Before we take a look at how the Yankees infield graded out in 2010 let’s start by examining how outs above average (OAA) measures defense. Basically, OAA describes a defender’s contribution to his team by recording how many outs that defender has saved.
Statcast calculates this figure, which can be a plus or minus rating, by recording every play a fielder makes (or doesn’t make) while simultaneously measuring the difficulty of that play. For a more in-depth conceptual description of OAA, click here.
While the previously available Statcast data for outfielders put the Yankees at tenth in the MLB for OAA, scoring a +3, the new infield data released on January eighth, 2020 shows the Yankees in 28th out of the 30 Major League teams with a mark of -18.