We recently documented Tampa Bay Rays’ defensive wizard, Kevin Kiermaier‘s excellence in centerfield in a comparison article with Jackie Bradley Jr.
You can read that article in the link below. Now we take a look at his bat. We all wish for more out of Kiermaier’s bat, but has the criticism gotten a little out of hand recently?
Run Save = Run Earned?
Since 2014, only one player has more defensive runs saved than Kevin Kiermair. That player is Andrelton Simmons and he has 138 defensive runs saved, according to Fangraphs.