Schrodinger`s Bat: Flashing Leather Down on the Farm by Dan Fox

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Maybe He is but Maybin He Isn't?
Published 2/21/2008 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... Today in my column on Baseball Prospectus I take a look at minor league outfielders using the SFR system. As I've done previously I take a look at the leaders and trailers at all levels before aggregating across all positions and leagues to list the best and worst defenders in the outfield among minor leaguers in 2007. ...

Smell the glove-outfielders
Published 2/23/2008 by erik at Future Redbirds
... In Dan Fox’s latest column at BP, he looks at minor league outfielders using his SFR (Simple Fielding Runs) system. He has some pretty interesting findings, including a pretty vast disconnect between what the scouts and stats say about ...

Five Questions: Minnesota Twins
Published 3/21/2008 by ubelmann at THT Live
... is the third candidate for the center field job. He also projects to be about a replacement level hitter this year. There's also some evidence that Pridie is the best fielder of the three main candidates. While it might make some sense to give Pridie the job, it seems the Twins are starting to view him as little more than a fourth outfielder. ...

Hello Again, Or How I Learned That Senioritis Clears Time for Blogging
Published 4/2/2008 by Marc Normandin at Beyond the Box Score: Front Page Posts
... Bocock is, as of this posting, not a major league caliber hitter. He is well below replacement level offensively, but his being in the majors is not his fault, so I don't mean to single him out. Bocock is highly regarded as the top defensive player in the Giants minor league system, and Dan Fox's Simple Fielding Runs (SFR) verified these claims statistically. He can field, but over a full season he's overmatched at the plate. It reminds me of when the Kansas City Royals brought Andres Blanco up from the minors for a short time; Blanco didn't do himself any favors ...

Alexi Casilla Is An Awful Fielder?/Expect Team Defense To Improve
Published 7/30/2008 by ubelmann at The WGOM
... 2008 And, well, that doesn't look so great for Casilla, does it? Now, that's only 151 BIZ, which is really a very small sample size, so that's another reason for the question mark on the title of this post. But it's not exactly making me feel good about his defense. Also, in 2007, Casilla had a .784 RZR with 134 BIZ. Somewhat better, but still bad. RZR isn't everything, but it's just about all the fielding information I know of for Casilla. The only other bit that I've run across is Dan Fox's* Simple Fielding Runs --a stat he devised while he was at Baseball Prospectus. SFR ...