Stat of the Week: Mariners Top The AL West, Are Tops In Positioning
Seattle is doing very well at putting its fielders in spots where balls are most often hit.
Seattle is doing very well at putting its fielders in spots where balls are most often hit.
With 20 available seasons of defensive data, we look back to where it all began.
We've made a change that makes our statistics more accurate.
When do players peak defensively? And how does age impact their skills?
Baseball Info Solutions recently introduced a major update to Defensive Runs Saved that will be rolling out this offseason. We’re splitting DRS for infielders into Positioning, Air, Range, and Throwing components. In that introductory blog post, we mostly covered how this will affect the Positioning and Range components (which were…
A major update to Defensive Runs Saved will provide a better understanding of infield defense.
The Astros don't have a defensive superstar. But they have many very good defenders as you've seen this postseason.
Keuchel has a history of outstanding defensive work and 2019 is no exception.
Whose defenses have let them down? We've got a list of the top 10.
Baseball Info Solutions’ Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) metric measures a player’s total defensive contribution at a given position, compared to league average. The primary component, as outlined in The Fielding Bible, is the company’s Range & Positioning system, which rates each fielder’s success at converting batted balls into outs. Using…