Deconstructing Ian Kinsler’s Defense (Or Lack Thereof)
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| BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 7/6/2008 on mvn.com [flag] |
There is no doubting that Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler (.323/.381/.533 in 353 AB, 143 OPS+, .313 EqA) has been one of the American League’s most dynamic offensive performers thus far in 2008.
But one of the many long-standing tenets of professional baseball is that superior defense up the middle (at catcher, second base, shortstop and center field) is an absolutely ...
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Deconstructing Ian Kinsler’s Defense (Or Lack Thereof)
Published 7/6/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Deconstructing Ian Kinsler’s Defense (Or Lack Thereof) See anything fishy right off the bat? If not, you probably should. Kinsler has already committed more throwing errors in 734 innings played in the field this season than in the 1,136 innings he posted in the field in 2007, and is on pace to set new career highs in both areas. But what’s even more startling is his apparent statistical regression range-wise, something I did not expect to see when poring over this data. Not only has Kinsler’s RZR gone significantly backwards (ranking a dismal ninth out of 10 qualifying AL ...
