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Did Alec Bohm improve defensively?

Related Topics: Alec Bohm, Bobby Dickerson, Matt Gelb

Fielding statistics are still so subjective to me. There has been so much improvement in trying to quantify the kind of fielder a player is now that we aren’t strictly going by fielding percentage and errors. Those two stats are still useful, but to a point. Player A might have a sterling .996 fielding percentage, but if he isn’t able to go more than two or three steps to his left/right, is he really all that good with the glove? Adding Hawkeye to stadiums has helped immensely as it is able to capture more granularly what a player is doing in the field, how well he moves, etc.