Comments on: Defensive Misplays and the Sox that excel at them

By: Jason Varitek: No, he cannot field | Fire Brand of the American League

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:04:21 +0000

[...] I work through the Fielding Bible, Vol II (Defensive Runs, Defensive Misplays) I keep coming across nuggets of information that impact my beliefs surrounding defense of any [...]

By: AEI

AEI — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:18:33 +0000

Good post–except the title should be “and the Sox that excel at avoiding them.”
I was expecting to see an article focusing on E6, not Kotsay, Ells, and Bay. . . .

By: Joe Veno

Joe Veno — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:35:43 +0000

Bay and Jeter are most surprising. I guess Jeter really isn’t all that surprising, actually. It is his range that is lacking. He is, after all, one of the smartest players I have seen.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:49:56 +0000

Devine,
I’m sure they will do that eventually, but no, not at the moment. This is a new statistic that was only recently just tracked.

By: Devine

Devine — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:40:17 +0000

Thank you for the info! Very interesting. Have they begun calculating DM for past years, does the book mention?

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:27:22 +0000

The chapter that I read on Defensive Misplays didn’t have that info… if the book has a list of every player I’ll post it when I get to that section. I’m just going chapter by chapter at the moment.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:47:34 +0000

Great information. Demonstrates the amount of in depth consideration by the Sox in signing (or releasing) players.
Last year, when Billy Bean called Ellsbury the best defensive OF in baseball, he must have known something. It’s good that J.Bay and M.Kotsay get some redemption here. Fenway Park’s LF, and sharing LeftCenter with Ellsbury, can only make Bay better. Can you tell us how Youk, Ped, Lowrie, JD, Rocco made out, or must we buy the book?