SFR in the Infield - NL East

And now the NL East infielders in Simple Fielding Runs (SFR).

                                                   Ex
Name                   Team      POS      Balls Runners Runners     SFR
Tim Hudson             ATL        1          42       4       0     2.8
Peter Moylan           ATL        1          21       2       1     0.9
Kyle Davies            ATL        1          16       2       2    -0.1
Buddy Carlyle          ATL        1          20       3       3    -0.2
John Smoltz            ATL        1          34       3       4    -0.4
Chuck James            ATL        1          22       3       7    -3.1
Brian McCann           ATL        2          56       4       4     0.1
Craig Wilson           ATL        3          39       6       4     1.5
Julio Franco           ATL        3          25       5       3     1.3
Mark Teixeira          ATL        3         125      16      16     0.1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia  ATL        3          26       4       5    -1.3
Scott Thorman          ATL        3         156      25      30    -3.8
Kelly Johnson          ATL        4         545     139     133     4.8
Martin Prado           ATL        4          40      11       6     3.3
Yunel Escobar          ATL        4          64      17      13     2.8
Chris Woodward         ATL        4          27       7       7    -0.3
Chipper Jones          ATL        5         342      73      64     7.0
Yunel Escobar          ATL        5          50      11      10     0.6
Pete Orr               ATL        5          20       5       5     0.0
Chris Woodward         ATL        5          27       6       9    -2.1
Chris Woodward         ATL        6          27       8       9     0.6
Yunel Escobar          ATL        6         181      48      46     0.5
Edgar Renteria         ATL        6         501     141     139     0.2
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Sergio Mitre           FLO        1          30       3       0     2.3
Scott Olsen            FLO        1          25       3       4    -0.6
Dontrelle Willis       FLO        1          45       5       6    -1.0
Miguel Olivo           FLO        2          50       4       5    -0.7
Matt Treanor           FLO        2          15       1       2    -0.8
Jason Wood             FLO        3          39       6       5     0.6
Aaron Boone            FLO        3         105      15      19    -2.9
Mike Jacobs            FLO        3         208      31      38    -5.3
Alfredo Amezaga        FLO        4          30       6       6     0.4
Dan Uggla              FLO        4         629     158     190   -24.5
Alfredo Amezaga        FLO        5          17       2       4    -1.3
Aaron Boone            FLO        5          20       3       6    -1.6
Miguel Cabrera         FLO        5         446      96     112   -12.6
Alfredo Amezaga        FLO        6          58      15      16     2.5
Hanley Ramirez         FLO        6         662     177     197   -15.1
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Orlando Hernandez      NYN        1          21       2       0     1.6
John Maine             NYN        1          19       2       0     1.4
Tom Glavine            NYN        1          28       3       1     1.4
Guillermo Mota         NYN        1          15       1       0     1.0
Aaron Heilman          NYN        1          16       2       2    -0.3
Pedro Feliciano        NYN        1          19       2       3    -1.0
Paul Lo Duca           NYN        2          35       2       2    -0.4
Carlos Delgado         NYN        3         285      40      40    -0.1
Shawn Green            NYN        3          24       3       4    -1.5
Damion Easley          NYN        4         161      38      34     2.7
Jose Valentin          NYN        4         195      44      40     2.7
Luis Castillo          NYN        4         159      38      44    -4.5
Ruben Gotay            NYN        4         133      31      38    -5.4
David Wright           NYN        5         504     107     101     4.3
Jose Reyes             NYN        6         654     179     154    17.9
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Jamie Moyer            PHI        1          32       3       2     1.1
Kyle Kendrick          PHI        1          21       2       1     0.7
Cole Hamels            PHI        1          25       3       2     0.5
Adam Eaton             PHI        1          25       3       3     0.1
Carlos Ruiz            PHI        2          47       3       1     1.5
Greg Dobbs             PHI        3          22       3       1     1.2
Wes Helms              PHI        3          20       2       3    -0.2
Ryan Howard            PHI        3         310      42      46    -3.3
Chase Utley            PHI        4         532     133     121     8.6
Tadahito Iguchi        PHI        4         115      28      27     0.6
Abraham Nunez          PHI        5         257      58      53     3.6
Wes Helms              PHI        5         149      33      33     0.0
Greg Dobbs             PHI        5         151      31      40    -7.3
Jimmy Rollins          PHI        6         717     198     187     6.1
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Saul Rivera            WAS        1          26       2       0     1.6
Matt Chico             WAS        1          16       2       0     1.2
Shawn Hill             WAS        1          16       1       0     1.1
Tim Redding            WAS        1          15       1       1     0.4
Mike Bacsik            WAS        1          16       1       1     0.3
Brian Schneider        WAS        2          42       3       1     1.1
Jesus Flores           WAS        2          21       1       0     1.1
Robert Fick            WAS        3          97      15      16    -0.6
Tony Batista           WAS        3          28       3       5    -1.1
Dmitri Young           WAS        3         198      28      35    -5.4
D'Angelo Jimenez       WAS        4          33       8       8     0.3
Felipe Lopez           WAS        4         172      40      41    -0.7
Ronnie Belliard        WAS        4         457     106     117    -7.7
Ryan Zimmerman         WAS        5         548     115     104     9.0
Cristian Guzman        WAS        6         159      43      42     0.9
Josh Wilson            WAS        6          25       7       7    -0.3
Ronnie Belliard        WAS        6          16       4       4    -0.3
Felipe Lopez           WAS        6         488     128     126    -1.0
D'Angelo Jimenez       WAS        6          38      10      12    -1.6

