FanNation - The Republic of Sport

EFB JAY CUTLER! said 07/23, 09:25 PM
I will go with none other than the Florida Marlins.

They are all around great. Every single one of their 4 infielders is having an excellent year and they all have over 20 homeruns... except Cantu but he has 18.

There are other teams that have 3 greats and then one guy just hold them back, I would much rather have 4 good ones than 4 better but than one whose not so good.

1B- Mike Jacobs- .245 average, 20 homeruns (in only 298 at bats) and 55 RBIs. He averages a monsterous homerun every about 14.9 at bats and a slugging pct over .500. Sure his average is in the gutter, but he has been a HR machine this year.

2B- Dan Uggla- He has been one of the best second basemen all year
.274 (.361 OBP)
24 homeruns (after spending some time on the DL)
61 RBIs
60 runs

Solid.

SS- Hanley Ramirez- This guy has a serious chance at 40/40.
.301 average (.383 OBP)
23 homeruns
45 RBIs (leadoff hitter)
82 runs
23 steals

3B- Jorge Cantu
.287 average
18 homeruns
58 RBIs
60 runs

They have been one of the most all around and best outfields all year and are the MAIN reason for the Marlins success.

EFB JAY CUTLER! said 07/23, 09:58 PM
Average is a tricky thing. I mean, baseball is all about runs right? If you have singles hitters they NEED other hitters in the lineup to hit them in. The average difference isn't enough to make up for the power hitters.

Your infield has totals of
.294 combined average
44 homeruns
202 RBIs
24 stolen bases

My infields combined stats
.279 average (only a slight difference)
85 homeruns
219 RBIs
32 stolen bases

Thats basically the important stats you can add anything in your argument if you please but I say this just about covers the basics.

Despite the seemingly low averages of my players, they are but a mere .015 points below your team average. I will GLADLY take a 15 point hit for average if at the same time I am getting an added bonus of 41 homeruns and 17 RBIs.

Lastly, this year
Jacobs< Lee
Uggla> DeRosa
Hanley> Theriot
Cantu>A-Ram (slightly)

I also have the best player of the bunch in Hanley and you have 2 big big names, but your middle infield isn't as great as they should be for the title of the best infield in the MLB this year. Its sort of 2 people carrying your team. Everyone of the Marlins infield contributes a LOT.

good pick tho and goodluck

EFB JAY CUTLER! said 07/24, 10:25 PM
No offense dude, but .005? I mean come on. True I would rather have more balanced players than all sluggers but its only a .005 difference. Theres NO way you can possibly say that a .005 difference in fiedling percentage is a bigger deal than a 41 homerun difference.

You said I have the better hitting, so my argument ends there. You gave me that so I will focus on proving that the defensive margin is NOT signifigant enough to make up for the margin in runs produced and all around slugging.

You think YOUR defense is better just because you commit less errors? I say its a LOT closer than you think.

For range factor, Dan Uggla ranks 4th for NL second basemen. For zone rating, Dan ranks 3rd for NL 2B.

Where does DeRosa rank in each? OUT OF THE TOP 10!! Thats NL only.

So translated, that means Uggla will make more plays than DeRosa that are much more difficult but as long as the balls hit right to DeRosa he wont make an error

Uggla>DeRosa DEFENSIVELY

For SS, Hanley ranks 6th in the NL for SS range and 7th in zone.
Theriot ranks 9th in range and DEAD LAST in zone.

Hanley>Theriot defensively

Cantu and A-ram split and Lee crushes Jacobs but defense is CLOSE