Re: Scutaro.........blah!

On Dec 5, 5:14 am, Mortimer <ecthaki...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Dec 5, 1:50 am, Dan C <youmustbejok...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Nice stats.  I agree that Scutaro looks pretty good.  I'm pretty pleased
with this acquistion, and think he's gonna do fine.

Im not at all. One peak season by a 34 year old journeyman isn't
impressive at all, its exactly what it is...one lucky season by an old
Venezuelan who's been a back-up on the Oakland A's during his entire
career.

Well no. He was signed to be the backup in Toronto in
2008 but (after starting the season as the regular 3B
due to Rolen's injury) took the starting SS job
away from Eckstein. Fairly similar offensive
players and Scutaro was the better defensive player.

He's played regularly the last two years and has just
under 2100 PA over the last 4. Where he's hit
something like .270/.350/.380 (using average of
the 4 years to avoid giving too much weight to a
career year) in environments that don't suit
him as much as Fenway rates to.

He's pretty much David Eckstein with a better arm.
Make of that what you will.


If he regresses to his established level of talent
you're talking an OBP heavy 92 OPS+ by a good
defensive player.

My concern would be that his type of player historically
hasn't aged well. Dan Szyborski finds Billy Jurges,
Dick Bartell and Davey Bancroft as his most similar
players. Bancroft played quite well, Jurges was terrible
and Bartell couldn't stay healthy.

He also hasn't exactly wasn't "lighting it up" during his
minor league days either, they were mediocre at BEST minor league
numbers during his career.

Can't think why anybody would care about a 34 year old's
minor league numbers. That said, he looked to me to
be somewhere between bad regular and very good backup
depending on how his glove worked out.

Good plate discipline was his only real positive, but
that's an important one. (The downside to this as
a positive is that walk rate doesn't translate
particularly well from minors to majors)

His major league career looks nicely in line with
his minor league numbers.

.

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