Royals UZR/150 Projections for the 2010 Season

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1 day ago: Kansas City Royals' Brian Anderson jumps for a double hit by Jonny Gomez in the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game Monday, March 8, 2010, in Goodyear, Ariz. The Reds won 14-5. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Earlier this year I released my own set of UZR/150 projections.  Now that the Royals have finally set on the basics of a roster, let's look at how the players project to do defensively this season.  Here is a list of how each player projects to do at each position they have played previously over the last 4 years (link to a primer article on UZR):

NamePositionGames at Position (last 4 years)UZR/150Alex Gordon1B321Billy Butler1B192-4



Willie Bloomquist2B56-2Alberto Callaspo2B205-3Chris Getz2B113-4



Mike AvilesSS1256Alberto CallaspoSS321Willie BloomquistSS87-4Yuniesky BetancourtSS595-10



Alberto Callaspo3B352Alex Gordon3B319-1Mike Aviles3B9-2Josh Fields3B146-8



David DeJesusLF28311Rick AnkielLF443Willie BloomquistLF332Scott PodsednikLF277-2Josh FieldsLF22-2Billy ButlerLF6-2Alberto CallaspoLF6-3Jose GuillenLF49-5



Brian AndersonCF2980David DeJesusCF2880Scott PodsednikCF88-3Rick AnkielCF177-5Willie BloomquistCF100-5



Willie BloomquistRF90-1David DeJesusRF26-3Jose GuillenRF350-11

Using the lineup of:  Butler (1B), Callaspo (2B), Betancout (SS), Gordon (3B), Ankiel (RF), Podsednik (CF) and DeJesus (LF) here is the projected defense:

With Gordon out and Callaspo going to 3rd and Getz to 2B, looks like the defensive may improve.  I might do more of these graphs depending on what kind of lineup Hillman and Moore continue to think up.

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