I've seen the Eagles and Andy Reid do it enough to know that Strategist is right

For the record, the other largely respected fielding metric is TotalZone (FanGraphs uses UZR, Baesball-Reference uses TotalZone) According to BR, TotalZone's Rtot stat is define as: Rtot -- Total Zone Total Fielding Runs Above Avg The number of runs above or below average the player was worth based ...

Dan R I never said Trout was not HOF caliber but I will absolutely refuse to mention his name and the HOF for another 4 years at least. Really hope that's not what you were meaning by that comment. And I agree with Onyx in that different stats can be utilized to determine a players worth. Also Cabr...

Btw, Tino, you bing up Scott Rolen as an example of a HoF fielder. Just wanted to show you his lifetime UZR/150 (UZR per 150 defensive games) Scott Rolen: 14.1 Mike Trout at CF: 13.9 If Rolen's glove is HoF caliber, Tout is only 0.2 UZR/150 off his pace. If Trout keeps up his pace and continues to l...

I seriously am disappointed that anyone in this day and age still relies on Fielding % to determine someone's fielding ability. Not only is it an erroneous stat, it's foolish to rely on it and it's almost meaningless. It's like wins for a pitcher and average for a hitter - not nearly as important as...

Last Madden Update posted here was Week 4. Here's this week's update:

http://www.pastapadre.com/2012/10/04/ma ... -6-details

While I completely understand what Miggy brings to the table, and while I believe he's probably the favorite in the AL, I believe it should be Trout. For me, a true MVP benefits his team in every aspect of the game, something Trout does game in and game out. Even missing almost a month of the season...

Congrats Royce!

But ultimately we should be able to do our own research and find the young players that will emerge before ratings match, it's still nice to have them match as soon as possible so we don't have to wait for contracts to be up to get their true value.. This. You talk about Conte being a 59 on the oth...

Sorry but those rankings are laughable at best. Madden will be out soon enough. If that's true, EA is paying for nothing. Sure, I disagree with some rankings, but they couldn't came that they're paid by EA to provide ratings for Madden if it's not true - the Better Business Bureau would be on their...