Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Mitchell: Pedroia, Cano and Magical Thinking
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Pedroiadolia: The psychological phenomenon of seeing wacko images on dirty uniforms.
Read More...The narratives around the two players, however, could not be different. Pedroia is almost the prototype of the over-achieving “scrappy” player. He is a 5’8” middle infielder who does the little things well. This ignores that he was also a second round draft choice who played baseball at a top baseball school. Cano, on the other hand is bigger, more athletic and does not project scrappiness at all. Throughout ...
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1. The District Attorney posted on November 17, 2012 at 02:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0* Asterisk.
Is it a given that Teixeira had a better 2012 than AROD? WAR would say so, 3.6 to 2.0, but the difference is largely in assessing Teixeira as having had a really superior year (or 3/4 thereof) with the glove at 1B. In terms of playing time and offense, there wasn't much to choose between them, and AROD can still at least play plausibly at 3B.
Teixeira had a better 2011, for sure, largely because he stayed in the lineup with his usual consistency. If he plays only 120 games a year, he becomes a very ordinary proposition.
It's fair to venture that Teixeira has more near-term upside; he's younger, and till 2012, more recently in much better condition.
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