Light Reading

A couple interesting links:

Manny Acta Reads Blogs. Nice little interview here and I appreciated his comments in regards to bunting and Baseball Prospectus.

Piling On. We might be seeing more of these articles in the next two months in the wake of the sweep. Dump Aramis Ramirez and pick up A-Rod. While it would be an upgrade for sure both defensively and offensively, I'm wondering whether anyone still thinks A-Rod can play shortstop.

Moving Up a Level. This is a topic that Bill James has been talking about for a little while but it involves looking not at how teams win using performance analysis but looking at how leagues can and perhaps should be structured using data analysis. Interesting stuff.

Wily Mo Redux

My column this week on Baseball Prospectus takes a second look at the fortunes of Nates outfielder Wily Mo Pena. I had written about Pena back in March of 2006 and readers had been asking for an update. Wily Mo fans might not like what they read.

The Young and the Motionless

Just wanted to make a quick comment on Joe Sheehan's column on Sunday regarding the Nationals and their signing of Dmitri Young to a two-year $10M contract extension. Joe's analysis is spot-on and this marks the second consecutive year where the Nationals chose to hold on to a veteran having a career year instead of turning him over for prospects - even middling ones - or mediocre major leaguers. This time, however, they made the mistake of continuing to pay the veteran who also happens to play a position that will be occuppied with the return of Nick Johnson.

In any case Joe mentioned Young's negative contributions in areas outside of his direct offense and so I thought I'd quickly document his baserunning "contributions" over the years.

Year      Opp  EqGAR   Opp  EqSBR    Opp   EqAAR     Opp   EqHAR   Total
2007       18  -1.11     0   0.00     20    1.28      30   -0.45   -0.29
2006       11   0.76     9  -0.54      2   -0.37       8   -1.15   -1.30
2005       20  -0.89     1   0.09     15    0.18      25    0.22   -0.40
2004       18  -0.64     1  -0.44     20    0.67      36   -2.94   -3.34
2003       24  -1.09     2  -0.58     31    0.97      38   -2.39   -3.08
2002       11  -0.26     1   0.15      8    0.47      17    0.07    0.43
2001       37  -0.25    13  -2.07     26    0.58      34   -2.75   -4.49
2000       22  -0.10     4  -2.10     19   -0.29      31   -3.26   -5.76

          161  -3.58    51  -4.21    121    2.22     219  -12.66  -18.23

Overall, he's at a little more than -18 runs contributed since 2000 which puts him towards the bottom and among the "leaders" in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004.