Posted by Jtpsops on 10/4/2018 12:32:00 PM (view original):
I have the following players available, with an opening at SS. Would you take a chance on playing Bishop or Collins at SS for the offensive upgrade?
1931 Max Bishop (A-/B 2B, .294/.426.400)
1920 Eddie Collins (B/B+ 2B, .372/.438/.493)
1934 Eric McNair (C/B+ SS, .280/.321/.412)
What did you decide on this one? I think I would have taken the offense. You're obviously starting Collins somewhere, so you're basically comparing Bishop's offense to McNair's. Bishop gets you a few extra hits, McNair gets you a few extra doubles, so call it basically a wash in games they would play in terms of total bases. So basically over the course of a season Bishop turns 65 outs into walks. How many errors and - plays are equivalent to 65 walks? Maybe 55? Do we think Bishop is 55 errors and - plays worse than McNair at SS? It might be close to that, but my guess is Bishop is a small upgrade. That said, adding offense and subtracting defense also increases variance, so if you think you have a really good team then I might just go with McNair.