The Scouting Report, By the Fans, For the Fans - 3B Report (March 26, 2004)
Scott Rolen and Eric Chavez lead the way...
--posted by TangoTiger at 03:03 PM EDT
Posted 4:45 p.m.,
March 26, 2004
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MGL
From a perfunctory glance, there may be a syndrome whereby the fans overrate an older player who was once an excellent defender, but is no longer. Edgardo Alfonzo and Castilla may be cases in point...
Posted 7:43 p.m.,
March 26, 2004
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tangotiger
MGL, that should be easy enough to check. I just have to run a regression of the Fans Runs to UZR162, and include age, and since if there is any correlation to that.
I did notice that Barry Larkin, ReyRey and Vizquel came out pretty high with the Fans evaluations.
Posted 1:48 a.m.,
March 29, 2004
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Robert S
tango, forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but have you run any correlations to see what impact, if any, a player's offense has on the fans' rating of his defense?
Posted 9:28 a.m.,
March 29, 2004
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tangotiger
I think someone did mention it, and I have not done it.
So, I'll add age and offensive performance to the mix to see if those indeed have an impact.