Gamethread: Game 97 vs. the Brewers

Month  Errors  Throwing Type  Fielding Type
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April    |   8     |        6       |      2
May     |   5     |        2       |      3
June    |   1     |        1       |      0
July     |   1     |        1       |      0
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Total   |  15     |        10      |      5

It's pretty obvious that his fielding started out REALLY bad. In fact on 4/12 he had 3 errors, and in the first two weeks of the season he had 6 errors. He then started out May with 3 errors in one week (05/7 - 05/14). However things improved from then on.

Assuming EE starts about as many games as he did in May, through the rest of the season, he'll have about 11 more errors which puts him at about 26. I have reason to believe that he can put up a little less than 5 errors a month based on his improvements month by month. Therefore, I believe it is more likely that he'll have about 22/23 errors if he played as much as he did through May for the rest of the year.

I understand that 11 errors throughout the rest of the season is not acceptable, however assumming Aurilia starts the rest of the games you have 8.5 errors [((Games started/errors) * Games left) = ((4/30)*63)]. 2.5 errors less than EE.

Now the question is can EE make up those 3 errors or so with his bat? Some more stats:

          AB   Runs HR RBI OBP SLG OPS
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EE      |  208  32    7    41  .386 .505 .891
Aurilia | 247  39    12   37  .339 .494 .833

EE has a considerably better bat than Aurilia. Now i'm not suggesting that EE should start every day. I understand that Aurilia had a hot streak. Narron should play that streak out. I also realize that he may make more errors than my assumptions but so what? We have 4 players on this team that can play 3b (Freel/Aurilia/Castro/EE). If EE starts making a bunch of errors (which he hasn't thus far) sit him down, or take him out late in the game.

This offense really needs a righty with power to help balance the lineup and EE fits that role. He probably shouldnt start every day but definetly more than anyone else at 3b. Hopefully, this one will work itself out within the next few weeks as Aurilia's bat cools off some.