I tend to disagree. SS is not the position where you need/expect a tremendous contributions from the plate. And currently they are virtually equal at the plate - OPS of 719 (lugo) vs 721 (green)
And while Nick Green will not win golden gloves at SS, he's much better than Lugo. Lugo RF 3.33 F% 928% 7 errors 243 innings Green RF 4.27 F% 967% 9 errors 486 innings Lugo's fielding has dropped each of the last 3 seasons in both range and fielding %. So there's nothing that tells us that he's going to turn this around. Julio just isn't a good enough bat to to justify the lack of range and errors... Nor is he good enough to think about at DH or another spot. Nor is a particularly smart ball player Quite honestly, they can pick up weak hitting SS's anywhere, anytime. I would be interested if there's a stat about pitcher's stats/era with certain players in the field.... I'm all for having dropped him. On Jul 17, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Beaudoin, John wrote: > It has no meaning. > At .284, how do you know Lugo wasn’t personally responsible for 10 > of those 11 wins and 1 of those 16 losses? > And Nick Green maybe had no part in 95% of the wins while on the > field. > > I don’t like Lugo as a player, but he’s a good player. Even when > we hated him a year and two and three years ago, he was still above > average for the league. He’s just below average on a team that’s > been perennially one of the top three or four teams in baseball as > long as he’s been on the Sox. > > I agree that Nick Green is better to have out there. I’m not > disputing the opinion of the statements. I’m only saying that the > data isn’t worth much considering that it’s a shortstop and not a > pitcher. It’s not a +/- kind of thing like hockey or basketball. > How many points or goals your team gives and gets while a given > player is on the court/ice/field/pitch. It’s not a good stat for > baseball. Probably the worst for baseball among all the sports. > Well, except football, where there’s a defense and an offense. > Hey, remember some teams with more points produced by their defense > than by their offense? That’s always a hoot. > > John > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Wow > > I will need to run this question by my son who just took his stats > AP exam to see if the number of trials is meaningful. > > I will say this, if we assume the Sox have a 60% chance of winning > a game, then the odds of going 11-16 are 3%. This suggests that > Lugo should be removed from the team, covered in honey, and set > upon by beagles. > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley > <[email protected]> wrote: > On the Globe's Sox blog: "As Rosenthal points out, while Lugo is > batting .284 in limited time this season, the Sox are 11-16 when he > starts at short, compared to a 42-15 record when Nick Green is in > the lineup." > > Wow. I had no idea the difference was that pronounced. > > -- Matt > > > > > -- > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's > Productivity...Quickly" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
