Comments on: Best Defensive Outfield In Baseball!?!?!?!?!

By: JA Dortmunder

JA Dortmunder — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:01:24 +0000

Ellsbury has the speed but his rag arm is only a bit better than Johnny Damon’s.

By: otis_27

otis_27 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:23:46 +0000

A fact that everyone seems to be overlooking is that the Angels have Vlad Guerrero in the outfield over Gary Matthews. Granted that Guerrero, Hunter and especially Anderson are maybe just past their prime but I think that this combination could be one of the best all around outfields not just of this season but ever. I’m not an Angel’s fan either, sadly I’m a Mariner’s fan, a team that has never had three solid outfielders on the same team.

By: disgraceful

disgraceful — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:27:24 +0000

This is just disgraceful coverage. Endy Chavez, in my honest opinion, is the best defensive outfielder in the game. to say endy chavez’ arm is not good is just utter non-sense. sorry ,you just don’t watch the mets play enough if you believe that to be true. the guys arm is both strong and accurate, and he already has 6 assists to show for it in limited playing time.

How can you make a case for the Angels? Garret Anderson is a dinosaur and covers very little ground….

The Rockies? Tavarez is quick, but he does not have good instincts in the field.

I’m not going to comments on the teams I don’t watch consistently, bc unlike you, I don’t want to be make blind, ill-informed statements

By: gozer

gozer — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:38:33 +0000

b.j. upton is still trying to figure out the outfield. no way is a converted 2nd baseman turned center fielder part of the “best defensive outfield” in baseball. that’s just silly.

By: grubb grubb holla holla

grubb grubb holla holla — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:55:21 +0000

best def outfield in the majors is probaly the rays. they got the speed, they cover more ground than any other team out there and bj uptons arm is something you wouldnt want to mess with

end of story

By: Kwame Flaherty

Kwame Flaherty — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:02:40 +0000

I think the Red Sox outfield is the best of that group. I don’t think Arizona can be in this arguement, Upton is fast but takes terrible routes to the ball. The Mets outfield can probably out throw all of the groups mentioned, but I agree that Beltran plays too deep in center. The Angels group lacks range. Anderson can’t move and playing all those years on turf have taken something out of Hunter.

By: Andrew Feingold

Andrew Feingold — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:47:13 +0000

I like the red sox outfield more and there is a good article in sportingnews magazine citing their success with Ortiz out…Ann is just like some Met fans who overrate their players

By: gozer

gozer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:21 +0000

can’t help that beltran appears to be flubbing a ball in that photo haha

By: B.A. Baracus

B.A. Baracus — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:27:31 +0000

In that alignment (Endy-Beltran-Church), the best fielder of the three is playing left field – hardly a recipe for success. Move Church to left, Beltran to right, and Endy to center, then maybe we can talk. Ellsbury-Crisp-Drew takes the cake for me. Drew is more than adequate, while Crisp and Ellsbury are two of the best outfield gloves I’ve seen in recent years. The notion of them sharing time in the same outfield is just scary.