The 2008 Scouting Report, By The Fans, For The Fans

For the sixth year in a row, I am once again asking for hardcore baseball fans to participate in the annual Scouting Report project, in which you evaluate the fielding characteristics of players on your team. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and evaluate your team:

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Basically the best all around player is Alexei. Has quick bat, good arm, good accuracy, good glove, good release.

by JoeCoolMan24 on Aug 19, 2008 2:55 PM CDT reply actions

defensively

our best player is Brian Anderson…

by Jbasic89 on Aug 19, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Yea, I gave Brian better ratings

I just meant all around Alexei I think is our best.

by JoeCoolMan24 on Aug 19, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions

quick bat came up in the fielding survey?

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by Toonderstrook on Aug 19, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I missed that one, too

but that’s how good he is – you don’t have to ask.

Sad how many times I clicked “poor”.

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 19, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions

By most measures, Alexei is about the worst fielding 2B in the league

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by The Cheat on Aug 19, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions

makes routine plays look good/ugly and make me say "wtf are you doing che"

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by furby2056 on Aug 19, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

as mentioned in one of the gamethreads last night

he has a lot of balls go by him that he gets his glove near, especially to his right. He has a good arm, and is good on popups — he covers for JD and Konerko’s lack of range in that area — but a majority of balls he sees are on the ground, and he’s been lackluster in that area.

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by The Cheat on Aug 19, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Seems thats the reason why he can play CF, even if not exceptionally well.

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by omnipotent grab on Aug 19, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Barehanding not included.

by JoeCoolMan24 on Aug 19, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions

i think that suggests a positioning issue

which is what you’d expect from a guy playing there for the first time and in a new league for the first year.

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Aug 19, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions

or he's fucking lazy

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by rhythm on Aug 19, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions

i thought it was easy to find someone to play second?

seems to me that some of the stuff is unique to 2b. but a lot of it appears to be things that are not position specific. bodes ill for SS.

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by larry on Aug 19, 2008 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions

you don't think he's a net gain at second?

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Aug 19, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions

i was messing around.

paging mr. poreda. paging mr. aaron poreda. your seat in the left field bullpen is ready.

by larry on Aug 19, 2008 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions

which things are not position specific?

the general boneheadedness? anything else?

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Aug 19, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions

not getting groundballs for starters.

there are some things that are different for a 2b than a SS but it’s pretty much the same, just from a different spot. i’ll allow that it takes some adjustment but he’s really not good.

paging mr. poreda. paging mr. aaron poreda. your seat in the left field bullpen is ready.

by larry on Aug 19, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions

I've thought the same thing

but it could just be that he gets poor jumps, because he has the speed to get to balls, but he just doesn’t get to as many as you’d think..

My other thought was that he didn’t really know how to “get his butt down” to help him get the glove on the ball and/or he doesn’t really know how to dive for a ball with confidence.

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by The Cheat on Aug 19, 2008 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions