This is from the link above. You are welcome.
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Because Trout got called up to the Majors at the end of April, Cabrera has played in 21 additional games, so most of the counting stats go in his favor. And, Morosi has a legitimate point when he talks about number of games played, as we can?t simply ignore the fact that Cabrera has played an additional three weeks worth of games, creating value for his team in the process.
However, that last category is the one that never gets mentioned, but is perhaps the one that speaks the loudest out of all of them. Cabrera?s additional playing time has earned him an additional 60 trips to the plate, but in those 60 extra plate appearances, he?s made 54 extra outs. If we?re going to depend on counting stats to measure the difference in value from a quantity standpoint, we cannot ignore the fact that Cabrera?s propensity for hitting into double plays ? he leads the American League with 28 GIDPs ? has had a significant negative impact on the Tigers offense. We cannot simply count up the number of additional positive benefits that the Tigers have gotten from Cabrera?s playing time advantage without also accounting for the negatives.
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