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Fielding Forecast - Secondbase

Catchers • Firstbase • Secondbase • Thirdbase • Shortstop • Outfield

By David Welch - Editor-at-Large
01/05/2009

It's time once again for the STRATOGISTS.COM Annual Fielding Forecast. We’re doing things a bit differently. This year, we have taken the range ratings previewed by Strat-o-Matic and mated them up with e-ratings that we have calculated. Since the e-rating is done as a fairly straight-forward calculation, what you see is what you’ll get when the cards come out.

That said, we did our own forecast for the arm ratings of catchers and outfielders. That should serve strictly as a forecast based on the player’s performance and our attempt at reverse engineering Strat’s occasionally-mercurial methods. Anyway, the infield positions are ranked by ability, with the 1’s first, 2’s next and so on. Catchers and outfielders are ranked by innings.

We did this for two reasons. Managers in many leagues are often scrambling for catcher innings, so we figured it would be useful to tell managers who played a lot to help them fulfill their needs. It’s just a quick reference guide for useage, if you will. Outfielders could be ranked by performance, but since so many of them roam more than one position out in the lawn, we figured we’d rank them by innings but show you where they qualify to play. So here it is folks. Enjoy.

NAME TM GP INN TC PO A E DP FPCT RF ZR RANGE E Rating
Pedroia,Dustin BOA 157 1376 733 279 448 6 101 0.992 4.75 0.854 1 6
Iwamura,Akinori TBA 152 1337 688 284 397 7 109 0.990 4.58 0.811 1 8
Phillips,Brandon CIN 140 1238 706 298 401 7 85 0.990 5.08 0.834 1 8
Hudson,Orlando ARN 105 905 493 200 284 9 60 0.982 4.82 0.790 1 14
Hill,Aaron TOA 55 479 238 87 150 1 27 0.996 4.45 0.826 2 3
Cabrera,Asdrubal CLA 94 777 486 202 281 3 83 0.994 5.60 0.823 2 6
Ellis,Mark OAA 115 1012 568 228 336 4 88 0.993 5.02 0.868 2 6
Carroll,Jamey CLA 74 580 300 105 192 3 46 0.990 4.61 0.819 2 7
Grudzielanek,Mark KCA 85 711 396 135 257 4 58 0.990 4.96 0.832 2 8
Roberts,Brian BAA 154 1320 738 289 441 8 110 0.989 4.98 0.829 2 9
Sanchez,Freddy PIN 131 1136 653 291 355 7 104 0.989 5.12 0.803 2 9
Polanco,Placido DEA 141 1201 705 323 374 8 100 0.989 5.22 0.833 2 10
Nix,Jayson CON 20 143 88 27 61 1 9 1.000 5.53 0.918 2 10
Santiago,Ramon DEA 21 118 66 30 36 1 13 1.000 5.05 0.805 2 12
Counsell,Craig MLN 19 112 58 16 42 1 5 1.000 4.66 0.792 2 13
