Stat of the Week: 1st In Their Division, 29th in Defensive Runs Saved
The Phillies have had an adventurous defensive season.
The Phillies have had an adventurous defensive season.
Olson already has 11 Runs Saved, an inordinately high total for a first baseman this early in the season. So what's going on here?
Tigers third basemen rank No. 1 at the position in Runs Saved this season. They've come a long way, but they're not the only ones.
The Guardians rank 29th in the range and infield throwing component of Defensive Runs Saved, but they're the best in baseball when combining everything else.
Already 5 players who have previously won a Fielding Bible Award lead their positions, just a month into the season.
Two outfielders were baseball's best in March and April 2025.
Pete Crow-Armstrong, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Jung Hoo Lee have been early-season, early-impact players in the field.
Which players dove for balls the most often over the last three seasons?
Last week we looked back at 10 seasons of data for our pitch-framing stat, Strike Zone Runs Saved, which puts a run value on the result of taken pitches, and we looked at which catchers have fared best and worst in those measurements. One of the neat things about Strike…
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