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Originally Posted by BudLight
JB
I guess it depends on your statistical viewpoint. If you are looking at strictly RF, he does "suck", but if you look at FPCT, he is definitely middle of the road in the AL.
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Lugo is a very good offensive shortstop if you look at stolen bases. He was the best in the AL in 2007, in fact, over twice as good as Derek Jeter.
Evaluating fielders by fielding percentage is roughly as rational as evaluating hitters by their stolen bases. Yeah, errors matter some; yeah, sometimes stolen bases help. Either stat tells so little of the total story as to be useless in isolation.
Given that Derek Jeter does "suck" on many more advanced fielding metrics, let's not try to excuse him for missing several dozens of ground balls completely each year because he made roughly one dozen fewer errors than the errors leader at shortstop for the American League.