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Thursday, May 09, 2013

ESPN: Simon: Andrelton Simmons makes all the plays

Entering Wednesday, Simmons had played 680 innings in his major league career and the Baseball Info Solutions (BIS) numbers have him with 30 defensive runs saved. He had 19 in 426 innings last season and already has a major-league best 11 in 254 innings in 2013.

For a little perspective, that’s an incredible number for what amounts to less than half a season’s worth of play. No shortstop has had 30 defensive runs saved in a full season since Troy Tulowitzki had 31 in 2007.

Simmons has been on quite the offensive tear (last 51 PA .367/.373.653 3HRs)as well as flashing some serious leather lately.

spike Posted: May 09, 2013 at 02:10 PM | 5 comment(s)
  Beats: atlanta, braves, defense

Sunday, May 05, 2013

Baseball moves away from tradition, toward smarter defense | TribLIVE

What do all these shifts do to defensive metrics?

Jim Furtado Posted: May 05, 2013 at 06:55 AM | 6 comment(s)
  Beats: defense, pirates

Monday, April 08, 2013

Jose Molina and Called Strikes - Beyond the Box Score

There is nothing like a handcrafted leather framing of a good pitch.

Jim Furtado Posted: April 08, 2013 at 01:07 PM | 16 comment(s)
  Beats: defense, pitch framing, pitch fx, sabermetrics

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