Comments on: Musings on the Cards Moves http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/12/12/musings-on-the-cards-moves/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: stevesommer05 http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/12/12/musings-on-the-cards-moves/#comment-360 stevesommer05 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:36:53 +0000 http://playahardnine.wordpress.com/?p=2015#comment-360 thoran,

The raw defensive metrics (i.e. UZR, TZ etc) take chances into account. It’s basically how many runs above/below average is that player given the chances he has gotten. The rate stats (UZR/150) normalize to a standard number of chances.

That said, you are correct in that his defense would have less of an impact on the Cardinals (a GB staff) than on a fly ball heavy team. Is it enough to offset the bad? Not really sure

]]> By: thoran85 http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/12/12/musings-on-the-cards-moves/#comment-359 thoran85 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:29:51 +0000 http://playahardnine.wordpress.com/?p=2015#comment-359 Do defensive measurements take into account the amount of plays the fielder makes throughout the season or are all players assumed to have fielded the same amount to normalize the numbers across different teams?

I ask this only because it would seem that Berkman, although horrible in the OF, will have a lesser impact on the Cardinals since they are a ground ball pitching team, as opposed to a team with a majority of fly ball pitchers.

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