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  1. Ennder
    The worst defensive regular SS in baseball usually only costs the team 10 runs or so on the year. To be the worst SS in baseball all you have to do is miss 1 or 2 plays a week that most SS would make. I think Yuni is pretty close to doing that this year though he has made up for it a little bit by not making any errors yet, I think you guys are overestimating how bad the worst regular SS in baseball is. He likely won't be the worst this year though because Starlin Castro is in the league and he is so bad he gets hit in the face by throws right to him. The worst defensive full time SS in baseball between 2008 and 2011 is Betancourt at -38 UZR. The second worse is Bartlett at -14 so the 2nd worst is costing his team less than 5 runs per year. Sure there are part time fill in type SS that are worse but I don't think many really count that type of player in this type of discussion. I mean Betancourt is no Jayson Nix or Jeff Keppinger, I imagine if we had someone like that at SS he would be removed from the job.
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    I don't know, Carlos Lee doesn't seem to get boos so it isn't like every former Brewer in the world does and he went to an NL Central team. I mean I'm sure some will boo because some people just are like that, but I don't think the majority will boo him anymore than they would any other Cub.
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    Well I obviously didn't literally mean right at him like he wasn't capable of moving. There is a zone around players where you would assume pretty much every defensive player in the game could make the play. Yuni doesn't make many plays at all that are outside of that zone. Prince Fielder also doesn't make many outside of that zone, Mcgehee only makes them if he moves to his right, he doesn't seem to be able to make many plays to his left. Weeks, Braun and Hart all make plays outside of that zone on a regular basis, they just tend to make a lot of mistakes so it is much easier to tell when they are playing poor defense. Hardy was actually a lot like Betancourt only he got better jumps on the ball and had a stronger arm so he could cheat back a couple steps, that expanded his zone quite and he had at least average range because of it. He also didn't make too many mistakes when he could get to balls. Really surprises me that Hardy got knocked on his defense on this board and Yuni is being defended because Hardy was a much better defensive SS than Betancourt is.
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    There was a bit more to the Favre situation than just him being on a rival though.
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    Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I have 'blinders on'. I mean I could say the exact same thing to you, if you think he looks good you must have blinders on. Did that really get us anywhere? I can show you a load of stats showing that he isn't good, I can post to reporters talking about him not being good, I can show you a website where fans rate SS and he scores low. So the onus of proof is really on you to disprove the notion that he hasn't been bad this year. The only positives I see in Betancourt defensively is he doesn't seem to make a lot of dumb decisions or errors, if he had even close to average major league SS range he'd be a decent defensive SS but he just doesn't have any range.
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    I understand it fine, I disagree with it. His play hasn't really changed over the past week, the stats just regressed towards expectations. He is still a slow of foot SS who doesn't get to many balls and generally makes the plays on the ones right to him. He has been that all year long. I've watched almost every game this season and at no point has Betancourt looked like a good SS to me. I mean even Braun sometimes looks like a good LF for stretches of games because as long as he doesn't misread the ball or overthrow for a few games he at least displays some range, Betancourt looks like a bad SS every game, just sometimes the balls are hit right at him. I think the diving catch on the ball off of Mitre is the only play the entire season that I've seen him make that I thought to myself that more than 1 or 2 SS in baseball wouldn't have made that play. He makes the plays that every SS can make and then misses some plays that a lot of SS make.
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    Oh I quoted the wrong person, I can see how my post made no sense while quoting you. I meant to quote JohnBriggs12, heh.
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    His defense has still been bad on the year, BIZ has him negative now as does UZR. He just has no range and that is going to make him a bad defensive player no matter what he does. The best they can hope for is that they can hide it some with the shifts. So I guess those stats can be used...as long as they coincide with one's preconceived opinion of a player. In other words, they are worthless until they say what I want them to say. No, he has looked bad all year long and he has been bad for 6 years worth of stats now, the point of pointing out the stats is to show that they have regressed exactly where they were expected to so you can't even try to hide behind a small sample of stats to try to say he has been good. I don't know why people feel they have to go out of their way to defend bad players that get criticized but I don't know how anyone can defend Betancourt's range this season. The one method you guys have tried to use to defend him doesn't even agree he has been ok now, it has regressed exactly where it has been for years now. When YOU try to use stats to prove something and a week later the stats completely disagree with what YOU are saying I think it is worth pointing it out.
