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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Rays Team Fielding - Best Since 2008?
Ben shows that the Rays have been +164 runs (using Dewan) since 2008. Fangraphs has Dewan’s number at +171 runs:
+171 Rays
+164 Cards
+159 Jays
+146 Mariners
+129 A’s
(huge dropoff after that)
...
-74 Whitesox
-99 Redsox
-206 (!!) Royals
FWIW: UZR actually has Reds and Jays in the negative! It has the Giants comfortably at #2.
Anyway, Ben noted that:
The second part of Maddon’s tweet is also telling: the Rays are very aggressive with defensive positioning. The Rays have easily been the most aggressively shifting team in baseball over the past few seasons. In a division notorious for pull-happy sluggers, the Rays do their best to neutralize the impact of balls in play.
Team Shifts
Rays 256
Indians 168
Mets 151
Brewers 113
Angels 106
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