While I give this author cedit for not just presenting players who are having a bad season (IOW recognizing the fluctuations that go along with 150 AB's or so), he obviously has no idea as to how an offensive metric translates to runs and how many runs a particular player may be worth on defense.Nor should ANY catcher or SS (especially catcher) probably be on a list like this, as it is REALLY hard for a player at those positions to hit and field replica (Louis Vuitton)LV 4238 watch bad enough relative to the average player at that position to be “one of the worst players in baseball.”Again, not only is Everett not one of the worst players in baseball, he is actually an above average player (SS), not withstanding his hitting performance thus far in 2007 (I assume that the author is talking about true talent and not what they have performed thus far this year).
Everett is a once in a generation defensive player, maybe the best ever at any position.Even if that is an exaggeration, ALL of the advanced metrics (and not-so-advanced ones) have Everett at somewhere north of +20 runs a year in defense.I have him replica (Louis Vuitton)LV 4237 watch projected going into 2007 as +23.There is no possible way that a player can be a poor enought hitter to make a plus 23 defense turn into one of the worst players in baseball.Even if he were -25 in offense, which is about as bad as you can get (true talent-wise), and which he probably is, that makes him around -2 overall.
In 1997, he won the first of his Cy Youngs, going 17 8 (on a BAD team) with a 1.90 ERA (yes, you read that right) over 241 IP.Since he was gonna be a FA and make some money, he was traded to Boston for Tony Armas Jr (who is the REAL China Doll at 63 220 lbs has only pitched in 107 games since 1997 and has had exactly ONE year where he pitched in all 34 starts 2001) and Carl Pavano.Pedro's ERA had been around 3.20 in Montreal, but unlike almost every other pitcher who goes from the NL to the AL, his replica Rado R13332732 watch over a full point.
