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Post by aztecbruce on Apr 1, 2011 7:58:24 GMT -8
The Padres main strength last year was defense. This year's team has a better defense than last year's overall. Better at SS, 2B, CF, and LF, but worse at 1B. That is a big reason our pitchers did so well last year and will carry them higher this year too. Last year I placed a bet on the Padres over 72.5 wins. This year I passed on the Padres over 75 wins. Last year I was sure they were wrong. This year I might have listened to the naysayers too much. Go Padres. No knock on Maybin but I doubt he's better than TGwynn jr in CF
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 1, 2011 8:02:33 GMT -8
He'll be as good defensively and he'll actually hit above .200....Oh, and he has POWER. Vegas whiffed on quite a few numbers this year with futures bets...Padres included.
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Post by AztecBill on Apr 1, 2011 8:37:05 GMT -8
The Padres main strength last year was defense. This year's team has a better defense than last year's overall. Better at SS, 2B, CF, and LF, but worse at 1B. That is a big reason our pitchers did so well last year and will carry them higher this year too. Last year I placed a bet on the Padres over 72.5 wins. This year I passed on the Padres over 75 wins. Last year I was sure they were wrong. This year I might have listened to the naysayers too much. Go Padres. No knock on Maybin but I doubt he's better than TGwynn jr in CF You may be right, but Gwynn only started 72 games for the Padres last year. So our composite defense in CF will be better.
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Post by aztecbruce on Apr 1, 2011 21:44:31 GMT -8
No knock on Maybin but I doubt he's better than TGwynn jr in CF You may be right, but Gwynn only started 72 games for the Padres last year. So our composite defense in CF will be better. That's ASSUMING Maybin plays more games in CF. It doesn't matter how many games TGwynn started. How many plays did he make vs. how many chances did he have?
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Post by aztecbruce on Apr 1, 2011 21:46:22 GMT -8
He'll be as good defensively and he'll actually hit above .200....Oh, and he has POWER. Vegas whiffed on quite a few numbers this year with futures bets...Padres included. Batting average has nothing to do with Defense, the subject at hand.
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Post by AztecBill on Apr 2, 2011 8:19:09 GMT -8
You may be right, but Gwynn only started 72 games for the Padres last year. So our composite defense in CF will be better. That's ASSUMING Maybin plays more games in CF. It doesn't matter how many games TGwynn started. How many plays did he make vs. how many chances did he have? Bruce, you are right. Tony Gwynn is probably one of the two or three best defensive CF in baseball. Maybin is not that good. He is as fast and probably finishes as well as Gwynn but he doesn't get the jump and take the correct angle to the ball as well as Gwynn. But I do think he will play a lot more innings than Gwynn did. Maybin is only 22, so hopefully he discovers better defensive "sight". But defense is usually one aspect of baseball that fully develops well before players are ready for the major leagues. So I am not holding my breath on that.
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