The Dodgers have been near the forefront of the analytic movement, and part of that includes an emphasis on defense and numbers.
While publicly available defensive data isn’t nearly as in-depth or reliable as private data, there’s one thing that doesn’t lie: Defensive positioning.
That has been a big story in the first two games of the World Series, as the Dodgers have allowed a few runs because of poor defensive positioning in the outfield.
In Game 1, Yasiel Puig was guilty of playing too deep, and it showed when he threw home on an Andrew Benintendi RBI single in the first inning.