EE with another great stop...Showing some leather out there tonight
EE with another great stop...Showing some leather out there tonight
Edwin Encarnacion is the best defensive 3B in the NL. Top three in baseball. I'm serious.
Votto flew out to left to end his streak of reaching base six consecutive times.
A-Rod does have an awful nice bu...Hey! Wait! It's a trap! It's a trap!
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
I must admit that I somehow forgot about Ryan Zimmerman. However, from watching nearly the entire league this year, I have a hard time finding a 3B that covers as much ground or makes as many athletic plays as EdE does. Yeah he may make an errant throw here and there (very few since his recall) but he more than makes up for it with his incredible range.
Unlike some people like to lead you to believe, fielding in baseball takes time to learn and players get better over the years, not worse.
Hamilton has room for improvement, and will get better. We've all personally watched Dunn get better. We've been watching Edwin get better and we've watched Phillips get better.
Don't believe those posters who try to tell you with their mumbo-jumbo defensive stats that players peak in defense in their early 20's. Trust your own eyes. You're seeing it for yourself every day.
BTW, Wade Boggs was a horrible fielder his first few years in the Majors. During his 13th and 14th years in the Majors, he won 2 Gold Gloves.
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
Just to add a little spice to the thread...
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