Comments on Basement Dwellers: Rookie of the Year: Tulowitzki

Nice work on the Rookie of the Year blog. Just tho...

2007-09-25T20:11:00.000-04:00

Nice work on the Rookie of the Year blog. Just thought that I would point out that Josh Hamilton isn't the Reds' top rookie non-pitcher. That honor would go to Norris Hopper. His VORP plus fielding performance will probably have him in the top 5 by the end of the season. Not bad for what everyone has prematurely labeled a 'spare part'.

Hmm, I dunno. I'm looking at those data, and comp...

2007-09-22T13:35:00.000-04:00

Hmm, I dunno. I'm looking at those data, and compared to PMR, at least, it seems like the spread of the data in those graphs is pretty similar, at least among infielders.

With outfielders, the extremes do tend to be much higher. But those data were pulled before the recent adjustment to how outfielder zones were defined, so that might not be the case anymore...? I'd have to re-run the '06 data to know.
-j

Cool analysis -- it's amazing how many people deba...

2007-09-22T12:49:00.000-04:00

Cool analysis -- it's amazing how many people debate the merits of these awards subjectively without bothering to look up a measure of hitting and fielding.

The difference in Tulo's and Braun's fielding value is HUGE, especially considering Braun's only played 2/3 of a season. He's in Manny Ramirez territory. Looking at your original article on +/- fielding runs, it seems that it produces more extreme values than PMR or Dewan's method. Do you agree? Is there a reason/method to scale is down a bit (the correlation with other methods should remain the same.)