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bedir than average · February 9th, 2007, 09:52 AM

I have a few questions

1- Are you using the term "Runs" because you feel this system is setup to judge the value of the player on a runs defended basis? Meaning if a player is +10 runs on defense is that somehow equal to 10 more runs scored by said player?

2- There seems to be a bias in the Outfield positions for players that are good, but not great. Guys who are challenged on the basepaths but who can succeed in defending those challenges. Could you maybe show the year to year of some of the top OF so that one could see if this is true? When using Assissts as the primary judge I can theorize how this is the case, but do the numbers support my theory?

3- Have you seen any trend in your data that would suggest that a player that has X Defensive Runs moving on the defensive spectrum then perfomrs at X+Y runs better moving right, or X-Y moving left? Specifically, if Jeremy Reed is used more as a defensive replacement in LF for Raul Ibanez, how could one expect his CF caliber defense to translate?

February 9th, 2007, 09:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
bedir than average Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,258	I have a few questions 1- Are you using the term "Runs" because you feel this system is setup to judge the value of the player on a runs defended basis? Meaning if a player is +10 runs on defense is that somehow equal to 10 more runs scored by said player? 2- There seems to be a bias in the Outfield positions for players that are good, but not great. Guys who are challenged on the basepaths but who can succeed in defending those challenges. Could you maybe show the year to year of some of the top OF so that one could see if this is true? When using Assissts as the primary judge I can theorize how this is the case, but do the numbers support my theory? 3- Have you seen any trend in your data that would suggest that a player that has X Defensive Runs moving on the defensive spectrum then perfomrs at X+Y runs better moving right, or X-Y moving left? Specifically, if Jeremy Reed is used more as a defensive replacement in LF for Raul Ibanez, how could one expect his CF caliber defense to translate? __________________ I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time. A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.