Lucas Duda, New York Mets
— Lucas Duda will be an outfielder this year for the Mets, but he’s qualified
at first base as well. Duda hit .292
with 10 homers, one base swipe, 50 RBIs and 38 runs scored in 301 at-bats
during the 2011 season and is another one that should benefit from moving the
outfield fences in at Citi Field http://www.fantasybaseballdugout.com/2012/01/20/sleepers-first-base-2012/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Gary Carter’s numbers
speak for themselves, as does his dexterity in the field. Indeed, entering the
Hall of Fame really silences any debate about his deeds as a ballplayer. But
what made this Yankees fan so nauseated on summer nights was the fact that the
hated Mets, led by Carter – affectionately and appropriately coined “The Kid”
based on the glee he brought to the game, his curly hair sprouting from his
blue helmet – were simply better than the Yankees at nearly every position,
particularly at catcher, where the Bronx Bombers had a turnstile of deficient
backstops spin through Yankee Stadium, from Rick Cerone to Butch Wynegar to Ron
Hassey to Don Slaught to Joel Skinner. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/01/20/keidel-time-to-salute-the-kid-gary-carter/#.Txl_nYqbLqw.twitter
Ronny Cedeno's Pirate
career did include a healthy share of playing time. He averaged over 475 PAs a
year those two seasons, and he finally pushed the WAR needle past one, accruing
2.5 wins over two seasons by batting .253/.295/.362 and being a tiny bit better
than scratch with the glove. Still, two wins per season is your average MLB
player and .261/.314/.374 is your average NL shortstop, so he's not a
first-division starter. And he's not plus enough with the glove to make up for
the bat -- his lifetime UZR/150 is below scratch and he's no wizard in that
department. He's better as a backup at the middle infield. Which, if Ruben
Tejada does his part, is exactly what the 29-year-old infielder will be this
season. http://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/1/20/2719116/2012-mets-player-profile-ronny-cedeno
1-20-11 – http://seedlingstostars.com/2012/01/20/the-problem-with-juan-lagares/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
- It’s pretty simple. Lagares puts the
ball in the field of play around 83-84% of the time, so if his BABIP randomly
goes up 80 points, his batting average goes up about .08*.84 = .67. Lo and
behold, the difference between his 2010 and 2011 batting averages was 70
points. It doesn’t seem that Lagares was rocketing the ball around the field in
2011, either: per Minor League Central, his line-drive rate was just 12.1%.
Now, minor league batted ball data is notoriously unreliable, but Lagares
ranked eighth in line-drive rate among regular batters on his High-A team and
tenth on his Double-A team. There certainly seems to be little reason to
believe he was significantly better at making hard contact in 2011 than 2010.
What are we left with, then? An impatient left fielder without much home run
power, and whose declining speed (15-for-23 SB in 2011) isn’t helping him
either. Don’t get fooled by the gaudy batting average, as it appears to be very
illusory; Lagares isn’t much of a prospect. http://seedlingstostars.com/2012/01/20/the-problem-with-juan-lagares/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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