Its Hard to Teach an Old Dog How to Play Defense

In all the excitement over Lassie's "hot" streak (he's up to #107 out of 117 outfielders w/ at least 100 PAs), let's not overlook his defensive contributions. Michael Lichtman does one of the better respected defensive metrics out there, and although he doesn't publish complete stats regularly, he did post some current numbers the other day.

Worst Centerfielders (runs lost per 150 games)

1. Jim Edmonds -38
2. Josh Hamilton -37
3. Vernon Wells -31
4. Mark Kotsay -24
5. Andruw Jones -20

In fact, he is the second worst defensive player in all of baseball, ahead of only Brad Hawpe. Yet again, you're doing a heckuva job Jimmy.