Depending on who you say the Braves' 3B is, he may have a point. If it's Martin Prado, I'd rate them like this:bluehenbillk wrote:As well, it equally baffles me, that with every sentence you distance yourself further & further from reality. Polanco leading the NL in BA as late as a week ago & he's the worst or second-worst 3B in the NL East?Fact wrote:What's the problem with using statistics/metrics as an unbiased observer? The fact is that Placido Polanco has been hurt this and he's grading out as the fourth (or fifth) best third baseman in his own division (despite the fact that chipper has been hurt and had a down season) Ruiz has been better than league average at catcher, but at this point Werth is worth over a win and a half over Ruiz and since Werth has been healthy the entire season and Ruiz hasn't, you can't possibly say that Ruiz has been more valuable/a better player. I've watched the vast majority of Phillies games this year on tv (and by vast i mean i've missed only a handful,) so I'm not talking out of my ass and only looking at stats. The fact is that Werth is having a great season despite the fact that he's hitting well below his career numbers against lefty pitching (two home runs compared to 16 against RHP) when he normally destroys lefties and Ruiz is having an above average season with Polanco sitting at around the same place.
It really baffles me how philly fans completely shoot down empirical data and make arguments based almost solely on emotion..
1. Zimmerman
2. Wright
T-3: Prado
T-3: Polanco
5. Whoever the hell the Marlins' 3B is
