Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Code:Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Bolivar LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Heisey CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Bruce DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 Frazier 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Francisco 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .357 Valaika SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Alonso 1B 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .250 Ford RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Denove C 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LeCure (L, 0-1) 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 6.00 Kennard, J 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Baez, Fe 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27.00
Kennard is not healthy
His fastball was high 80s with 1 91 and 1 92
He was consistently 95-96 before his injury.
There were plenty of chances to win this game. Our stacked offense couldn't come up with the big hit.
Goya, is Frazier slow around the bag on double play turns? He's unusually tall and big for a 2b man and this is where that size is sometimes disadvantageous. Or is your objection based more on his range? Or both?
I've seen him around ten games since he's moved up, so perhaps I can answer. From what I've seen, he's okay at second, but lacks range. He is also learning the position so his footwork is a work in progress. But he's already good around the bag on the double play and his arm will absolutely play there.
It will probably take the winter and Spring Training before he's good enough to play there as an offensive player. It'll take him a couple years to be average or better.
Really, Frazier at second depends on his bat. If he can OPS at 800+, he's worth it. If he's a 700 or worse OPS bat, he's too much of a drag.
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An 800 OPS+ is worth a below average glove at 2B if he has a high ceiling and is likely to improve at that position.
He does and he should.
Frazier is likely, next season, to OPS around 800, making him slightly above average for all of baseball. As a 2B, that should put him in the top five at least, more likely top three. His glove can play there for that offensive production.
Anything less than 780 and his value plummets because another 2B with a much better glove (re: range) can boost his overall game ahead of Frazier.
At this point, Frazier is the mirror image of Brandon Phillips.
Thanks, Scrap, for the comments on Frazier. If he can be competent at 2b and put up .800, I'll be happy--assuming Phillips is at least league average or better defensively at SS. I'd still probably prefer keeping Phillips at 2b and looking for a really good defender and offensive player at SS. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Let Frazier play 3rd or somebody else. Get rid of Rolen. Rolen's a bum. His .715 OPS that he's hitting since joining the REDS and his lack of range over the last two seasons aren't flukes. It's because he's long, long, over-the-hill. Rolen's toast. Rolen's done. Rolen's not worth the money he's earning when there are several players in the organization that could step right in immediately and do as well.
Whoa, there. I hated the trade too, but Rolen isn't a bum. IMO, the Reds overpaid in terms of talent and dollars, but he's still a plus player. He's not the impact guy the team needed to get when it went shopping with its top chips and last dollar, but he is by no means a throw away.
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