2021 MLB Preview: NL West Defenses
We review all 5 NL West teams. The Dodgers look great. The other teams have some prominent holes.
Which MLB teams declined the most defensively?
Most teams shouldn't experience a big defensive drop-off from 2019. But here are some who could.
MLB’s Best Positioned Infields
Teams like the Astros, Rays, and Dodgers are aggressive in their positioning of infield defenders. Which teams have been best positioned in 2019?
How are the Diamondbacks 200+ runs better than the Phillies on defense?
By MARK SIMON All statistics through Saturday’s games I received a tweet recently that asked if I could demonstrate the difference between the team with the most Defensive Runs Saved (the Diamondbacks with 120) and the team with the fewest (the Phillies with -102). It seemed a reasonable question to wonder – can the difference [&helli
Who is baseball’s best backup catcher?
By EZRA RAWDON Having spent most of my career as a backup catcher at the scholastic and collegiate level, I have developed into a fan of MLB backup catchers. In an attempt to satisfy my curiosity on who might be the most valuable in baseball at the moment, I decided to dig in using some […]
Mark Trumbo’s Hidden Tool
When the Diamondbacks, Angels, and White Sox agreed on a three-team deal that sent Mark Trumbo to the desert during this year’s Winter Meetings, the trade was widely panned from the Diamondbacks’ perspective. Many observers felt that the Snakes had given up too much young, controllable talent in a myopic search for power, fail