Sabermetric Defensive rankings

Eagles · #1 09-21-2007, 06:31 PM

I have a few question about them.

Which defensive rankings do you think are the most accurate?
How accurate are the defensive rankings as a whole?
Does anyone have a link to 2007 defensive rankings?

kyleb · #2 09-21-2007, 06:32 PM

UZR and Probabilistic Model of Range, in that order, imo.

EDIT: As for their accuracy and validity, there's no real definitive way to compare them, so it's a matter of preference. UZR is probably the most robust.

THAY3R · #3 09-21-2007, 06:37 PM

You think they are better than The Fielding Bible's?

SL__72 · #4 09-21-2007, 06:44 PM

"Evaluating the evaluators"

Comparing Fielding Stats...

The best consistently updated fielding info I know of is hardballtimes' RZR/OOP numbers.

kyleb · #5 09-21-2007, 06:55 PM

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I like Dewan's ratings a lot as well; I simply forgot about them. But for PBP data, UZR is the best for my money.

Eagles · #6 09-21-2007, 09:21 PM

Thanks a lot for the links. This is awesome. I'd imagine there's a lot of variance with these stats though. Right?

THAY3R · #7 09-21-2007, 09:23 PM

Besides Jeter always being ranked last, probably [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

kyleb · #8 09-21-2007, 09:28 PM

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For now, maybe. Hanley Ramirez is catching up to him...