Comments on: 2012 OPS projections: top 10 left fielders

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:29:12 +0000

I’m far from a Young fan, but he had an .826 OPS playing half of the time in Target Field in 2010 and Comerica Park is quite a bit more favorable to right-handed hitters.

By: visnovsky

visnovsky — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:59 +0000

No way Delmon finishes in the top 10.

By: braddavery

braddavery — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:11:49 +0000

So are you saying to never punish any players for breaking rules, because they COULD be innocent even if found guilty? lol Okay.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:45:31 +0000

The same why you know that if the appeal is denied that he’s guilty.

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:39:38 +0000

The reverse of Morrison, Morse had overly GOOD luck on balls in play last year. That’s like 75% of what these projections are (rightly so; any projection system that doesn’t ignores luck on balls in play isn’t worth jack diddly bullcrap).

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:33:09 +0000

Not really. Morrison had back luck on balls in play last year. If you just regress that number towards the league average, he’s an .850 OPS guy.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:12:45 +0000

Err nevermind, I’m an idiot and misread the chart. Was looking at last year’s OPS instead of predicted OPS.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:11:34 +0000

He’s not exactly a power hitter, but are you forgetting Brett Gardner? Last three years he’s had an OPS higher than the 8-9-10 guys listed. His SLG has remained essentially the same, so are you predicting a larger OBP drop off from last year?

By: natsattack

natsattack — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:38:29 +0000

I know Chase field is a hitter’s park, but but why is Kubel > Morse?

By: braddavery

braddavery — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:54:51 +0000

So how do you know that if it’s upheld that he is innocent? I’m more apt to believe he did wrong if it’s upheld than to believe he’s being wrongfully punished. Just because he’s one of baseball’s “golden boys” doesn’t mean he can do no wrong.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:35:26 +0000

That’s quite the leap forward for LoMo!

By: racksie

racksie — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:24:21 +0000

Here’s where acronym baseball falls flat: Delmon Youngs DFP, or however they rank defense now, is about -8.6 (made up number). He is so bad in the outfield, the kid from Parenthood would run in front of HIM to catch a fly ball. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XW-Nxfx5Nw

By: deadeyedesign23

deadeyedesign23 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:13:27 +0000

Because you were there for the appeal hearing or have any educated opinion on what actually happened? Because unless you’re Ryan Braun I don’t think you have any idea if it were an aberration or not.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:04:41 +0000

No, if he wins the appeal that means the system works as it’s supposed to, and weeds out the true aberrations.

By: hardjudge

hardjudge — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:59:25 +0000

I thought Josh Hamilton was playing left field now!

By: Walk

Walk — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:40:10 +0000

So 419 at bats for braun. I take it you feel he is going to remain relatively healthy after the 50 game suspension. The braun situation is bad. Appeal wins and mlb policy loses and mlb loses face. Appeal is upheld and someone who may be innocent is victim of no tolerance. Btw thank you for the projections, I know they are for fantasy baseball which i do not take part in but i love them because they are the first glimpses of what may be next season. Just wanted to tweak your nose on braun.