Utley,Chase PHI 159 1396 816 340 463 13 102 0.984 5.18 0.844 2 13
Burriss,Emmanuel SFN 41 282 150 66 80 4 14 0.973 4.66 0.841 2 20
Casilla,Alexi MNA 95 834 455 196 247 12 71 0.974 4.78 0.830 2 21
Kinsler,Ian TEA 121 1064 700 292 390 18 123 0.974 5.77 0.819 2 24
Iguchi,Tadahito PHN/SDN 78 672 350 143 206 1 54 0.997 4.67 0.808 3 2
Fontenot,Mike CHN 82 499 245 101 143 1 27 0.996 4.40 0.854 3 3
Loretta,Mark HON 46 368 205 85 119 1 28 0.995 4.99 0.823 3 4
Callaspo,Alberto KCA 46 366 193 74 119 1 36 1.000 4.75 0.741 3 4
Uribe,Juan CHA 52 362 229 104 124 1 34 0.996 5.66 0.853 3 4
Scutaro,Marco TOA 50 354 187 60 126 1 19 0.995 4.72 0.843 3 4
Ojeda,Augie ARN 44 286 162 70 92 1 26 1.000 5.10 0.796 3 5
Quintanilla,Omar CON 40 213 113 40 72 1 24 0.991 4.74 0.816 3 7
Rodriguez,Sean LAA 51 424 226 97 127 2 36 0.991 4.76 0.801 3 7
Eckstein,David TOA/ARN 24 197 116 37 79 1 18 1.000 5.30 0.865 3 7
Kendrick,Howie LAA 92 776 446 155 287 4 67 0.991 5.13 0.820 3 7
Reyes,Argenis NYN 27 193 107 48 59 1 17 1.000 4.98 0.824 3 7
Rivas,Luis PIN 29 192 120 51 68 1 22 0.992 5.59 0.778 3 8
Newhan,David HON 28 178 73 33 39 1 11 0.986 3.65 0.773 3 8
Miles,Aaron SLN 85 500 259 91 165 3 47 0.988 4.61 0.812 3 9
Ryan,Brendan SLN 23 149 63 23 39 1 5 0.984 3.74 0.745 3 10
Hernandez,Anderson WAN 16 138 77 34 43 1 9 1.000 5.02 0.837 3 10
Cedeno,Ronny CHN 43 273 137 60 75 2 19 0.985 4.45 0.805 3 11
Pennington,Cliff OAA 16 136 77 33 44 1 17 1.000 5.10 0.729 3 11
Ozuna,Pablo CHA/LAN 37 134 71 27 43 1 4 0.986 4.71 0.836 3 11
Valbuena,Luis SEA 16 125 62 21 41 1 11 1.000 4.46 0.778 3 12
Castillo,Luis NYN 81 690 352 160 186 6 41 0.983 4.52 0.761 3 13
Aviles,Mike KCA 28 114 59 26 33 1 5 1.000 4.64 0.838 3 13
Arias,Joaquin TEA 30 225 117 48 67 2 19 0.983 4.60 0.776 3 13
Hu,Chin-lung LAN 30 109 44 15 28 1 4 0.977 3.56 0.897 3 13
Punto,Nick MNA 26 216 135 54 79 2 18 0.985 5.55 0.787 3 13
Inglett,Joe TOA 66 541 304 123 176 5 38 0.984 4.97 0.822 3 13
Easley,Damion NYN 64 539 293 128 160 5 38 0.983 4.81 0.762 3 13
Cano,Robinson NYA 159 1377 800 305 482 13 103 0.984 5.15 0.810 3 14
DeWitt,Blake LAN 27 194 105 41 62 2 9 0.981 4.79 0.809 3 15
Duran,German TEA 17 94 46 24 22 1 3 1.000 4.40 0.767 3 15
Stewart,Ian CON 12 93 55 16 38 1 5 0.982 5.23 0.833 3 16
Baker,Jeff CON 49 370 206 71 131 4 31 0.981 4.92 0.785 3 16
Ramirez,Alexei CHA 121 1017 575 237 327 11 71 0.981 4.99 0.817 3 16
Izturis,Maicer LAA 23 184 112 49 61 2 15 0.982 5.39 0.781 3 16
