Sadly and insatiably, much more.
This time, for brevity's sake, we're only using DRS and UZR.
Defensive stats should be reviewed with a larger sample size than just one year, hence the following:
2010-2012 All Defensive Teams
Min 1,500 innings
2010-2012 Ultimate Zone Rating
1b: Adrian Gonzalez 29.9
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Sabathia should dump something cold on Gardner for being mentioned here. |
3b: Adrian Beltre 33.7
SS: Brendan Ryan 33.8
LF: Brett Gardner 51.5
CF: Peter Bourjos 40
RF: Jason Heyward 35.7
Both UZR and DRS love them some Brett Gardner, the only player to sweep the four categories in this post.
2010-2012 UZR/150
1b: Daric Barton 12.7
2b: Dustin Pedroia 14
3b: Adrian Beltre 14.6
SS: Clint Barmes 13.6
LF: Brett Gardner 35.9
CF: Peter Bourjos 23.9
RF: Ben Zobrist 20.9
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Excellent Safeco fan reactions! |
2010-2012 Defensive Runs Saved
C: Yadier Molina 32
1b: Mark Teixeira/Albert Pujols 26
2b: Mark Ellis 35
3b: Adrian Beltre 45
SS: Brendan Ryan 67
LF: Brett Gardner 50
CF: Michael Bourn 51
RF: Jason Heyward 50
P: Mark Buehrle/Jake Westbrook 31
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By comparison, the nearest Shortstop is Alexei Ramírez with 41.
Pitchers and Catchers finally make an appearance. No surprises with Molina, Buehrle, or Westbrook, but there's a big surprise at catcher when DRS is converted to a rate stat, below.
2010-2012 DRS/1,200 innings
C: Humberto Quintero 13.1
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Recognition like this surely makes it all worthwhile |
2b: Ben Zobrist 15.7
3b: Evan Longoria 18
SS: Brendan Ryan 23.9
LF: Brett Gardner 27.9
CF: Peter Bourjos 18.4
RF: Josh Reddick 21.4
P: Jake Westbrook 66.4
Josh Reddick had a really good season. He saved 22 runs above average in right field this year. The A's really benefited from having him in RF, with Coco Crisp in CF, the two of them covering a lot of ground.
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An outfield of Gardner, Bourjos and Reddick sounds good |
How about that Ben Zobrist? UZR/150 has him as the best Right Fielder, and DRS/1,200 innings recognizes his work at second.
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Despite this bobble, Ben Zobrist is an exceptional defender at multiple positions |
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Where were you when Gardner beat Karelin? |
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