Monday, November 16, 2009

2010 UZR Projections

Beyond the Box Score's Jeff Zimmerman has come out with UZR projections for the 2010 season. All the data can be found on this spreadsheet, and the math used to determine the numbers is here. (hat-tip to River Ave. Blues)

As you may or may not know, the higher the number on the positive side the better. Here's how the Yanks projections look, along with this year's numbers:

Position/Player

2009 UZR

2010 Projections

1B – Mark Teixeira

-3.7

+0.6

2B – Robinson Cano

-5.2

-1.7

SS – Derek Jeter

+6.6

-1.9

3B – Alex Rodriguez

-8.6

-3.8

LF – Johnny Damon

-12.1

-2.8

CF – Johnny Damon

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-5

CF – Brett Gardner

+7.2

+3.7

LF – Melky Cabrera

-2.5

+0.9

RF – Melky Cabrera

-0.5

-0.1

CF – Melky Cabrera

+1.4

-1.9

RF – Nick Swisher

-0.7

+0.4

LF – Nick Swisher

-0.5

+0.7


Surprisingly, the projections call for improvement by most of the Yankees, with Jeter, Melky in center, and Gardner being the only Yankees who are not projected to improve.

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