Back when the DiamondView was created over at Beyond the Boxscore, I was intrigued by the visual application of statistics. The Hardball Times is doing something similar in attempting to bring visuals to statistics. Essentially, DiamondView uses a ballpark to visually show people just how good (or bad) a player was at the four major aspects of the game: hitting, power, defense and baserunning. It can be a great point of comparison method for sabermetricians and a great way for non-sabermetricians to glean value from advanced statistics.
Today, the Red Sox’s DiamondView was released. I’m not putting any pictures in here, so you’ll have to click to see them. But a couple thoughts:
- Wow, I didn’t realize how amazing Kevin Youkilis was.
- Poor Mike Lowell really is a liability at this point, eh?
- And the cult bandwagon of actually appreciating J.D. Drew gets fuller.
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I'm eagerly awaiting those for V-Mart, Cameron, and Scutaro now.
Someone (CHB) will go on to say how Diamond View doesn't measure JD Drew's heart, which is almost Grinch-like in appearance, and the inverse of David Eckstein.
I don't know what else we have to do to reinforce just how valuable JD has been. Maybe if he punched A-Rod the Pink Hats would appreciate him.
People that don't appreciate JD Drew are casual fans. Real knowledgable fans know how important JD is.
Why, if this article was written on Dec 22nd, is Victor not the Catcher? I can understand the lag adding Scutaro/Cameron becaues of their acquisition this off-season.
Varitek had the most PAs at Catcher for the Sox. Its based on how the team was configured for the majority of the games last year
Anyone who hasn't figured out yet that JD Drew isn't just a good player, he's an excellent one is a complete moron. Even when he isn't hitting he manages to get on base and he's one of the 3 best fielding RFs in the game, covering what is probably the toughest RF to play. Him, Pedroia, and Youkilis are easily the most consistent performers on the team.
Agree. I think in 2010 V.Martinez, M.Scutaro, J.Ells & very possibly C. Kotchman will be added to that list of consistent performers. V.Mart should probably be on it already.
yeah he should, I don't know why I keep forgetting him
The graphs are interesting, but misleading. One tends to look at the total area covered by a player. But that is determined by how the quadrants are arranged. For instance Ellsbury has very little area covered because is strengths are on opposite ends. If OBP and speed were adjacent instead of opposite, he would look much better. Also, the graphic implies that all four areas measured are of equal value, when of course they are not.