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    It isn't spinning anything, if the ball isn't hit right where he can fall down and get it, it goes through for a single. I watch a lot of baseball from all teams and he has looked like one of the worst SS defensively in baseball this year, he basically never makes a play that I don't think the average SS in baseball can make and he misses a number that a lot of other SS would make. I guess the fact he doesn't throw the ball all over the field hides it from people but his range is just terrible. UZR/150 has him about normal (8 runs below average) at this point and BIZ has him at 7 runs below average compared to his normal 20 runs below average. He just isn't good defensively and he hasn't been very good this year.
  10. Ennder
    His defense has still been bad on the year, BIZ has him negative now as does UZR. He just has no range and that is going to make him a bad defensive player no matter what he does. The best they can hope for is that they can hide it some with the shifts.
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    Attendance was way down in other sports, not surprised it is down some in baseball as well.
  12. Ennder
    This has nothing at all to do with what Boggs has done so far so stop bringing that up one way or the other. Kotsay has proven over the past 4 years that he has no pop, he is mediocre at best at BB rate and he can't play defense. Nothing about this has changed this season so there is no reason to expect a difference. Boggs can play defense, can run the bases and has at least a small amount of pop in his bat, this isn't a poor Kotsay we misunderstand him moment, this is a Kotsay is getting unfair playtime because hewas good 8 years ago moment. There is no reason he should have ever made the roster and the longer they keep him around the more they compound the error. Anyone how has followed my posting career knows I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to the manager and look for the best in a player but the choice to keep Kotsay on the roster is so horrible that even I can't forgive it, the longer we keep up the facade that he is a major league player the more marginal wins we lose and the less likely we are to make the playoffs.
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    A few singles finding holes does not make a good player, he really is just terrible. Even while he is hot with balls finding holes he has put up negative WAR. He his Craig Counsell in the OF without the good defense more or less. If Morgan or Boggs don't end up on the roster because of Kotsay it is just poor roster management long term.
  14. Ennder
    There is absolutely no reason that Kotsay should be on the roster over Boggs. Boggs is better defensive and can switch hit and we know Kotsay can't hit more than the occasional single anymore.
  15. Ennder
    While being hot Kotsay has put up below replacement level production on the year. Once he stops being hot he'll be well below replacement level. This isn't about the small sample that is this year either, he's been below replacement level for years now.
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    I would guess they are just hoping to get by until Hart is back so they don't have to make an extra move.
  17. Ennder
    This really isn't true, every baseball league my kids have been a part of has grown every year.
  18. Ennder
    They just said he was day to day more or less. They are in wait and see mode which means he could miss 1 game or 30 games~.
  19. Ennder
    I think Prince honestly wants to stay, still don't think it will happen, he doesn't want to leave money on the table just to stay.
  20. Ennder
    OH carlos, not again.
  21. Ennder
    Sure wish this was the norm for Gomez instead of the exception
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    That was just terrible, not sure how anyone can defend Betancourt on plays like that.
  23. Ennder
    I don't think this changes anything at all for Marcum or Greinke.
  24. Ennder
    I'm not really worried about Braun aging poorly, he doesn't have an old players skillset at all. I'm much more concerned about injuries derailing things, 10 years is an awfully long time to hope someone stays healthy and productive. This deal seems pretty pointless to me but I don't hate it outright.
  25. Ennder
    I don't see any reason to keep Nieves, he isn't a great defensive C by any means so you don't keep him around just for the glove. He can't hit at all so he isn't useful for that. I see the merits of keeping a strong defensive C for sure but Nieves isn't really one of those, he's an adequate defensive player and a black hole on offense.
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