Sunday, December 7, 2014

Range Ratings Preview. .

For all those GM's that haven't joined the modern world of news reporting and communication, date line Twitter and here is the annual Strat range ratings preview.  You will note that I added my estimated error rating after some of the range ratings.

Some real surprises in the middle infield with Cano at a 2, Kipnis at a 4, Altuve a 3, Andrus a 2, Hanley back to a 4, Reyes stays a 3, N.Walker drops to a 3 and Y. Escobar drops to a 4, Zobrist drops to a 2 are disappointing.
On the upside Kinsler, Dozier, Crawford, A . Escobar, Lemahieu get 1's and J. Peralta gets a 3.

Donaldson, Lucroy, Markakis , Dyson and Lagares are new 1's.

As for the draft, the stock.is rising for J . Harrison, Springer, Panik, D.Santana, Hamilton, Ozuna and Kairmier.

Without further a do, the range ratings preview-



BALTIMORE: Rookie Jonathan Schoop receives a 2 at 2B(9:21am)

BOSTON: Rookie Catcher Christian Vazquez receives a 2 behind the dish with a -4 arm.

CHICAGO (AL): AL Rookie of the Year and Silver Slugger Award winner Jose Abreu gets a 4e9 at 1B

CLEVELAND: Three ratings for Carlos Santana: C-4 (0 arm), 1B-3e9 and 3B-5e38

DETROIT: In his first year with the team, Ian Kinsler receives a 1e9 at 2B for the first time in his career

HOUSTON: All-Star 2B and Batting Champ Jose Altuve repeats his 3e11 Also AA stealing *4-6 (19-14)

KANSAS CITY: Jarrod Dyson gets a LF-2, CF-1b2 along with AA stealing *3-7 (19-15)

LOS ANGELES (AL): David Freese 3B 5b4

MINNESOTA: Joe Mauer earns a 3 at 1B in his first full season not catching(11:53)

NEW YORK (AL): The Captain Jeter gets a SS-4 in his final season

OAKLAND: Ex-Oakland third baseman Josh Donaldson is a 1e25 b2 this year

SEATTLE: Dustin Ackley gets a LF-2 with a +2 arm in his first season as a full-time outfielder

TAMPA BAY: Yunel Escobar falls from a 1 last year to a 4 at SS

TEXAS: Elvis Andrus falls to a 2e20 at SS this year

TORONTO: Jose Reyes will be a SS-3e22 this year with AA stealing *4,5 (19-13)(1:08)

ARIZONA: Ender Inciarte debuts with a 2 and a -1 arm in all three OF spots

ATLANTA: FreddieFreeman falls to a 2 at 1B after two years at a 1

CHICAGO (NL):JorgeSoler The rookie debuts with a RF 3 and a -3 arm

CINCINNATI: Jay Bruce drops to a RF-2 with a -4 arm after four consecutive 1's.... Also a 1B-5

COLORADO: Charlie Blackmon earns a 3 in all outfield spots to go along with a 0 arm

LOS ANGELES (NL): Andre Ethier earns a 3 (2 basic) in LF and RF and a 4 in CF. His arm holds at a -1

MIAMI: Marcell Ozuna gets a 2e6 with a -3 arm in all three outfield spots

MILWAUKEE: Jonathan Lucroy gets a 1 and a 0 arm for his defense behind the plate this year. At 1B, Lucroy gets a 4

NEW YORK (NL): Lagares earns his first Gold Glove and his first 1e8 in CF. His cannon arm gets him a -4

PHILADELPHIA: Centerfielder Ben Revere falls to a 3 with another +3 arm

PITTSBURGH: Starling Marte gets a 1e8 (2 basic) in LF and a 2 (3 basic) in CF along with a -3 arm

ST. LOUIS: Matt Adams improves again this year and gets a 2e12 at 1B

SAN DIEGO: Will Venable gets a 2e0 in LF and a 2e0 (1 basic) in both CF and RF

SAN FRANCISCO: Brandon Crawford goes back to a 1e24 (2 basic) at SS for the World Champs

WASHINGTON: Asdrubal Cabrera gets a 2B-2e3 and a SS-4 for his play in both D.C. and Cleveland(4:10pm)

BALTIMORE: The newly departed Nick Markakis won the AL Gold Glove and reclaims his first 1e0 in RF since 2011(9:30am)

BOSTON: The rookie Mookie Betts debuts with a 3e36 (4 basic) at 2B and a 4e1 (3 basic) in both CF and RF. OF Arm is an even 0

CHICAGO (AL): In his first season on the South Side Adam Eaton gets a CF-2e6 along with a -1 arm

CLEVELAND: Jason Kipnis' struggles knock him down to a 4 (3 basic) at 2B from a 2 last year

