I know, considering we're essentially based out of Chicago, that all we talk about and really know a lot about is Chicago sports. Well I'm here to do a post about a Seattle Mariner. I obviously don't really believe Guitierrez will or should be an MVP, but he has been the player so far that very many people haven't heard of. Hell, he didn't get on my radar until yesterday.
Right now, Guitierrez is ranked 11th on fangraphs according to their Dollars (similar to VORP) aheas of guys like Raul Ibanez, Brandon Inge, Kevin Youilis, Carl Crawford, Justin Upton, Justin Morneau and many more. He is the second best fielder behind Cubfans boy Nyjer Morgan.
He's batting .290 with a .355 OBP and a .814 OPS. Obviously he doesn't draw a whole lot of walks and doesn't have the gratest power, but considering that he's an elite defender on top of his above average offensive numbers, makes him a damn fine player for any major league ball club.
And he's been doing really well from a fantasy perspective too. Over the past 30 days he has been the fourth best fantasy player, out of EVERYONE! He batted .381 with 6 homers, 4 SB, 18 R, and 19 RBIs. In fact he's only one of two guys ranked in the top 25th within the past month owned in less than 40% of Yahoo! leagues.
So I just wanna say, much love for the Mariners and Franklin Guirierrez for all he's done so far.
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3 comments:
Dollars is not comparable to VORP. WAR is. Dollars is based on WAR (Wins Above Replacement). WAR is based on RAR (Runs Above Replacement), which is based on Batting, Fielding and Positional Adjustment (a metric that adjusts fielding values based on the difficulty of fielding required at each positions(ie, CF, SS, 2B, 3B get positive adjustment points, while LF, RF, 1B, DH lose points)
Also, .814 SLG or OPS?
1) Stop talking about these statistics like you invented them
2) You contradicted yourself in the argument.
a. Dollars d/n equate to VORP
b. WAR equates to VORP
c. Dollars based on WAR
d. Hence Dollars must equate to VORP if b and c hold true
d. You fucked up your own logic. And dont try to nag your way out of it like you always do
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