Posted by Kevin Dame
Here's a piping-hot serving of 5 Tool Analyzer, fresh out of the oven and ready for your consumption. I'm hoping to do installments like this throughout the season - in this installment you'll see 6 very different players with very different skill sets.
Alfonso Soriano? I didn’t know that being afraid of the wall, and ruining a teams payroll flexibility were tools?
And before you go all UZR on my A$$, I will state for the record that any fielding metric that says Soriano’s best defensive position is not DH is seriously flawed.
Posted 06/18 at 09:35 AM
Hooty said...
Tony Gwynn = No Bat! Nice analysis…
Posted 06/18 at 09:58 AM
Hojo said...
@Hooty
For Tony Gwynn the HOFer no, not good analysis. But for Tony Gwynn Jr, who’s career OPS is .661, great analysis.
Posted 06/18 at 10:57 AM
José said...
Except Tony Gwynn Jr. also has a great arm, it’s weird the stats don’t pick that.
These are my favorite pieces Kevin - consistently excellent work. These are fantastic for us visual learners.
Posted 06/18 at 11:13 AM
Kevin Dame said...
For those of you who were thrown by the Tony Gwynn reference, I was indeed referring to his son. “Jr” has been added to the visual, so Tony Gwynn Senior can rest easy. As far as his arm is concerned, I’m not sure what to tell you. I’m the guy who visualizes this metrics, not invents them. I have to say, though, that some of the defensive metrics seem to raise eyebrows at times. Hopefully they’ll evolve and become more and more representative of reality…
Posted 06/18 at 09:25 PM
Jason461 said...
Um, where are you getting this information? Fangraphs shows Phillips as equal to or better than Soriano in pretty much every facet except power this year. Granted, he is having a career season, but he was better than Soriano last year, too.
Posted 06/19 at 08:56 AM
Jason B said...
Jason461 - It tells at the bottom of the graph how each metric is measured. Small print, but its there.
Posted 06/19 at 07:01 PM
southsidemike said...
Soriano who cant play defence and strikes out way too much is a poor example of a five star player
Posted 06/20 at 11:44 AM
studes said...
There does appear to be some problem with the underlying stats, cause Brandon Phillips definitely has a higher OBP than Soriano this year. It’s my fault, since I compile the stats for Kevin. I’ll follow up on this.
Alfonso Soriano? I didn’t know that being afraid of the wall, and ruining a teams payroll flexibility were tools?
And before you go all UZR on my A$$, I will state for the record that any fielding metric that says Soriano’s best defensive position is not DH is seriously flawed.