Comments on: Jon Lester and the Evolution of DIPS http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/#comment-13342 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:48:42 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13785#comment-13342 Zobrist is definitely going to play somewhere, so the max D lineup isn’t going to happen. But it’s worth trying to guess the impact of having that much run suppression versus a better offensive lineup that would still be very good defensively.

]]> By: Matt Petitt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/#comment-13340 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:36:40 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13785#comment-13340 Valid points, especially about Almora. Just can’t see Maddon taking Fowler’s bat out of the lineup for him though. Possible max defense lineup with that in mind could be Almora in LF, with Bryant staying at 3B, and Baez going in at 2B for Zobrist. Even then I’m not sure Maddon wants that much youth/non-contact hitters in a playoff lineup.

]]> By: Matt Petitt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/#comment-13339 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:33:02 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13785#comment-13339 Thanks for the kind words. I agree about the Royals defense being the standard prior to this year; possibly in a later piece I’ll compare them to Cubs in greater detail.

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/#comment-13333 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:50:54 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13785#comment-13333 zobrist is actually +1 overall, and -3 at 2B where Baez would most likely play.

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/#comment-13332 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:22:36 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13785#comment-13332 It’ll be interesting to see what lineups Maddon comes up with in the playoffs. Max defense? Baez has 14 DRS so far (actually 13, he has -1 for his limited play at 1B), Russell 17, Zobrist 1, Fowler is really just less bad defensively with 2 DRS. Almora had 4 DRS in his limited play in CF. Impressive.

]]> By: dtpollitt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/30/jon-lester-and-the-evolution-of-dips/#comment-13330 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:26:12 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13785#comment-13330 This is a fantastic piece, well done.

I’d be interested to see some of those plots for the 2014 and 2015 Royals. I consider those Royals teams to be the best recent defensive teams, and the 2015/2016 Cubs have grabbed that title, but I believe the Royals were excellent BABIP supressors, too, and their rotation were the benefactors.

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