Thanks to the incredible team over at Baseball Savant, fans have a fun new defensive metric to sift through while we wait for warmer weather and baseball season to come back around. As a Baltimore Orioles fan, these new numbers won’t make you feel any better about the product on the field, but it’s something new to look at and monitor as the 2020 season progresses.
Baseball Savant now has Outs Above Average numbers for infielders after having this information limited to outfielders for the last few years. Mike Petriello posted a primer on how the numbers are calculated, how to work through the leaderboards and tools, and a quick comparison to Defensive Runs Saved and Ultimate Zone Rating.