Over on Beyond the Box Score, they have just done the DiamondView charts for Arizona. Each player's...

Over on Beyond the Box Score, they have just done the DiamondView charts for Arizona. Each player's projection in four areas - power, OBP, base-running and defense - is graphed on a scale of 0 to 100, to create a diamond that's a nice visual representation of a player's strengths and weaknesses. Tthe gray diamond lurking in the background shows the average rating at that position.

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Very interesting

Seems to be a big Kelly Johnson fan.

It was interesting looking at some of their other graphs. For a laugh, scroll down to Adam Dunn.

"It's a real burden being right so often."

by kishi on Jan 26, 2010 6:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow

you aren’t kidding about Dunn.

An early departure? What are the chances of that? If this was a movie, there wouldn't be an early departure.

by soco on Jan 26, 2010 11:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

the way they rank KJ’s defense so highly. It’s understandable that they’re expecting him to bounce back offensively, but I wouldn’t have expected him to be above average defensively.

Unless the defensive averages are leaguewide, rather than position-specific?

George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."

--Arrested Development

by DbacksSkins on Jan 27, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ooooh.

After reading down to Sky’s explanation, that makes a lot more sense.

George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."

--Arrested Development

by DbacksSkins on Jan 27, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Man do I love this. If I’m a FoxSports or ESPN exec I’d gobble this up in a second to throw on my broadcasts. Numbers are fine, but this sort
of visual representation is accessible to all.

I do have some serious questions about what numbers they’re drawing off of (my apologies if that should have been obvious— I’m on my PDA, so things aren’t as easy to read). I mean, Reynolds and Montero both have very good defensive scores while Pujols has a poor score.

"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. " ~Greg, age 8

by njjohn on Jan 26, 2010 8:02 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

They explain a bit better here. They’re using OBP, ISO, EqBRR, and UZR/150. I don’t quite understand how they get their percentages (as it doesn’t seem like there should be anything lower than a 0%) but basically the best score is 100% and then the rest of the league is on a bell-curve from there.

"It's a real burden being right so often."

by kishi on Jan 26, 2010 8:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Defense includes position. So Pujols is really damn good at 1B, but you wouldn't want him at shortstop or catcher.

Reynolds must be projected to be pretty good at 3B (which is actually just about as valuable a defensive position as 2B).

All data is from Sean Smith, so it’s TotalZone/150, not UZR/150.

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by Sky Kalkman on Jan 26, 2010 8:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the explanation. I understand much better now. It makes sense to weight the positions like that. How about base running? What’s used to determine those scores?

"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. " ~Greg, age 8

by njjohn on Jan 26, 2010 11:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs