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baseball-related things bonifacio does well: 1
baseball-related things bonifacio does poorly: 3,241
Finally got around to ordering my Bill James Handbook. During my initial perusal something jumped out at me -- a positive stat on Emilio Bonifacio!
Bonifacio took a lot of criticism last season for his low on-base percentage and inconsistent defense at third base. Actually, manager Fredi Gonzalez and the front office took the brunt of the heat for keeping Bonifacio in the lineup and in the majors.
The manufactured runs section of the Bill James Handbook offers a pretty good indication of why the Marlins stuck with Bonifacio, and why come spring training they'll give him every opportunity to play himself into the starting lineup again.
Among National League players, only Michael Bourn (47) had a higher manufactured runs contribution than Bonifacio (32), who ranked ahead of David Wright (31), Dexter Fowler (29), Troy Tulowitzki (27), Matt Kemp (27) and Hanley Ramirez (27).
James has comprehensive criteria for what constitute manufactured runs, but in a nutshell it's "any run on which two of the four bases result from from doing something other than playing station-to-station baseball." Anything involving a home run, or in most cases an extra-base hit, does not qualify as a manufactured run. Anything involving an infield hit, bunt, steal, sac fly or other productive out generally contribute to manufactured runs.
Thanks mostly to Bonifacio, Ramirez, and Chris Coghlan, who was third on the team with 21 manufactured runs, the Marlins ranked fifth in the NL with 169 manufactured runs. Ahead of them: the Mets (181), Reds (173), Dodgers ( 172) and Rockies (172).
For the Marlins, that's a huge improvement over 2008, when they finished second-to-last in the majors with 125 manufactured runs, ahead of only the Padres (104). The Marlins in 2009 were considerably less dependent on home runs and extra-base hits.
Back to Bonifacio...he played his first game for Licey in the Dominican winter league on Nov. 6. Through nine games, he's 11 for 37 (.297) with no extra-base hits, three RBI, eight runs scored and a .333 on-base percentage. He's playing right field of all places.
Some other winter league notes:
Gaby Sanchez has played three games for Dean Treanor's Toros del Este. He's 2 for 9 so far. One of his teammates is minor leaguer Manny Mayorson, who through 21 games is among the league's hitting leaders with a .321 average (26 for 81).
In his first start for Carolina in the Puerto Rican winter league, Rick VandenHurk got a no decision after allowing a run on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts through five innings.
Bonifacio took a lot of criticism last season for his low on-base percentage and inconsistent defense at third base. Actually, manager Fredi Gonzalez and the front office took the brunt of the heat for keeping Bonifacio in the lineup and in the majors.
The manufactured runs section of the Bill James Handbook offers a pretty good indication of why the Marlins stuck with Bonifacio, and why come spring training they'll give him every opportunity to play himself into the starting lineup again.
Among National League players, only Michael Bourn (47) had a higher manufactured runs contribution than Bonifacio (32), who ranked ahead of David Wright (31), Dexter Fowler (29), Troy Tulowitzki (27), Matt Kemp (27) and Hanley Ramirez (27).
James has comprehensive criteria for what constitute manufactured runs, but in a nutshell it's "any run on which two of the four bases result from from doing something other than playing station-to-station baseball." Anything involving a home run, or in most cases an extra-base hit, does not qualify as a manufactured run. Anything involving an infield hit, bunt, steal, sac fly or other productive out generally contribute to manufactured runs.
Thanks mostly to Bonifacio, Ramirez, and Chris Coghlan, who was third on the team with 21 manufactured runs, the Marlins ranked fifth in the NL with 169 manufactured runs. Ahead of them: the Mets (181), Reds (173), Dodgers ( 172) and Rockies (172).
For the Marlins, that's a huge improvement over 2008, when they finished second-to-last in the majors with 125 manufactured runs, ahead of only the Padres (104). The Marlins in 2009 were considerably less dependent on home runs and extra-base hits.
Back to Bonifacio...he played his first game for Licey in the Dominican winter league on Nov. 6. Through nine games, he's 11 for 37 (.297) with no extra-base hits, three RBI, eight runs scored and a .333 on-base percentage. He's playing right field of all places.
Some other winter league notes:
Gaby Sanchez has played three games for Dean Treanor's Toros del Este. He's 2 for 9 so far. One of his teammates is minor leaguer Manny Mayorson, who through 21 games is among the league's hitting leaders with a .321 average (26 for 81).
In his first start for Carolina in the Puerto Rican winter league, Rick VandenHurk got a no decision after allowing a run on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts through five innings.
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