DETROIT: JD Martinez In his breakout season in Motown, JD Martinez gets a 4e6 and +1 arm in both LF and RF

HOUSTON: Rookie outfielder George Springer gets a 2e15 (3 basic) in RF, 3 in CF, and a -2 arm

KANSAS CITY: After Dyson, the rest of KC's 1's - Perez, Hosmer e13, Escobar e16, Gordon e2, Cain e3 (CF and RF)

LOS ANGELES (AL):Kole Calhoun is a 2e2 (with a -2 arm) in RF this year and his play earned him an AL GG finalist nomination

MINNESOTA: Versatile rookie Danny Santana earns a 3e11 at both SS and CF. Also a -1 OF arm

NEW YORK (AL): Current Free Agent Chase Headley gets a 3B-2e11 and 1B-3 for his play in NY and SD in 2014

OAKLAND: Josh Reddick earns himself another 1e8 in RF. Also a CF-3 and -4 arm

SEATTLE: Last year's big FA signee Robinson Cano is a 2B-2e10 this year; first time not a 1 since 2009

TAMPA BAY:Kevin Kiermaier gets a RF-1e11 as a rookie. Also a CF-2 and -3 arm

TEXAS: Adrian Beltre retains his 3B-1e15 for the 10th consecutive season

TORONTO: At only 23 years old Anthony Gose gets a 1e3 with a -3 arm in all three OF spots this year(12:36)

ARIZONA: Aaron Hill will get a 4 at both 2B and 3B. First time in his career he will have worse than a 3 at either

ATLANTA: Now in St. Louis,Jason Heyward will get his third consecutive 1e2 in RF. And with a -4 arm

CHICAGO (NL):Javier Baez will get a 3e34(4 basic) at 2B and a 3e29 at SS in his rookie season

CINCINNATI: Third Baseman Todd Frazier gets a 3B-2e13 and 1B-3e22 in his first All-Star season

COLORADO:DJ Lemahieu gets both his first 2B-1e8 and Gold Glove Award(He will have SS,1B and 3B high ratings)

LOS ANGELES (NL): Dee Gordon gets a 2B-3e14 in his first full season there. Also AA stealing *3-7 (18-15)

MIAMI: Slugging outfielder Giancarlo Stanton gets his first RF-2e7 since his rookie season and gets a -3 OF Arm

MILWAUKEE: Khris Davis will get a LF-3 but a +3 arm this season

NEW YORK (NL): Lucas Duda claims first base all by himself this year and earns a 1B-3e9. If you're adventurous a LF-5, +3 arm

PHILADELPHIA: Marlon Byrd gets his best rating since 2005, he's a RF-2e7 with a -1 arm

PITTSBURGH: Second Baseman Neil Walker gets a 3e6 (2 basic) this season

ST. LOUIS: Jon Jay gets the unique rating of a 2e3 in CF and 3 in both LF and RF... OF Arm is a +2

SAN DIEGO: Jedd Gyrorko gets his second consecutive 4 at 2B

SAN FRANCISCO: Rookie Joe Panik earns a 2e20 (3 basic) at second base in his first season in the majors

WASHINGTON: We round out Day 2 with a 1, Denard Span gets the 1e5 in CF and has a -1 arm

BONUS RATINGS:

EXTRA BONUS: Kershaw is the first pitcher with an 8 endurance rating since Cliff Lee in 2010.

BONUS #10: Cincinnati's Billy Hamilton gets a CF-1e3 in his first full season

BONUS #9: Brian Dozier earns his first 1e16 (2 basic) at second base this season. Also an A stealer *2-5 (17-12)

BONUS #8: Xander Bogaerts gets a 4e17 (3 basic) at SS and 4e37 (5 basic) at 3B

BONUS #7: Jose Bautista earns a 3e5 (2 basic) in RF and 4 (3 basic) in CF. Also a cannon -4 arm(He will have high 1B rating)

BONUS #6: In his first year in St. Louis, Jhonny Peralta finally gets back to his first SS-3e13 since 2007

BONUS #5:  Hanley Ramirez will be a SS-4 this season... No OF rating quite yet #StratRatings

BONUS #4: Utility man Ben Zobrist gets a 2 at 2B, LF, and RF, a 3 at SS, and a 4 (3 basic) in CF

BONUS #3: Anthony Rendon's MVP caliber season gets him a 2 at 3B and 3 at 2B

BONUS #2: Pittsburgh's Josh Harrison gets a 2 at 3B, 3 at 2B, LF, and RF, and a 4 at SS. Also a -1 OF arm.

BONUS #1: @YasielPuig The LA outfielder is our top requested rating.. He's a 2 in RF and 3 (2 basic) in CF. All with a -5 arm




1 comment:

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