Brendan Ryan

5 posts

  1. Yankee Third Base Options

    As soon as Alex Rodriguez 's 162-game suspension was announced, baseball writers and bloggers speculated as to who'd play 3rd base for the Yankees. Jay Jaffe summarized internal and free agent candidates to replace…

  2. Fangraphs Spray Charts Are Here!

    Baseball fans were given a late Hanukkah / early Christmas present today, when David Appelman announced that Fangraphs now has batted ball and fielded ball spray charts for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, courtesy of Inside…

  3. 2010 - 2012 All Defensive Teams

    Last time around , we looked at the 2012 All Defensive Teams when ranking players by various defensive statistics, such as Fielding Percentage, Defensive Runs Save, Ultimate Zone Rating, and more. Sadly and insatiably,…

  4. 2012 All Defensive Teams

    Major League Baseball announced the 2012 Gold Glove award winners last night. As a suggested prerequisite to the information below, please check out Joe Posnanski's brilliant juxtaposition of the Gold Glove and Fielding…

  5. Defensive Runs Saved per 9, since 2010

    This post could simply be an excuse to expand on a tweet like: " Maicer Izturis has cost the Angels more than .53 Runs per 9 innings at Shortstop this season. http://bit.ly/izturis #DRS " Simplicity is one reason we…