Comments on: Read: Beltran, Best Defense per James and Co.

By: bucknersankles

bucknersankles — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:36:29 +0000

REYES HAS THE CAPACITY TO BECOME AN ELITE DEFENSIVE SS HE’S DEMONSTRATED GREAT RANGE TO HIS LEFT AND RIGHT, HOWEVER HE’S ALSO DEMONSTRATED A LACK OF CONCENTRATION AT TIMES AND IT HAS SHOWN IN HIS BEING CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED ON HIS HEELS, YOUR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION SHOULD BE TO THE FRONT OF YOUR FEET PRIOR TO THE PITCH ALLOWING FOR MAXIMUM SHIFTING AND QUICKNESS, ALSO I NOTICE THAT HE GIVES UP A LITTLE TO EASY SOMETIMES GOING BACK ON A BALL TO SHALLOW OUTFIELD. AS FAR AS HIS ARM IS CONCERNED IT IS A CANNON.

By: 4JoeOrsulak

4JoeOrsulak — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:52:21 +0000

He is, even by a highly critical appraisal, one of the 8 or so best defensive 3rd baseman in baseball.

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:21:43 +0000

Thereal – I’d think about 2 above average YOUNG of’ers….players like the Dodgers’ Kemp and Either.

I wouldn’t think about an average outfielder, because you can sign that type of player.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:01:14 +0000

Beltran is actually just underrated.

By: HOFMets57

HOFMets57 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:55:38 +0000

Which beckons my original point.

Trading Beltran is so difficult because he’s BOTH overrated AND underrated. The no-trade cause is hard but if he can fetch a Lincecum or a Cain/Rowand package you have to think about it.

Beltran doesn’t seem to like this city or the scrutiny it brings.

By: whynot1

whynot1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:54:31 +0000

Yankee prospects are always hyped, as in overhyped.

By: whynot1

whynot1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:52:25 +0000

Wright played in 50 plus more games than Zimmerman, which probably had something to do with Zimmerman finishing so low. That’s also why Wright probably deserves the Gold Glove over him this year.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:47:50 +0000

Yes, but fielding stats are MUCH more difficult to measure than hitting stats. The reliability of defensive stats are not even in the same stratosphere as offensive stats.

Be VERY wary of defensive metrics.

By: whynot1

whynot1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:46:09 +0000

Wright was first in the NL.

By: JamesK

JamesK — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:43:06 +0000

All I’m saying is that judging players based solely on what the eye sees is tricky territory. We don’t do this for evaluation of hitting – why do it for evaluation of fielding?

Stats are completely objective, while the human eye is subjective. I’m not saying discount scouting in determining the best fielders – I’m saying it should be stats 70%, naked eye 30%, or thereabouts.

P.S. I should note that, based on watching him play, I think Reyes is a phenomenal SS, better than Rollins.