Comments on: Rick Hahn’s Offseason Review: Brett Lawrie http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/15/rick-hahns-offseason-review-brett-lawrie/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Matt Adams http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/15/rick-hahns-offseason-review-brett-lawrie/#comment-21 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:33:30 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=117#comment-21 It’s a quality point on his injury history. Another thing that moving to second base isn’t likely to help.

I think that part of the talking up his trouble maker status is that he just kind of has that “way” about him. He might be a magnet for accusations even without news pieces pointing at him.

]]> By: JofpGallagher http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/15/rick-hahns-offseason-review-brett-lawrie/#comment-17 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:57:31 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=117#comment-17 Great move. I think the loss on defense is easily surpassed by the gain in offense. Also Carlos Sanchez is still here in case his glove is needed at the later innings. I was surprised to learn Carlos Sanchez glove was not that sharp per Fielding Runs Above Average. He really looked great there and passed the “eye test”.

One thing you didn’t mention about Lawrie, and it’s kinda part of his game, is that Lawrie hurts easily. Not sure if it’s because of his “intensity” or because of his body. I believe that that was one of the main reasons Anthopoulus decided to trade him. During his time with the Bluejays, Lawrie spent an inordinate amount of time in the DL. I remember this time (2014 season) when Lawrie hurt himself running from home to 1st. He was out for the rest of the season, and the funny thing is that Lawrie hurt himself the very same day he was returning from another DL stint for an unrelated injury. Last year was the first time Lawrie played thru a season without DL stints.

Here you can find a list of his injuries: http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_27599298/brett-lawries-injury-history

I am sure Herm will keep him in one piece.

During his time with the Jays, I don’t recall him being a troubled teammate or showing signs of “poor chemistry”. I think the Chicago/Athletics press is overblowing that or misdirecting Lawrie’s intensity into the belief that he is a trouble maker.

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