Though I do think Derek Jeter is vastly overrated because he's a "gamer" and he plays in New York, and he's the captain, and he poops rainbows, etc., but our friend Pizza Cutter over at the fantastic blog Statistically Speaking has been working on a new fielding stat that tells us Jeter isn't quite as bad defensively as we all think. He's still pretty bad, though.
I think it was on Bill Simmons' podcast with Joe Sheehan from Baseball Prospectus where I heard that since OBP, OPS and various other offensive stats are becoming more and more employed throughout MLB evaluations, defensive metrics are going to be the new "hot" thing. Since they're much harder to quantify, it will be interesting to see how this plays out, but it seems to be off to an interesting start so far.
Since the Epstein era began in Boston, defense has played a much more important role. I won't credit it for the emergence of the Sawks as perhaps the premiere organization in MLB, but you have to at least tip your Moneyball cap to those who realized a market weakness and noticed that saving runs allowed by playing good defense is perhaps a little more important than we all thought.
Since the Epstein era began in Boston, defense has played a much more important role. I won't credit it for the emergence of the Sawks as perhaps the premiere organization in MLB, but you have to at least tip your Moneyball cap to those who realized a market weakness and noticed that saving runs allowed by playing good defense is perhaps a little more important than we all thought.
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