Kennedy,Adam SLN 84 636 375 144 224 7 56 0.981 5.21 0.861 3 16
Johnson,Kelly ATN 144 1199 701 262 425 14 89 0.980 5.16 0.796 3 17
DeRosa,Mark CHN 95 670 336 143 185 8 32 0.976 4.41 0.814 3 17
Barmes,Clint CON 61 486 275 91 178 6 35 0.978 4.98 0.839 3 18
Belliard,Ronnie WAN 29 230 116 53 60 3 20 0.974 4.43 0.689 3 19
Tolbert,Matt MNA 11 75 46 15 30 1 7 0.978 5.40 0.758 3 19
Infante,Omar ATN 10 74 33 14 19 1 6 1.000 4.01 0.850 3 20
Amezaga,Alfredo FLN 10 73 38 19 18 1 3 0.974 4.56 0.905 3 20
German,Esteban KCA 35 214 121 41 77 3 19 0.975 4.96 0.782 3 20
Barfield,Josh CLA 9 71 50 26 24 1 9 1.000 6.34 0.850 3 20
Antonelli,Matt SDN 18 137 74 38 34 2 7 0.973 4.72 0.811 3 21
Maza,Luis LAN 35 136 77 30 45 2 13 0.974 4.95 0.776 3 21
Matsui,Kazuo HON 94 806 421 190 219 12 56 0.971 4.57 0.807 3 22
Velez,Eugenio SFN 69 450 213 102 104 7 26 0.967 4.12 0.760 3 22
Harris,Brendan MNA 39 320 162 56 101 5 24 0.969 4.42 0.786 3 23
Castillo,Jose HON/SFN 12 64 33 13 19 1 2 0.970 4.50 0.833 3 23
Herrera,Jonathan CON 21 122 84 34 48 2 13 0.976 6.05 0.836 3 24
Vazquez,Ramon TEA 11 59 35 20 15 1 6 1.000 5.34 1.000 3 24
Richar,Danny CIN 10 56 29 12 16 1 4 0.966 4.53 0.789 3 25
Ochoa,Ivan SFN 8 48 23 8 14 1 2 0.957 4.13 0.824 3 30
Fahey,Brandon BAA 10 48 21 10 11 1 8 1.000 3.94 0.714 3 30
Prado,Martin ATN 17 142 91 33 55 3 7 0.967 5.58 0.737 3 31
Bonifacio,Emilio WAN/ARN 37 325 167 78 82 7 25 0.958 4.43 0.750 3 31
Hairson Jr.,Jerry CIN 7 46 28 11 17 1 5 1.000 5.48 0.882 3 31
Andino,Robert FLN 15 90 63 30 31 2 7 0.968 6.12 0.912 3 32
Patterson,Eric OAA/CHN 22 177 104 51 49 4 15 0.962 5.08 0.768 3 33
Blum,Geoff HON 8 41 26 9 17 1 2 1.000 5.75 0.833 3 35
Bruntlett,Eric PHN 5 28 14 5 8 1 1 0.929 4.18 0.727 3 52
Gonzalez,Alberto NYA/WAN 4 28 11 4 7 1 1 1.000 3.54 0.727 3 52
Raburn,Ryan DEA 16 118 66 27 34 5 12 0.924 4.65 0.690 3 61
Hulett,Tug SEA 4 18 13 4 9 1 2 1.000 6.50 0.875 3 71
Cruz,Luis PIN 2 17 11 6 5 1 2 1.000 5.82 0.600 3 71
Harman,Brad PHN 3 17 5 2 3 1 0 1.000 2.65 1.000 3 71
Velandia,Jorge CLA/TOA 2 17 8 4 4 1 1 1.000 4.24 1.000 3 71
Lowrie,Jed BOA 3 16 6 2 4 1 0 1.000 3.38 0.800 3 71
Cabrera,Jolbert CIN 3 15 10 4 6 1 3 1.000 6.00 0.800 3 71
Perez,Tomas HON 5 15 4 2 2 1 2 1.000 2.40 0.333 3 71
Uggla,Dan FLN 144 1273 700 297 390 13 82 0.981 4.86 0.803 4 15
Durham,Ray MLN/SFN 95 738 381 188 190 3 53 0.992 4.61 0.780 4 6
Gonzalez,Edgar V SDN 72 560 285 92 189 4 35 0.986 4.52 0.795 4 10
