What’s
the old saying—figures don’t lie, figurers do?
Consider the advanced saber-gibberish on fangraphs.com.
As
of this morning, the White Sox’s Jose Abreu ranks as the 12th best
first baseman—out of a qualifying twenty—in baseball, two behind Lucas Duda of
the Mets. Duda has 28 fewer rbi’s mind
you, but the magic equation says he’s better than Abreu, who just became the
second player in major-league history (after Albert Pujols) to start his career
with two seasons of 30 or more homeruns and 100 rbi’s. Abreu ranks even further behind the Giants’
Brandon Belt despite having 33 more rbi’s and further yet behind the Giants’
Buster Posey.
Hey,
wait. I thought Posey was the Giants’
catcher. Wow, he gets ranked in two
different categories. It really is the
new math.
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