Improving Defense
January 28th, 2009 by
Via The Detroit Tigers Weblog, Lynn Henning does a good job of explaining the defensive statistics the Tigers are using to evaluate players and improve the left side fielders.
Dombrowski talked about defense as coverage during Saturday’s TigerFest at Comerica Park.
“A lot of guys can make the stationary play, but they have no range to their left or right,” Dombrowski said. “(Those balls) are base hits, not outs. Brandon Inge and Adam Everett get not only the stationary ball hit at them, but they have range.”
Much more range, in fact, than their predecessors, Guillen and Renteria. In plus-minus rankings by Dewan that document how many more, or how many fewer, ground balls are gathered by a particular fielder, Renteria was 28th among shortstops in 2008.Guillen, who was being asked to adjust to his second new position in one season, was 23rd among third basemen.
It’s nice to see these statistics working their way into newspaper articles. However, I’d like to see something on the offensive tradeoffs here.
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