Best shortstop in the AL EAST?

[thetruth03]

Numbers don't lie.

 

[doublejs07]

A JJ Hardy appreciation thread! I love it!

 

[DeadsetAce]

nothing to brag about, really

yanks: 56 year old DJ
bosox: scutaro and lowrie
tor: irrelevant
tampa: throw a dart at the roster to see who plays SS today

 

[proshares]

JJ Hardy is the right answer here. BUT, I will apologize to Truth because I wrote Yunel off after last year.

Still, let's see how he plays now that he has his money.

 

[rawex5]

I guess so.

 

[kevin cleveland]

JJ Hardy is the right answer here.
No way.

Yunel has been like top five in all of baseball so far.

 

[rawex5]

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[kevin cleveland]

Cool.

Top 5 player in baseball?
Shortstops.

 

[proshares]

Top 5 player in baseball? That's a gigantic reach bud. I'll take my chances with Hardy's "injury plagued" history than Yunel's documented Hanley'esque history. I'd be pretty confident saying they'll have equal WAR by the end of the year with Hardy playing 25-30 less games.

I figured that's what you meant

It's splitting hairs TBH.  I'd just take his power.

 

[mfr3shm]

Truth knows its Yunel Escobar

Alex Gonzalez is horrible always swings at the 1st pitch. Defense is alright, but I'd much rather have Escobar that trade was a mistake.

 

[rashi]

Gimme Yunel any day.

 

[ooiron manoo]

Let's compare SS's based on offensive numbers, 

According to the fans it's Derek Jeter and it's not even close.

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1. Yunel 2. Hardy 3. Rodriguez 4. Scutaro/Lowrie/Jeter

 

[hankmoody]

Originally Posted by ooIRON MANoo


According to the fans it's Derek Jeter and it's not even close.

You mean ESPN?

 

[bratz dos]

if you asked Joe Buck, he would say Albert Pujols.

 

[abovelegit1]

I'm an O's fan, but Esco's OBP is 50 points higher than Hardy's, and has significantly better range either way. Yunel might be the third best SS in the majors this year (Tulo and Reyes), though Cabrera, Peralta, Hardy, and Ramirez have all been fantastic too.

 

[airmaxbuckeye]

I've been waiting for weeks for truth to bump the old thread. 

 

[wstcoastgotti]

I could find this thread every year for the past 5 ha- but cant deny Truth's persistence to highlight his homie

This time though, this thread is relevant... playing good ball this year

 

[thetruth03]

Past 5 years? Ehh more like 3.. Escobar is looking like the best SS in the AL.

 

[jaysfan24]

Yunel Escobar: better avg, speed, range, arm than JJ Hardy...

 

[uptownsdotnetstacky]

Originally Posted by rashi

Gimme Yunel any day.

 

[celticspride34]

If Lowrie could manage to stay healthy he'd put up some damn good offensive numbers... just wonder if that'll ever happen... been very consistent and clutch, really, whenever he's healthy

 

[mauriciogarcia]

Originally Posted by BRaTZ DoS

if you asked Joe Buck, he would say Albert Pujols.