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Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever
When you go all effort like Escobar does on balls most guys can't even get to sometimes there will be an error. That error brings his fielding percentage down when in fact most other ss's wouldn't have even been able to field the ball. Guys with great range can be punished for it if the throw isn't perfect after an amazing play while joe blow ss never got the chance to field it all and never had the chance for an out recorded or error. But Escobar makes the play and records outs that joe blow ss can't make in his dreams more often than not.
Anyone think Jeter could reach the balls Escobar does and mostly gets outs on?
Jeter might have less errors and start the All-Star game because he never had the chance to be great on a play to start with. Of course he also drops popups. |
I think Moose's play next to him has thrown him off at times this year. I don't think he has probably ever given ground to a third baseman, and Moose has been good enough to cause that when balls are hit to Alcides right. It's not a problem on the other side since most of our 2nd baseman are quite a bit below average. Getz is probably the closest to being average.