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#Twins: @drbrauer on your question about Hardy's hitting in '09. Fangraphs on JJ (not trade react., but good write-up) http://bit.ly/38V49b 20 days ago

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Trade Winds: Is Glen Perkins for J.J. Hardy Enough?
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew — ... FanGraphs notes that Hardy has posted the third-best combined UZR (defensive) numbers in the past three years combined.  He even ranks ahead of the great Omar Vizquel (likely only due to a lack of playing time on Vizquel's part).  That is better than Ryan Zimmerman, the slick third baseman for the Nationals. ...

Morning Prowl: Tom Brookens, Clete's Jersey Retired, Rising Stars, and Yesterday's Trades
Bless You Boys — ... As of last night, Teahen was still a Kansas City Royal.   The Big Lead has three ideas to improve the MLB playoffs.  Mostly, we're linking to this because the writer called the Tigers-Twins tiebreaker "the most exciting baseball moment this season."   Those who believe the Tigers should pursue a trade with the Brewers for shortstop J.J. Hardy (unless he's non-tendered) will likely enjoy this Fangraphs article about Hardy's defense.   Have some time to kill at work ...

Twins Trade Gomez For JJ Hardy
Twinkie Talk | A Minnesota Twins Blog — ... to average, while Gomez is much worse. Gomez’s peripherals have gotten better every year of his career (better bb/k, better O-Swing), and he is a stud in centerfield. In 2008 he was the best centerfielder in baseball. However, he seems to have fallen out of favor with Ron Gardenhire with the emergence of Denard Span and for some reason the need to play Delmon Young in left field. Hardy, meanwhile, got sent down to AAA to avoid accumulating more service time. However, Hardy was the 3rd best player from 2007-09 in UZR, making him an extremely valuable commodity. On the surface, ...

AaronGleeman.com — ... For all the talk about how the Twins are buying low on Hardy they're also selling low on Gomez, but they were smart to pull the trigger. Hardy is a truly elite defensive shortstop who prior to struggling this year hit .277/.323/.463 with 26 homers in 2007 and .283/.343/.478 with 24 homers in 2008. In each of those two seasons he was worth around 50 runs above replacement level. To put that into some context, Joe Mauer was about 85 runs above replacement level this year and no other Twins cracked even 40 runs. ...

How Good Is J.J. Hardy's Defense?
Twinkie Town — ... recently about the best and worst defenders in baseball over the last three years combined.  As Matthew Carruth states:  "Rankings are done by adding a player's UZR with his aggregate positional adjustment so as to level the playing field with regards to difficulty. Essentially, it's removing the grading curve".  Or, all things equalized, Carruth gives us the best and the worst.  Hardy finished third overall, as the highest-rated shortstop, and is calculated to have been worth 48.7 runs above average with the glove. ...

Monday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball — ... saying about Gomez. Meanwhile, despite Jeff's objections, Doug Melvin confirmed that the Brewers' decision to acquire Gomez means they won't make a push to retain Mike Cameron for 2010. Nick's Twins Blog has an overview of the deal, including my scouting report for Hardy. Twinkie Town has some questions about Hardy's defense (based largely on the comments of some frequent BCB'ers), and whether or not it's as good as advertised. FanGraphs has a look at Hardy's defense, and rated him the third most valuable defensive ...