M's Outfielders Played Too Shallow
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Here is the BJOL table for defensive runs gained and lost in 2013, by team. Check out those outfield totals!
At BJOL, John Dewan gave us a nice bright baseball light bulb, and the warm glow of this one --- > goes a long way toward clearing up why the Mariners' numbers might have been so out of proportion.
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Play 'Em Back or Play 'Em Deep?
Baseball Information Solutions (BIS) now tracks the direction that an outfielder takes to a fly ball, like this:
ed ugly to have a few balls drop in front, but hey. Pete Carroll doesn't mind a few 6-yard slants in front of him.
There might be a time to boldly pull the OF in. Do it at the right moments! But that moment ain't when Joe Saunders is on the mound and Raul Ibanez is in left field.
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A key takeaway for Jack Zduriencik: he could return to considering bat-first LF's and RF's for 2014, if (a) he will position them deep and (b) he'll put a few strikeouts into the rotation.
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BABVA,
Dr D