222 TAv marks), but the MLB-wide average for third basemen in 2010 was. 239 True Average might be stupendous feats of batsmanship relative to Cora or the already-dealt Alberto Gonzalez (both projected to. Glorious as that might be, however, he and Alex Cora just don’t bring down the thunder when they step in at the plate. He’s easily root-worthy, and in the age of the seven-man bullpen, his ability to play six positions is extremely valuable as a roster-expanding utility player. Hairston is one of the finest active examples of what a mediocre second baseman can do to have a multi-year major-league career - become a multi-positional supersub. Not to trash Jerry Hairston Jr., the man most likely to get a bigger chunk of at-bats at the hot corner in Zimmerman’s place. By definition, that’s marquee talent, so it isn’t someone you replace, it’s someone you miss. Zimmerman was projected among the 20 best players in baseball per Baseball Prospectus’ flavor of wins above replacement metric, WARP, bracketed at 19th overall by Mark Teixeira and Nelson Cruz. How bad does this hurt? There’s the performance element to consider, of course. His absence for perhaps three weeks can be put atop the pile of deferred joys for Nats fans, joining the anticipation of Stephen Strasburg’s eventual resurrection, as the Nats can now at least blame their misfortunes on the absence of both their best position player as well as their best pitcher. ![]() Not that the Nationals have an equally valid claim for postseason possibilities - hope and faith in Washington where baseball’s concerned is not yet even a quadrennial exercise.īut losing Zimmerman is the worst sort of news, yet of a kind that’s all too common for a team that seems to specialize in glum outcomes. Ryan Zimmerman's departure for the DL is a different sort of disabling injury than the Dodgers watching Rafael Furcal go away for six weeks or more. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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