Comments on: TotalZone Takes on Prospects

By: chuckb

chuckb — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:10:00 +0000

For what it’s worth, Allen Craig is -2 over 630 chances at 3B in the minors. That’s 240-something games. Yes, it’s over 4 different years and leagues but would -2 over, basically, a solid year and a half of playing a position disqualify anyone else from getting a chance to play that position in the majors? Have we really decided, now that Wallace has moved on, that Craig has absolutely nothing to offer at the hot corner when his total zone is -2 over more than 600 minor league chances? That comes to about -1.5/150 games. Mark DeRosa has a UZR of -8/150 games at 3B for his career.

By: Donny K.

Donny K. — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:23:38 +0000

I’m surprised I came to the site and didn’t see a post/thread about Boggs now getting the start tomorrow night. Hopefully he’ll have a better outing tomorrow than he did in his last start at Memphis. Also, sounded like Hawksworth was solid again tonight. I hope he eventually gets some work in place of Motte, who clearly is struggling without a much needed second pitch. He better work his butt off this offseason and develop an offspeed pitch.

By: Link Love for 5-10-09

Link Love for 5-10-09 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:35:15 +0000

[...] New minor league baseball defensive ratings are out. Being used is Chone Smith’s Total Zone defensive metric. Jeff Sackman of The Hardball Times looks at some of the new data, while Erik Manning of Future Red Birds looks at how well prospects in the Cardinals farm system have fared. [...]

By: erik

erik — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:17:00 +0000

yes, it’s league dependent.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:58:27 +0000

I know some people debate the accuracy of defense metrics. I personally haven’t made up my mind. What gives me pause is their variability. It would seem they should have less variability than hitting but they seem to have more. Solano was a +9/150 SS in Palm Beach last year. How does one become worse defensively at age 21? It shouldn’t be very league dependent should it?