Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are probably all too aware of tough it was to watch the team play defense in 2018. According to Andrew Simon of MLB.com the numbers match the eye test as the Cardinals ranked 28 in Outs Above Average. Per MLB’s glossary:
Outs Above Average (OAA) is a range-based metric of skill that shows how many outs a player has saved. Prior to 2020, OAA was an outfield-only metric. But it has been expanded to include infielders...
... Outs Above Average for infielders takes the following factors into account.