Cliff Corcoran has a nice piece at SI.com identifying the best and worst defenders in baseball at each position by UZR and comparing them to the most recent Gold Glove winners. There are a few interesting notes in there about Braves players:
On former Brave, Mark Teixeira:
Mark Teixeira, who won the AL award in 2005 and [...]
There is not much worse in the world than when the media starts writhing around in a masturbatory tiff about their self-importance. And that’s what this whole Yunel Escobar not-talking-to-the-media enough non-story is. And yet Bowman is on it. Bradley is on it.
Here’s a thought: shut up, nobody cares!
We cared when Escobar had a rough [...]
From the New York Times:
If a pitcher needs to work on his mechanics, for example, a general manager could say that he is injured and put him on the disabled list, allowing the team to replace the pitcher while he works out his problems.
“Making good use of the D.L. allows you to expand your 25-man [...]
SI polled 300 Major League players about which manager they would most like to play for. Bobby Cox came out on top with 25 percent.
If you want to know why Bobby Cox has a job for as long as he wants one, it’s not just because of 14 consecutive division titles, it’s also because players [...]
© Section 435. Powered by WordPress using the DePo Clean Theme.