top 32 tournament Gordon vs Kent

[obxyankeefan]

Top 32 players ranked by BRWAR(as of 6/18/15).

2Basemen Bracket is:

1 R Hornsby 6
32 J Franco 0

16 J Gordon
17 J Kent

8 B Grich
25 J Evers

9 F Frisch
24 N Fox

4 J Morgan
29 D Pedroia

13 C Biggio
20 R Cano

5 R Carew
28 L Doyle

12 W Randolph
21 B Doerr

3 N Lajoie
30 C Knoblauch

14 J Robinson
19 B McPhee

6 C Gehringer
27 D Pratt

11 R Alomar
22 T Phillips

2 E Collins
31 C Childs

15 C Utley
18 B Herman

7 L Whitaker
26 B Myers

10 R Sandberg
23 T Lazzeri

 

[obxyankeefan]

Joe Gordon Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

Jeff Kent Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[navamind]

Went with Gordon. Kent was a better hitter, but Gordon was still one of the better offensive 2B. The gap between them defensively is huge.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Went with Gordon. Kent was a better hitter, but Gordon was still one of the better offensive 2B. The gap between them defensively is huge.

I hated to vote against a Yankee, but when thinking of Yankee history Gordon seems to be one of the forgotten ones. At 2B it seems to go Cano, Lazzeri, and then Martin. Martin is only there in people's minds because of his relationship with Mantle, people forget that he wasn't that good.

I know Kent was a butcher in the field, but when discussing older players I didn't get to see play I don't trust defensive stats.