Your Texas Rangers!: Official 2009 Thread

[Murphy3]

Originally Posted by Five-ofan

based on???? murphy was a 275/321/465 hitter last year. byrd was a 298/380/462 hitter. throw in that murphy was a MUCH worse defensive player by every defensive metric and its not close.

Yeah, but many believe that most defensive metrics are full of shit. Murphy was the best outfielder for the Rangers last year. He consistently got the best read on the ball. He's got good enough speed and always made almost every play possible. Plus, he's got a good arm. Not a great arm..but a good arm.

Byrd's a good outfielder, but I don't think he had a better season in the field last year than Murphy. He was probably the second best OF on the team behind Murph last year.