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Are there replacements for TPJ in the Royals' system?

(aka Beating A Dead Horse)

Of course most of us think that pretty much any living human being would be a better replacement for TPJ, but other than Luis Hernandez are there viable options for stop-gap solutions?

 

But the reason this post really exists is to link to a great site

Minor League Splits dot com

which I haven't really used before, that gives Total Zone ratings (among other things) for many minor league players:

http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi

Star-divide

Mario Lisson, 25 - career MiLB OPS .717,  TZ R/150 at SS  8

Tug Hulett, 26 - .811,  7 (in his 4 games as a pro at SS he did not shine, to say the least, but he's been pretty good at 2B and decent at SS in the minors in limited PT, so maybe he shouldn't be written off at SS)

Irving Falu, 26 - .685 ,  1 (he did have one season where his R/150 at SS was 16, but also one where it was -18)

Jeff Bianchi, 22 - .783,  10

Chris McConnell, 25 - .670,  7

for reference: TPJ's R/150 was 18 in his 2005 AAA season and -13 (!) in his 2006 AAA season, career OPS .647; maybe this speaks to the high variability (and suspect meaningfulness) of the Total Zone stat.

Well, that's not much in the way of immediate help as far as a defensive replacement, though all of these guys are decent defensively.  Can we start a petition for LISSON NOW!?

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well played

WAR of inanimate carbon rod for 47 PA’s
hitting -1.05 + fielding -0.57 = -1.62

close to TPJ, but a little worse (-1.6 vs -0.6), though it really does depend on the size of the rod – i mean if it’s really small then how are pitchers going to hit the strike zone, and if it’s really big then it probably stops a lot of ground balls and once the fielders learn to play the ricochet it could actually be a + defender.

FYI
hitting set at 47 PA’s with no hits and 1 walk (probably still sees more pitches than TPJ)
fielding set as equivalent to Manny Ramirez 2008 in 47 PA’s (11 games)

by benfunke on Jul 8, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

"it really does depend on the size of the rod"

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!!!!!!!

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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 8, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

nice

preemptive TWSS

soon to change name to, "The Not So Curious Case of Benjamin Bratt"

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 8, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Unfortuneatley

the Rod is busy playing RF for the Royals

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 8, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

until they finally put him on the 60-day DL with a defective GROIN

Christ, you don't need a quadrophonic Blaupunkt! What you need is a curveball! In the show, everyone can hit heat.

by BillyMojo on Jul 8, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Perhaps the larger question is, “Aren’t there replacements for TPJ in everybody’s system?”

by 2X2L on Jul 8, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 8, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

MARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now!!!

1 UP

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 8, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions  

how about McSweepie?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 8, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Is that McBroomerton's cousin?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 8, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

I couldn't remember his name

good thing Porcus won’t ever see this

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by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bianchi now!

use the Allard method of promotion

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by buddyball on Jul 9, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions  

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