Visualize former New York Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez for a moment. What do you see?
Something just about all of us spot is a glove on his hand.
Ordonez may be going for a ball in the hall. He may be making an off-balance throw. He may be diving straight up for a line drive. Whatever it is you see, he’s fielding a baseball.
Ordonez was a spectacular defender during his MLB career. In 1999, he put together one of the all-time great seasons any player in the game ever has.
Back then, measuring a player’s defensive abilities was about only a few things.