It’s been a while since our last edition of Three Up, Three Down. Sorry about that, pre-draft, draft and post-draft had me a little preoccupied. Let’s take a look at who’s up and who’s down lately in this early part of June.
Three up, three down
10 Jun- Comments 20 Comments
- Categories three up, three down
- Author Erik Manning
Smell the glove: the outfielders
23 FebIn Dan Fox’s latest column at BP, he looks at minor league outfielders using his SFR (Simple Fielding Runs) system. (You can read the primer on what it is and how it works here.) He has some pretty interesting findings, including a pretty vast disconnect between what the scouts and stats say about Cameron Maybin. Scouts love Maybin, Dan’s system has him pegged as one of the worst fielders in the minors. So I guess that makes Maybin the OF/minor league version of Derek Jeter.
But scouts and stats agree on Colby Rasmus. On 535 balls hit to Rasmus, his SFR was 9.1. Baseball America said that he has game changing range and a strong throwing arm. Kevin Goldstein recently pointed out that one of Colby’s weaknesses is that “he relies too much on his athleticism at times in the field, and needs to improve his reads and routes.” That jives with SFR. On 264 fly balls, Colby was -2.4 SFR. On 171 line drives, Colby was + 12.3 runs, indicating his range was indeed game changing. On 515 total opportunities, Colby’s arm was worth an additional 4.4 runs. When you add what he did throwing and fly catching, Colby was worth an extra 14 runs in the field. Out of all Texas League regular center fielders, Rasmus saved the most runs.
After Colby, who else did well in SFR? Prepare to be a little surprised.
Tags: Amaury Marti, Brian Barton, Colby Rasmus, D'Marcus Ingram, James Rapoport, Joe Mather, Jon Jay, Mateo Marquez
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- Categories Colby Rasmus, fielding
- Author Erik Manning
Amaury Marti Watch
Amaury Marti is currently hitting .424/.509/.633 in 39 games for the Mexican Red Devils of the Mexican League, also known as Liga de Amaury Cazana. Bud Selig ordered the Cardinals to banish him to there, in fear of the major leagues losing competitive balance.
Amaury also refuses to accept the watch curse. He has the power to curse, and the power to bless.
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