Comments on: Productive Gardening

By: JohnnyTwisto

JohnnyTwisto — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:29:21 +0000

Thanks Raphy. Fangraphs is a great site which for some reason I'm not in the habit of checking regularly.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:25 +0000

Johnny - Fangraphs has it. (Although they only use a very basic form of it) If you go to their advanced leaderboard page, go to advanced, select all players (instead of qualified) and sort by spd #1 is Brett Gardner at 8.7

By: JohnnyTwisto

JohnnyTwisto — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:32:40 +0000

I tend to think this has no predictive value for Gardner. Still I'm quite pleased with how he's played so far. I thought if he could manage a .350 OBP, with his defense and speed, he'd be a decent regular. He's outdoing that right now. Does anyone have the formula for Bill James's speed score? Not that it's definitive but I really think Gardner might be the fastest guy in the majors.

By: It’s Nice To Say Hello. Hello & How Are You?

It’s Nice To Say Hello. Hello & How Are You? — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:50:55 +0000

[...] some stats on The Magic Gardner that would make Carole and Paula sing their fannies off…click here to see [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:17:43 +0000

Lots of good names on those lists...perhaps this bodes well for Gardener.