabrera over Upton?
Alexei Ramirez and Cano over Iwamura?
Eric Aybar and Miguel Tejada over Bartlett?
among others….
"Who the hell is John Dewhan?"
If you’re asking that question you don’t have the right to hold an opinion about his conclusions.
(My apologies if this was undetected sarcasm.)
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 1, 2008 4:40 AM EDT up reply actions
It's not hard to find out who it is.
There’s http://www.google.com/ or the “about the panel” part of FB’s website, here.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 1, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
If you knew who John Dewan was, you wouldn't be calling his findings douchebaggery.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 1, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Nobody is saying you aren't, however Dewan is not some schmuck.
His method obviously had Longoria 9th. Your method has Iwamura in the top 10. If you ask me which one is less plausible I’ll tell you the latter.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 1, 2008 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
That's half of his comment.
He said if you don’t know him and his methods, how are you qualified to call his rankings crap?
Plus you misspelled his name.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 1, 2008 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It's always amusing when people take obvious hyperbole literally.
This is my point; John Dewan has forgotten about 100,000 times more about defensive evaluation than you or I will ever know. His analysis is significantly more well respected than that of anyone else. Whose opinion should we value more? That of a well respected, disinterested party who has a tremendously positive reputation for knowing what he’s talking about, or that of a partial layman? I’m going with the former on this one. It’s one thing to be skeptical, it’s quite another to dismiss something simply because it doesn’t agree with your mode of thinking.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 1, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, isn't it possible
That he’s rating guys on an aggregate basis, and thus Longoria missing a month and a half of the season really hurt his ranking???
Vogt early, Vogt often.
Not as crazy as Mike Murphy
All the way down the line he has some crazy assertions. At three different positions, his #1 defender didn’t even crack the top 10. He said Josh Willingham was the top defensive LF in baseball. He didn’t even rank Mark Ellis among the 2Bs. Just wacky stuff.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
Dewan's ratings are a trumped up zone rating, which should be pretty good.
Remember, this is a measure of 2008 fielding performance, not necessarily true fielding skill.
I agree that Upton, Bartlett, and Iwamura were average to slightly above-average this year.
Melky’s a good defensive outfielder.
I REALLY disagree (agree with you) about Alexei and Cano.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
Boy, I'd love to see him in LF at Safeco.
I’d take CC-Ichi-Wlad/Reed over CC-BJ-Gross.
Indie.
by .Taylor on Nov 1, 2008 3:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree CC's a great fit for your Mariners
But Ichiro’s overrated in center, about Upton’s equal, and Wlad looked to be just awful this year. I’ll take Gross any day of the week.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
even DY played some CF
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by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Nov 1, 2008 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Who the hell is Mike Murphy
And why is his voting so far out of whack with everyone else’s (and with reality’s – I mean, Beltre only the 10th best defensive 3B? Really???)
Vogt early, Vogt often.
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