Just as a the nerd in high school will tell you that fanning yourself on a hot day will actually make you hotter and not cooler because your body uses more energy to create the fanning than it recuperates by the fanning itself (or some nerdy explanation like that), Theo Epstein says JD Drew is one of the most valuable outfielders in baseball.
Theo says:
“There’s been a lot of strides in the game in terms of how people properly value players based on more meaningful statistics. Drew is sort of a touchstone so to speak for that because you actually look at the underlying performance and things that really matter as far as winning games and not winning games, he’s been over the length of the contract one of the 10 most valuable outfielders in baseball.”
Theo Epstein sounds more like a slimy businessman trying to rationalize a business acquisition or merger that has failed. J.D. Drew batted 8th in the Red Sox lineup this season! Where else in MLB is the number 8 hitter making $14 million a year?!?!
Allow me to give you some perspective
J.D. Drews stats for 2009 are: 24 hr 68 rbi .279 batting average.
Kevin Youkilis' stats for 2009 are: 27 hr 94 rbi .304 batting average.
Oh yea and Youklis made $2.5 million in 2009 (he will make $10 million annually for 4 years after 2009) and has won a gold glove AND he can play two positions (first and third) AND he batted clean up for the Red Sox in 2009.
Theo went on to say:
“What he’s done qualitatively and when you even factor in the amount he’s played over these three years, yeah, he’s come out to a tick more than $14 million per year.”
Im ready to pull my hair out.
GO BACK TO MASSHOLE SPORTS HOMEPAGE
8 comments:
when a guy is making superstar type money you expect him to be an elite player on the team. When I go to a Sox game, I dont go to see JD Drew.
I go to see Youkilis, Pedroia, Ortiz, Bay, Ellsbury etc. Theo screwed up.
we loved him in St Louis too! Can you believe during his time as a Cardinal some local talking heads made comparisons to Mantle? Maybe Theo is still clinging to that unfulfilled potential. Did Bill James ever try hacking those stats: reaching one's potential?
Drew started 11 games this season batting 8th. His two most common spots in the lineup were 6th and 5th.
And he had the 3rd best OPS in baseball this season among outfielders. Thats pretty damned good.
This post is idiotic for too many reasons to list.
I can't wait for JD to have another stellar season and prove you dinkwads wrong :-)
Please do pull your hair out. Hopefully some of your brains will come out in the process. At least then you'd have an excuse for a story that combines poor writing with bad jokes and worse analysis for a holy trinity of decrepitude.
you bastards gotta look at the sabermetrics here. drew had the better season with and average adjusted for total value per out. drew batted .279 reg season and with his avg adjusted he bats .302 a .22 increase. youkilis batted .305 and his value per out adjusted avg was .320 a .15 pt increase clearly not as good as JD Drew. the numbers truly mean nothing and if that doesnt prove anything then check out the baseball prospectus for EqA its pretty legit. but i do have to say, either way it doesnt make a damn bit of differece because, OH YEAH THE YANKEES WON THE WORLD SERIES??
btw youkilis likes guys and pedroia clearly has down syndrome JD Drew not looking so bad now eh?? YANKEES ARE BACK BITCHES
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