Lopez,Jose SEA 139 1229 739 259 468 12 99 0.984 5.32 0.805 4 14
Burke,Chris ARN 18 92 55 21 34 1 7 1.000 5.38 0.882 4 16
Harris,Willie WAN 14 86 60 29 30 1 9 0.983 6.15 0.765 4 17
Aybar,Willy TBA 10 71 36 17 19 1 4 1.000 4.58 0.833 4 20
Lopez,Felipe WAN/SLN 101 780 419 155 253 11 53 0.974 4.71 0.822 4 20
Weeks,Rickie MLN 120 1056 604 256 333 15 84 0.975 5.02 0.815 4 21
Denker,Travis SFN 13 70 36 19 16 1 3 0.972 4.50 0.882 4 21
Figgins,Chone LAA 9 63 29 10 19 1 4 1.000 4.14 0.792 4 23
Murphy,Donnie OAA 10 61 32 12 20 1 3 1.000 4.72 0.769 4 24
Gomez,Chris PIN 18 111 55 33 20 2 4 0.964 4.31 0.826 4 26
Dillon,Joe MLN 6 44 28 9 18 1 5 0.964 5.56 0.800 4 32
Smith,Jason KCA 9 41 21 5 16 1 2 1.000 4.61 0.941 4 35
Zobrist,Ben TBA 8 41 22 11 11 1 3 1.000 4.83 0.889 4 35
Petit,Gregorio OAA 4 39 21 7 14 1 1 1.000 4.85 0.929 4 37
Rodriguez,Luis SDN 7 39 21 11 10 1 4 1.000 4.85 0.800 4 37
Martinez,Ramon NYN 5 38 16 5 11 1 2 1.000 3.79 0.706 4 38
Bloomquist,Willie SEA 7 37 23 8 15 1 7 1.000 5.59 0.813 4 39
Cora,Alex BOA 7 35 20 6 14 1 3 1.000 5.14 0.786 4 41
Orr,Pete WAN 7 31 19 8 10 1 2 0.947 5.23 0.769 4 47
Cairo,Miguel SEA 5 26 17 7 10 1 2 1.000 5.88 0.750 4 56
Gotay,Ruben ATN 3 26 13 3 10 1 2 1.000 4.50 1.000 4 56
Betemit,Wilson NYA 3 24 13 4 8 1 2 0.923 4.50 0.889 4 60
Getz,Chris CHA 7 23 15 6 9 1 1 1.000 5.87 1.000 4 63
Keppinger,Jeff CIN 3 23 10 5 5 1 2 1.000 3.91 0.750 4 63
Hernandez,Luis BAA 5 21 12 3 9 1 2 1.000 5.14 0.833 4 69
Phillips,Andy CIN/NYN 6 19 13 5 8 1 3 1.000 6.16 1.000 4 71
Velazquez,Gil BOA 2 19 14 5 9 1 2 1.000 6.63 0.778 4 71
Cintron,Alex BAA 7 17 8 4 4 1 1 1.000 4.24 0.375 4 71
Conrad,Brooks OAA 2 17 7 4 3 1 1 1.000 3.71 0.750 4 71
Bautista,Jose TOA/PIN 2 16 8 2 6 1 2 1.000 4.50 0.833 4 71
Hall,Bill MLN 6 32 21 3 16 2 1 0.905 5.34 0.789 4 71
Castillo,Wilkin CIN 2 16 7 5 2 1 2 1.000 3.94 0.500 4 71
Rosales,Adam CIN 2 16 12 6 6 1 4 1.000 6.75 1.000 4 71
Young,Delwyn LAN 5 16 9 3 6 1 0 1.000 5.06 0.750 4 71
Ransom,Cody NYA 2 13 7 3 3 1 0 0.857 4.15 0.600 4 71
Stansberry,Craig SDN 4 25 9 4 3 2 0 0.778 2.55 0.500 4 71
Crabbe,Callix SDN 5 30 14 4 7 3 1 0.786 3.34 0.600 4 71
Barden,Brian SLN 1 8 6 1 4 1 0 0.833 5.63 0.800 4 71
Kent,Jeff LAN 116 885 458 168 279 11 53 0.976 4.55 0.810 5 71
LaRoche,Andy LAN/PIN 3 13 9 7 2 1 3 1.000 6.23 0.667 5 71
Berroa,Angel LAN 5 12 5 1 4 1 0 1.000 3.75 1.000 5 71
Freel,Ryan CIN 3 12 9 4 5 1 1 1.000 6.75 0.833 5 71

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