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Originally Posted by jaysdailydose
This thread is now 16 pages long, but I went back and looked.
Exactly like I figured, your Randolph that they put at 3B has an 18 arm, compared to an 11 for Sanchez. Arm is generally looked at as the most important tool for a third baseman.
Can easily see why they moved him to third, and Sanchez to second now.
See what I mean? Most of these things you are describing can be explained with even a cursory look at the ratings. An 11 arm on the 10-20 scale is actually extremely low for anyone with 3B experience and true 3B ability.
What the numbers show me is a man who is comfortable playing third but doesn't really have the tools to play there, and a backup coming in who doesn't have a ton of experience but has all the tools to play the position and then some.
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No. Perez was at third with a "16" arm and an overall of "14". Randolph may have a slightly better arm but he has almost no experience and he has better range, error and turn dp ratings, all of which seem to me to be more important factors at 2nd than they are at third.