Jerry Remy finally went there during today's broadcast, remarking after Bogaerts bobbled a ball up the middle in the bottom of the 8th, "That's the type of play that Steven Drew made."
I am the last person to want to give up elite offensive production from a defensive position if the defense provided is at least borderline adequate, but to my eyes, Bogaerts, is ... um, what's the technical term ... sucky.
I also hate defensive statistics, and of course they're even more suspect in small sample sizes, but that's pretty much all we have at this point other than some hedged scouting reports from DiSarcina and the eyes of our minor league mavens who also provided mixed reviews pretty consistently.
So, taking a gander at B-ref and FanGraphs, we have:
-1.7 defensive WAR, -21.7 UZR/150, and -4 DRS this season. Adding in the 8 games at shortstop from last season, when he generally had positive numbers, and you get -5 UZR/150 and -2 DRS which are more acceptable.
So, we still don't have much in the way of objective evidence, but it's worth trying to continue to log "plays that Drew would have made" as a way to gather information about how quickly we want Deven Marrero to develop a bat. So far, it's been almost as painful watching his approach in the field this year as it has been a joy to watch his approach at the plate.
I am the last person to want to give up elite offensive production from a defensive position if the defense provided is at least borderline adequate, but to my eyes, Bogaerts, is ... um, what's the technical term ... sucky.
I also hate defensive statistics, and of course they're even more suspect in small sample sizes, but that's pretty much all we have at this point other than some hedged scouting reports from DiSarcina and the eyes of our minor league mavens who also provided mixed reviews pretty consistently.
So, taking a gander at B-ref and FanGraphs, we have:
-1.7 defensive WAR, -21.7 UZR/150, and -4 DRS this season. Adding in the 8 games at shortstop from last season, when he generally had positive numbers, and you get -5 UZR/150 and -2 DRS which are more acceptable.
So, we still don't have much in the way of objective evidence, but it's worth trying to continue to log "plays that Drew would have made" as a way to gather information about how quickly we want Deven Marrero to develop a bat. So far, it's been almost as painful watching his approach in the field this year as it has been a joy to watch his approach at the plate.