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Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 06/19, 07:02 PM
I say yes he is.

Why do I say that? Well, the reason that I say this is that he has played almost every position except catcher and center fielder.

He has a great range factor for those positions that he has played too.

While playing first base in his career he has a 9.00 range factor and a zone rating, which is the percentage of balls fielded by a player in his typical defensive "zone," was .889.

While playing second base in his career he has a 4.79 range factor and a zone rating of .843.

While playing third base in his career he has a 2.64 range factor and a zone rating of .774.

While playing shortstop in his career he has a 4.84 range factor and a zone rating of .838.

While playing lef field in his career he has a 1.55 range factor and a zone rating of .811.

While playing right field in his career he has a 2.20 range factor and a zone rating of .874.

Mark DeRosa can play every position and he plays it well. He has a good fielding percentage for all the positions and can hit the ball pretty well also.

He knows how to play all the positions and knows how to play them well.

Mark DeRosa is the most versatile player in baseball.

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 06/20, 01:33 PM
Brandon Inge played shortstop in college. Has he played even 1 game at shortstop? No he hasn't. He hasn't even played an out at SS in the majors.

Inge was good at 3rd, but if he was so good, why did they trade for Miguel Cabrera, knowing they had a "Gold Glove-caliber defender"?

Inge started 11 games in centerfield this year, but hasn't played that well there.

Inge moved to third.Then he moved back to catcher, with Cabrera and Carlos Guillen switching positions. Now INge is switching starts with Rodriguez.

You didn't do your math correctly because he has played only three positions for an extended time in his career. He only played 2 games at right field, and only played 10 games in left field.

Mark DeRosa has played 4 positions in over 100 games so he has a lot of experience at 4 positions and has played them well, while Inge has only 2 positions where he played in over 100 games.

Ever since 2004 DeRosa has played 4 different positions every year and has done them well, which is more than Inge can say.

He has played well this year and he can field positions very well. He has a lot of experience at a lot of different positions.

DeRosa is most versitale

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 06/21, 12:05 AM
I'm not just talking about this year...this is about career too. DeRosa played MORE positions than Inge did this year. He has a more variety of positions that he can play...and he plays them well.

DeRosa has played in 18 more games, yet he has played 20 more games at his primary position than Inge has, and DeRosa has played in more positions than Inge has too.

While DeRosa gets to play in 18 more games, that means that Lou Piniella trusts DeRosa and that he has capability to play in any position at any time, and they trust him very much. He can play positions very well as he keeps playing a lot.

Piniella likes to experiment with the lineups, but DeRosa has still been able to play well at all the positions. Plus, since 2004 DeRosa has played in 4 different positions each year WITHOUT Piniella. Inge hasn't done that...he played in only 1. DeRosa did well in several positions while INge only did well in one position.

Inge hasn't really helped the Tigers while playing multiple positions, he only helped them while playing third. He hasn't been as good as DeRosa when playing multiple positions.

Brandon Inge is versitale, but Mark DeRosa is the most versitale player.