Clint Frazier

[jacksonianmarch]

The guys has been awesome since coming on to replace Judge. His offense has been top notch showing power and far more patience. Plus defense this year has really helped. He’s always had the speed, but he didn’t have the maturity to utilize his speed and skills in the right way to make the catch. He’d lay out when he wasn’t near the ball, take haphazard routes, get his feet tangled going back on a ball. This year, he’s worked his way into the Yankee plans, and with Judge, Urshela and Stanton coming back, Frazier has earned a starting spot with the Yanks. Boone has said he will be shuttling between LF and RF. I’d presume he’ll be in RF when he spells Judge (who likely will get the Gleyber treatment and play 2 out of every 3 games) and then start in LF the other games. Really nice to see him reach his potential.

[jacksonianmarch]

WAR of nearly 2 in 33 games. Now has above average to plus defense. Became more patient, strikes out less (although still too much). Power has come on nicely. He’s finally reached his potential and you’ll likely see him in NY patrolling LF for the next five years

[bkzwhitestrican]

Nice to see him step up when given the opportunity. Good timing too since Gardy will be in a retirement home after this season.

[jacksonianmarch]

Gold glove finalist. Wow. What a difference a year makes. Where’s our friendly troll now?

[notin]

Gold glove finalist. Wow. What a difference a year makes. Where’s our friendly troll now?

 

While it is a good thing that Frazier improved from looking like a guy that Scott Bakula quantum leapt into mid-fly ball to a guy worthy of this consideration, at some point we all know the Gold Gloves are the most questionable of the awards.

 

He is certainly a lot better than he was. And metrics support this as he is tied for 2nd in UZR for RF, but he has a couple advantages, namely the smaller RF in Yankee Stadium and that he played the fewest innings of any of the candidates...

[jacksonianmarch]

The thing that never made sense was that he was considered a plus defender in the minors and then he was just out of his f***ing mind in the bigs. Once he calmed down, he’s become a hell of a player. He will be in the more spacious LF next year, and I definitely know he can handle it. That’ll be a pretty solid OF if Hicks’ decline was sample size related. We will have a bigger issue if Hicks needs to be moved off CF

[notin]

The thing that never made sense was that he was considered a plus defender in the minors and then he was just out of his f***ing mind in the bigs. Once he calmed down, he’s become a hell of a player. He will be in the more spacious LF next year, and I definitely know he can handle it. That’ll be a pretty solid OF if Hicks’ decline was sample size related. We will have a bigger issue if Hicks needs to be moved off CF

 

Just bring back Ellsbury

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

While it is a good thing that Frazier improved from looking like a guy that Scott Bakula quantum leapt into mid-fly ball to a guy worthy of this consideration, at some point we all know the Gold Gloves are the most questionable of the awards.

 

He is certainly a lot better than he was. And metrics support this as he is tied for 2nd in UZR for RF, but he has a couple advantages, namely the smaller RF in Yankee Stadium and that he played the fewest innings of any of the candidates...

 

Frazier only played 28 games in the outfield, not even half the season. In contrast, Verdugo played 50 games in the OF for Boston. But using stats to nominate finalists brings some credibility back to Gold Glove Awards, which were much more honorable in the 1960s and 70s when peers relied on observation to choose a lot of worthies (and not all repeaters; 25 different OF GGs in the '70s).

[dgalehouse]

Nobody can accuse the Gold Glove committee of lacking a sense of humor.

[notin]

Frazier only played 28 games in the outfield, not even half the season. In contrast, Verdugo played 50 games in the OF for Boston. But using stats to nominate finalists brings some credibility back to Gold Glove Awards, which were much more honorable in the 1960s and 70s when peers relied on observation to choose a lot of worthies (and not all repeaters; 25 different OF GGs in the '70s).

 

They also seemed to prefer better hitters...

[mvp 78]

Less than half his games at the position? I've seen this one before:

 

Clint Frazier is going to be pointing his finger at congress and wearing earplugs during games sooner than later.

[notin]

Less than half his games at the position? I've seen this one before:

 

Clint Frazier is going to be pointing his finger at congress and wearing earplugs during games sooner than later.

 

He handled 29 plays in his zone, per fangraphs, and 22 OOZ plays. But when he played LF this year, he saw only 11 plays in zone and handled 8 of them, with only 3 OOZ plays made.

 

So either his range increased dramatically in the smaller RF, or he lined up closer to the fringes of his zone a lot in RF, which he might have done at any time when there was a second baseman standing in shallow RF.

 

I'm saying he might be a Shift Benefactor...

[Kimmi]

Gold glove finalist. Wow. What a difference a year makes. Where’s our friendly troll now?

 

Geez. Don't get me started on the Gold Gloves.

[Kimmi]

The thing that never made sense was that he was considered a plus defender in the minors and then he was just out of his f***ing mind in the bigs. Once he calmed down, he’s become a hell of a player. He will be in the more spacious LF next year, and I definitely know he can handle it. That’ll be a pretty solid OF if Hicks’ decline was sample size related. We will have a bigger issue if Hicks needs to be moved off CF

 

Frazier's UZR/150 in left field this year was -67.8. Just sayin.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Small sample size. But so was his sample size for right field.

[jacksonianmarch]

He handled 29 plays in his zone, per fangraphs, and 22 OOZ plays. But when he played LF this year, he saw only 11 plays in zone and handled 8 of them, with only 3 OOZ plays made.

 

So either his range increased dramatically in the smaller RF, or he lined up closer to the fringes of his zone a lot in RF, which he might have done at any time when there was a second baseman standing in shallow RF.

 

I'm saying he might be a Shift Benefactor...

 

If you watched Frazier from this year to last, his issue isn’t that he lacks range. His issue was that he took the most circuitous route to the ball. This year, his routes were really solid, something he’s been working on all year. They’ll need to keep working with him clearly, as LF in YS is no joke. But he’s improved defensively, his offense hit another level and he finally looks like he belongs. He is set to have a great 2021

[Bellhorn04]

Less than half his games at the position? I've seen this one before:

 

Clint Frazier is going to be pointing his finger at congress and wearing earplugs during games sooner than later.

 

Wow, what a joke this is.

[jacksonianmarch]

It was a 60 game season, so not a lot of guys put up high marks on more games. Frazier had a great season. No question. He’s set to become the Yanks primary LFer. He should defend the position well and his bat should take off. I’m glad to see the level of work he put in. I’ll say the trade of Miller bore some long term fruit here

[Bellhorn04]

It was a 60 game season, so not a lot of guys put up high marks on more games. Frazier had a great season. No question. He’s set to become the Yanks primary LFer. He should defend the position well and his bat should take off. I’m glad to see the level of work he put in. I’ll say the trade of Miller bore some long term fruit here

 

Yeah, Cashman had a stretch there where he was really doing damage.

[jacksonianmarch]

Cashman never had to explode a team. His one chance at it really turned into something.

 

Dillon Tate was acquired by dealing Beltran. He was flipped for Britton. Win there

 

Gleyber was acquired in the Chapman deal. Huge win there

 

We picked up Happ for McKinney who we got for Chap as well. The year we got him, Happ was really good.

 

Justus Sheffield was flipped for Paxton, who was really good in 19. Granted, Sheffield had a great season in Seattle in 20, so may have been better to keep him.

 

Frazier is turning into a star and we got him and Sheffield for Miller.

 

Pretty solid hauls there. We also got Tito Polo for Nova and Polo went as the second biggest chip for Robertson, Frazier and Kahnle. Kahnle was the biggest winner there. Ultimately, we really did well when exploding a team.