Dave Cameron: Dozier Baseball's New Most Underrated Player

[JB_Iowa]

Nice article on Dozier:

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/meet-baseball-s-new-most-underrated-player-052114

 

 

If Dozier can become Ben Zobrist, I'll be very happy.

[zchrz]

It might have already been posted but there is another great Dozier article on there as well. The saber community is loving a Twin, I don't think that has happened before.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/community/all-your-bases-are-belong-to-brian-dozier/

[Guest USAFChief]

Has Bert mispronounced his name yet? That will be the sure sign he's arrived.

Yeah, stupid Cameron. Everyone knows it's Ben Zobrith.

[iTwins]

I'm glad to see Dozier's starting to gain national attention. Here's hoping some of that "spotlight' helps him make the All Star Game this year - he's earned it.

[John Bonnes]

Nice article on Dozier:

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/meet-baseball-s-new-most-underrated-player-052114

 

 

If Dozier can become Ben Zobrist, I'll be very happy.

 

That is a really entertaining story by Cameron - if you're a Twins fan. Cameron loves Zobrist and sees Dozier as the second coming. I loved this comparison:

 

Date back his performance one calendar year, rolling the last four months of last season and the first two months of this season into a total line, here's how he did from May 21, 2013 through May 20 of this season: 158 games, 696 plate appearances, 35 doubles, two triples, 28 home runs, 80 walks, 130 strikeouts and 23 stolen bases.

The total line adds up to a 122 wRC+, and that's just hitting; when factoring in baserunning and defense, Dozier has been a plus-5 WAR player over the last calendar year. The only American League second baseman with a higher WAR during that timeframe? Zobrist, of course.

[snepp]

Those are legitimate "fun" with numbers.