Actually according to baseball-refence.com Dewayne Wise has been a plus defender throughout his career (including 2008), and Anderson has been about average according to their calculations. Wise's total fielding runs above avg. was 4.0 and Anderson's was -1.8 in 2008. In 5 years in the outfield, anderson is .5 runs above average, while Wise is 9.0 runs above average in his 6 seasons in the outfield. I know everybody's gonna jump all over this, but it's statistical analysis. I think Dewayne Wise is a lot better out there than people give him credit for. I actually voted for Terrero, and got to thinking that Wise really hasn't been that bad. I got curious and checked out the stats, of the ones I checked out, Wise and Erstad were the best according to those numbers. By the way, Swisher is atrocious (-14.8 last year) and Ryan Sweeney is also below average according to this analysis.

Defensive stats aren't really as useful when you're not talking about nearly a full season's worth of innings.

I wish Sox fans would forget about Aaron Rowand.

I wish Sox fans would forget about Aaron Rowand.

When there's someone as good in CF, they will.

Actually according to baseball-refence.com Dewayne Wise has been a plus defender throughout his career (including 2008), and Anderson has been about average according to their calculations. Wise's total fielding runs above avg. was 4.0 and Anderson's was -1.8 in 2008. In 5 years in the outfield, anderson is .5 runs above average, while Wise is 9.0 runs above average in his 6 seasons in the outfield. I know everybody's gonna jump all over this, but it's statistical analysis. I think Dewayne Wise is a lot better out there than people give him credit for. I actually voted for Terrero, and got to thinking that Wise really hasn't been that bad. I got curious and checked out the stats, of the ones I checked out, Wise and Erstad were the best according to those numbers. By the way, Swisher is atrocious (-14.8 last year) and Ryan Sweeney is also below average according to this analysis.

Eh, people stopped sighting FRAA when UZR and PMR become readily available.

I hate to bring up Ryan Sweeney, but he's been robbing people left and right last two games. *sigh*

I hate to bring up Ryan Sweeney, but he's been robbing people left and right last two games. *sigh*

With a sweet .693 OPS.

What idiot voted for Griffey?

Big whoop wanna fight about it?

When there's someone as good in CF, they will.

Nick Swisher was better than Aaron Rowand. It's not even close.

Me thinks Swisher's sudden hit spree has now caused a re-assessment of his time in Chicago with rose-tinted glasses. He was awful.

Defensive stats aren't really as useful when you're not talking about nearly a full season's worth of innings.

But they are somewhat useful when stats from one partial season are consistent to what that part-time player has done throughout his career.

I'm going with the future hall of famer

I'm going with the future hall of famer

If only we had the 1998 Griffey instead of the 2008 one.

2008 was a more relatable, everyman Griffey.

I'm going with the future hall of famer

You do realize this thread says best defensive CF, not most dreamy CF... right?

 

I honestly have no idea how anyone can say Griffey was a better defensive CF than Swisher (or some of these other options, for that matter) unless they were blind or stuck in the mid/late 90's.

Edited May 2, 200916 yr by Felix

You do realize this thread says best defensive CF, not most dreamy CF... right?

 

I honestly have no idea how anyone can say Griffey was a better defensive CF than Swisher (or some of these other options, for that matter) unless they were blind or stuck in the mid/late 90's.

 

I couldn't agree more. Griffey was putrid in CF (outside of the great throw he made in the play-in game) last year.

 

I kinda agree with Kalapse, though. I don't have any stats/metrics to back up his claim. But using just my eyes, I thought LT was solid in CF.

Wow, everyone assumed I meant Junior? Do you mean that is the only future hall of famer on the list??

 

Wow, everyone assumed I meant Junior? Do you mean that is the only future hall of famer on the list??

 

 

I assumed you meant Darin Erstad

Me thinks Swisher's sudden hit spree has now caused a re-assessment of his time in Chicago with rose-tinted glasses. He was awful.

I was never in favor of trading Swisher because I thought he had a terribly unlucky year last year.

I went with Griffey only because of the play in game throw. Obviously that shouldn't be the only reason to pick someone, but that list is terrible.

Edited May 3, 200916 yr by WilliamTell