Community Projections: Strong Showing On Scutaro

by Ben Buchanan on Nov 19, 2010 5:09 PM EST in Community Projections

It wasn't a repeat of 2009 for Marco Scutaro with the Red Sox, but at the same time, it wasn't a failure of a season. Playing through injuries all season, Scutaro ended up with some deflated rate stats, but interestingly managed to beat out almost all of the plate appearance projections by 100-or-more. The results are some surprisingly accurate predictions in four categories...and the complete swings and misses in the other two.

So here's Scutaro's season:

	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2010 - Marco Scutaro	150	632	92	174	38	0	11	56	53	71	5	4	.275	.333	.388

Your predictions are after the jump.

Username	PA	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG
wolf9309	540	9	62	.293	.382	.405
BHeebs	560	8	57	.275	.361	.395
German Red Sox Fan	565	6	58	.281	.362	.399
dsharp	572	10	63	.277	.363	.390
SeanO	440	5	55	.255	.325	.350
drabidea	590	9	60	.275	.365	.410
mmmmm	540	5	65	.277	.375	.415
Ben Buchanan	565	14	63	.280	.360	.425
RSNexile	600	10	55	.265	.365	.390
David Harnden	580	12	62	.286	.342	.399
BobZupcic	574	8	62	.278	.385	.405
Spotsdad	525	15	55	.289	.344	.399
Schulz	565	12	65	.267	.344	.390
jgonzales19	540	17	60	.279	.369	.411
brogshan	548	9	52	.279	.358	.392
theartolater	560	10	67	.265	.360	.403

It's hard to choose a single winner with all the good guesses, but I'm going to go with dsharp here. He didn't have the perfect average like Drabidea or BHeebs, but he's within one or two on three categories, including two rates. That's pretty damn good.

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Booyah!!

The question is: Who will he be playing for in 2011?

My guess is: Not us.

by dsharp on Nov 19, 2010 6:23 PM EST reply actions

I'm guessing Giants

or at least I’m hoping giants. I really want to see if we could get Romo for him.

by wolf9309 on Nov 19, 2010 6:32 PM EST up reply actions

Who is Romo?

by brogshan on Nov 19, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions

Very good relief pitcher Sergio Romo.

He would make a wonderful setup man for us.

by dsharp on Nov 19, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions

Interesting though on trading Scutaro

some teams might bite as he is fairly inexpensive SS solution on a 1 year deal. The problem the Sox have is do you rely on Lowrie at SS with his injury history…

by BobZupcic on Nov 19, 2010 8:38 PM EST reply actions

One major injury.

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by Ben Buchanan on Nov 19, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions

True

ok, his recent injury/mono history plus his limit ML experience

by BobZupcic on Nov 19, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions

injuries happen.

nothing you could plan much for.

i think we had 4 catchers out at the same time.

my polish granddaddy jaja, used to say, charlie lowe, (he called everyone charlie, he couldn’t remeber our names) plan for success and then make adjustments.

he also said something like if you open a bottle of vodka, you finish it.

by Mick Lowe on Nov 19, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions

or...

Theo knows that Iglesias is closer than anyone on this board expected. OR…they are putting in on the Japanese kid from Chiba Lotte.

Either way, teams are willing to give up pieces for Scutaro and the Red Sox have better or similar options for SS.

by SoxAcumen on Nov 21, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe THAT'S why Sean keeps saying that Scutaro sucks...

He keeps looking at his prediction instead of his actual numbers.

Galactus does as he pleases. Because Galactus is drunk.

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by Bloggy on Nov 19, 2010 10:10 PM EST reply actions

that is funniest thing I read on here in awhile +1

"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry, you know anything that travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?" - Crash Davis

by Dave D on Nov 20, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions

His actual numbers really suck

If you haven’t noticed. Because Scutaro sucks.

by Sean O on Nov 21, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions

I know I'm in the minority here on OTM

but I want us to keep Scutaro. I think he holds more value as a member of this team, as opposed to what he will bring back in a trade.

The certified ambassador of all things good and great, here at OTM.
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TRADE ELLSBURY THIS WINTER !!!
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by gizmosandy on Nov 20, 2010 12:19 PM EST reply actions

I have no idea what Scutaro will bring back in a trade.

But I’m not on the Sean Zero Wagon, I can tell you that.

by went9 on Nov 20, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions

I tend to agree.

I think he fits fine with the Sox, and can hold a lot of value for us.

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by Bloggy on Nov 20, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions

he's a solid ballplayer, and signed on the cheap.

Even if he is not a starter, he can still contribute nicely.

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by gizmosandy on Nov 20, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions

I'll be happy if he's still around

but if he can be traded for a good setup guy and save us a decent amount of money, I’m all for trading him. Certainly don’t want to trade him just for the sake of trading him. Even if he’s a non-starter he can be very useful to the sox.

by wolf9309 on Nov 20, 2010 1:30 PM EST up reply actions

+1

If he brings back a Sergio Romo or a Matt Thornton then I’m all for trading him, but he’s still a valuable utility player, basically an older Lowrie with less power.

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by TheLoneDavid on Nov 20, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

I agree, if we can get a pen arm that will relatively see the field more than him,

then we can trade him because our depth was a huge problem. It wasn’t just Paps or the 7th inning guy; we couldn’t keep games close when not using our high leverage guys. If not, then it won’t hurt to keep him.

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by BoldandBrash on Nov 20, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

What team

Will spend $6.5m for a .700-720 OPS? With a negative UZR?

by Sean O on Nov 21, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions

Last year the New York Yankees did....and then some.

Bonafide everyday shortstops are tough to come by, plus the sheer number of teams looking to shore up the position likely means that the Red Sox will get a good return if they do make Scutaro available.

Link to other team interest

Scutaro was second in OPS for SS in the AL in 2010. SS is not generally known as a power position.

Link to SS 2010 AL by OPS

I’m not going to cry a river if Scutaro goes by way of the trade with Lowrie now healthy and showing how he can step it up but Marco Scutaro signed with the Sox and took less money to do so. He was offered more by another team but he took less to play in Boston. Not many players do that.
He also got Cortisone shots in his arm all season long so that he could bare the pain and play every day.
He’s shows up every day and says, put me in coach, I’m ready to play.
I have no problem paying Scutaro $6.25/yr, a player who’s average over the last three seasons is 3 WAR..

by went9 on Nov 21, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions