This will be the first in a series of posts looking into what we can expect from the two newest Red Sox: J.D. Drew and Julio Lugo.
To kick things off, I like the Drew signing a lot. I know a lot of you disagree with me on this, so fire away. I'm going to start the analysis with a look at him from a purely statistical viewpoint, and then move on to what people around baseball who have seen him play a lot have to say.
Obviously the first selling point here is his ability to get on base.
In that most crucial of offensive skills (not getting out), Drew was 4th among all outfielders last year with a .393 OBP. That's his career number, too, ut he has gone over 400 recently.
Drew is one of the best players in history at avoiding the double play. In 960 games, Drew has grounded into only 41 DP's.
He has a good amount of pop in the bat as well:
Drew's .891 OPS was 13th, and he was 11th in secondary average (.293), a stat that attempts to measure the value of a player's offensive production, exclusive of singles. It's basically SLG minus AVG.
Looking deeper into the sabertrics with a couple stats that try to measure total offensive production, Drew is 5th in Equivalent Average (.300) and 9th in Runs Created per 27 outs (7.33).
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