This Week in Totally Adequate Sample Size Theater: Royals UZR/150 through one week

FanGraphs will be updating UZR every Sunday. Since we now definitely have enough of sample to get at each player's defensive skill, we can project that over a full year using UZR/150.

DDJ: +12.9
Billy Butler: +62.0
Alex Gordon: +13.6
Mike Jacobs: +5.9
Alberto Callaspo: +11.9
Mark Teahen (RF): -0.3
Coco Crisp: -7.1
Mark Teahen (2B): -27.6
Mike Aviles: -18.1
Jose Guillen: -92.0
Willie Bloomquist: -148.4

almost 3 years ago Matt Klaassen 15 comments 0 recs |

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Billy Butler is the best defensive 1B in history

Mike Aviles has cratered! And Willy Bloomquist should be euthanized.

I’m not criticizing you posting this at all. I looked up these numbers at Fangraphs when they posted them. But, just to clarify, six games (for those who have played six games in the field) of defensive data is the equivalent of what…one game of hitting stats?

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 13, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions

probably less than that

read the keywords to clear up any confusion

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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 13, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Unfortunately, I can guarantee that before the end of this month, someone (probably more than one) person on this site will take a player’s 2009 UZR/150 to show that he’s actually a really good/bad defensive player. But I guess if a week’s worth of hitting stats is meaningful to someone, then a month of defensive stats might just as well too.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 13, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, just put a sock in it.

You’re just trying to derail my “Billy Butler for Gold Glove” campaign because of insane jealousy stemming from your inability to beat me at rummy.

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by jonfmorse on Apr 13, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

If Bloomquist is euthanized

Do we still have to pay him?

by sterlingice on Apr 14, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

If he's married, they have to pay the widow

Is there a Mrs. Grit?

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I think more important right now is the team score.

Where is shows us the 4th worst using UZR/150. It even should be worse because the scorer at home gave the yanks some hits that should have been errors

by Jeff Zimmerman on Apr 13, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

I know it's like saying "Did Teahen really go 0-3 with 2 K's?"

But has Teahen really been that bad at 2B in those few games?

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by mazoboom on Apr 13, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions

No

I think one of the things that hurts some players UZR over a small sample size is the number of chances. If you don’t get many chances, you have few opportunities to make PO’s and Assists. And even though he’s had starts at second base, he hasn’t had many balls hit to him.

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by Scott McKinney on Apr 13, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

There are just not enough data to look beyond the team level

players need ~125 games at a position to show true ability.

We should expect -10 UZR/150 for the season from him at 2nd. 2nd base fields about .33 UZR/150 harder than 3B and Teahen has a lifetime average of -9.9 at 3B.

by Jeff Zimmerman on Apr 13, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions