Stat of the Week: Playoff Defenders To Watch
There are 10 players in this year's postseason who had at least 15 Defensive Runs Saved. We run through them.
There are 10 players in this year's postseason who had at least 15 Defensive Runs Saved. We run through them.
BY MARK SIMON In addition to tracking Defensive Runs Saved for major league players, we calculate it for minor leaguers as well. These numbers can be challenging to interpret because we use major league out probabilities as a basis for comparison. As such, because most minor leaguers are worse defenders…
It's a tight race atop the Runs Saved leaderboard
The Jaguars seemed to pull defeat from the jaws of victory against the Bengals on Sunday, enough so that head coach Liam Coen had to answer for a particular fourth down play late in the game. With just under 4 minutes left and a 3-point lead, they chose to go…
Taking inventory on how the No. 1 defensive team in the majors has so many Runs Saved.
It projects which players are likely to miss the most time and also evaluates which factors are most important in projecting whether a player gets injured
Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams is having a nice close to 2025 and a good season overall, with a 3.26 ERA. But if any pitcher ever needed to buy his fielders dinner (or something nicer) for their work this year, he’s the guy. Williams has a 4.54 FIP, the product of…
There's now a BBWAA award for Relief Pitcher of the Year. How about having one for the Relief Fielder of the Year?
A lot of worthy selections this month, so we selected four of the best defenders.
Is there reason to think he's a Top 10 NFL quarterback right now?