The D-backs defense in 2024: Good, bad or indifferent?

As mentioned earlier in the week, the D-backs had more players nominated for Gold Gloves than anyone else: five at all, including three infielder and two outfielders. That’s a sharp uptick on the previous season. But does that mean their defense overall was better than in 2023? Let’s crunch the numbers across a broad range of metrics - measuring defense being what it is - and see if we can come to any conclusions. In all these categories, the first number is last year’s figure, and the second represents this season’s number.

Errors: 56 vs. 62

There’s not much difference there - about one extra error per month. Additionally, the numbers for each position were typically plus or minus one from…