Base Running Follow Up: The Mets are Fantastic
by Justin Bopp on Jun 21, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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Last week, we looked at how teams compare across the base running spectrum. I promised I'd take a closer look at several requested teams, and this is the result.
Full charts after the jump.
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Method
Data is from Baseball Prospectus, pulled 06/13/10
Notes & Questions
1. Jason Bay, good base runner.
2. Mike Jacobs, not a good base runner (was that really only seven games' worth?).
3. Check out the wheels on Nelson Cruz!
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Stunning that the Rangers CF (Borbon) is
so much worse than the guy who looks like a lumbering beast (Cruz).
Vlad, sadly, looks better by these numbers than I expected.
Cruz, at 1.6, is positively a better-than-good player.
Not that he needs to be a good base runner, considering his offensive strength. I’m just saying that with a EQBRR that high and a hopefully better-than-moderate glove (I’ll look), Cruz is officially entering my top 10 favorite young players list.
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Cruz is turning 30 in a couple of weeks
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
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-The Outlaw
young to me
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rather,
young to a royals fan.
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Cruz has an excellent glove.
Is a good baserunner — he’s got surprisingly good speed for his size.
Knocks the crap outta the ball..
He’s, all around, a great player for a team. It’s nice to see him finally translating his dominance of the minors (AAA numbers in 08 were just retarded) to major league success.
Hopefully he keeps this up for a couple of years for us.
This has me holding out hope for a similar career path for
Kila Kai’ahaue. That said, it won’t happen until he’s 33 if GMDM has anything to do with it.
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Borbon has been making some bad decisions
he and Elvis have been reined in a bit, lately by the team.
Freude schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Freude!
We always knew that Vlad
does his best baserunning at a trot.
In vino, veritas
These look great
Would love, of course, to see my team (Red Sox).
Is Crawford tops in the majors?
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this is sweet
can we see more teams for comparison or where can i find that?
baseball prospectus
for team numbers, I’m not sure where you could find individuals.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
I think I might make this a series, actually.
Pretty good reception so far. Any teams in particular you want covered?
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Can I request the Dbacks?
I’d particularly like to see how Chris Young and Justin Upton are doing.
Leads/ties blown by the Diamondbacks bullpen in '10: 23
That's what I was thinking for Mike Jacobs
How do you do that badly in that short of a time?
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Wow.
I never thought I’d hear “The Mets are awesome” on this site.
(Sorry, Mets fans! :))
Go Twins!
But
you didn’t hear it!
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I know.
The Mets get a lot of attention here, I think.
Maybe he just means “good attention.”
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by Justin Bopp on Jun 22, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Bingo!
With all of the bad, confusing decisions made by Omar… Yeah.
And I heard it. In my head.
Go Twins!
I do that too.
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by Justin Bopp on Jun 22, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't worry
They’re planning to bench Pagan last I heard once Beltran gets back, to make sure that Francoeur gets enough PA’s.
-j
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