Comments on: MLB Trade Value for 2007 http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: colm http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-175918 colm Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:10:24 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-175918 and if anyone cares 9 days after the thread flickers and goes out, Rich Harden goes on the DL. and if anyone cares 9 days after the thread flickers and goes out, Rich Harden goes on the DL.

]]> By: chase035 http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172747 chase035 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:37:37 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172747 <blockquote>it seems he gets an accurate rap as a not-so-good defender. Maybe he can improve, but judging by his consistent lack of stolen bases and low PECOTA speed score, quickness doesn’t seem to be one of his assets.</blockquote> http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/DisplayCharts.py?PlayerID=3269&fpos=4&year=2006 Not quite as bad as you think. In fact, I'd call that very good.

it seems he gets an accurate rap as a not-so-good defender. Maybe he can improve, but judging by his consistent lack of stolen bases and low PECOTA speed score, quickness doesn’t seem to be one of his assets.

http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/DisplayCharts.py?PlayerID=3269&fpos=4&year=2006

Not quite as bad as you think. In fact, I’d call that very good.

]]> By: chase035 http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172746 chase035 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:28:09 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172746 Buck and McCarver hate the Yankees. There's a reason NY fans despise those two. But I agree, he'll be smooth like Jeter, which will get him some undeserved gold glove one of these years. Buck and McCarver hate the Yankees. There’s a reason NY fans despise those two. But I agree, he’ll be smooth like Jeter, which will get him some undeserved gold glove one of these years.

]]> By: Jeff Nye http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172743 Jeff Nye Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:54:43 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172743 Derek "Just Past A Diving" Jeter! Derek “Just Past A Diving” Jeter!

]]> By: Dave http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172735 Dave Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:55:55 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172735 so you think he'll be the worst defensive player at his position in the game and still get fawned over by the NY media and Tim McCarver? so you think he’ll be the worst defensive player at his position in the game and still get fawned over by the NY media and Tim McCarver?

]]> By: chase035 http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172733 chase035 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:24:27 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172733 246- by bad rap, i mean that people write him off defensively. But I wouldn't be surprised if he wins a "Derek Jeter style" gold glove one day. 246- by bad rap, i mean that people write him off defensively. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins a “Derek Jeter style” gold glove one day.

]]> By: _David_ http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172471 _David_ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:23:29 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172471 Rumor has it that Felix isn't human. Rumor has it that Felix isn’t human.

]]> By: terry http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172465 terry Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:20:55 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172465 rumor has it that Pujols also plays defense too.... rumor has it that Pujols also plays defense too….

]]> By: colm http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172445 colm Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:09:24 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172445 Hmm lemme see: Felix = 27 outs every fifth game Pujols = five times five plate appearances = only 25 plays! DMZ is right! Felix is more valuable! Hmm lemme see:
Felix = 27 outs every fifth game
Pujols = five times five plate appearances = only 25 plays!

DMZ is right! Felix is more valuable!

]]> By: colm http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/comment-page-6/#comment-172441 colm Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:07:04 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/2007/04/12/mlb-trade-value-for-2007/#comment-172441 Brian Rust: That's what I thought at first too - that we ought to have 2 or 3 hitters every season who fall outside of the 3 standard deviation range (which I'm still wary of since I don't think the range of major league hitters follows a normal distribution). But what ChrisSavage said in 197 was that a career .340 average was 3 standard deviations ABOVE the mean, or outside of a 6 SD range. (S/He has since amended that comment by the way.) Interesting discovery that they didn't teach me in business school: The Six Sigma business analytic tool only refers to a 4.5 SD range. Apparently they rounded it up to six just to make it sound better. Brian Rust: That’s what I thought at first too – that we ought to have 2 or 3 hitters every season who fall outside of the 3 standard deviation range (which I’m still wary of since I don’t think the range of major league hitters follows a normal distribution).

But what ChrisSavage said in 197 was that a career .340 average was 3 standard deviations ABOVE the mean, or outside of a 6 SD range. (S/He has since amended that comment by the way.)

Interesting discovery that they didn’t teach me in business school: The Six Sigma business analytic tool only refers to a 4.5 SD range. Apparently they rounded it up to six just to make it sound better.

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