Isiah Kiner-Falefa came into 2020 with a reputation among Rangers fans, and within the organization, for being a strong defensive infielder. There’s been a lack of clarity about his defensive work in the infield, however, due to the efforts to have him convert to catching, which started in 2016 and were not abandoned until last summer.
Mike Petriello has a piece up at MLB.com on the best defensive infielders in baseball this year per the Statcast metrics, and he said on Twitter that his takeaway in working on this piece was “Wow, Isiah Kiner-Falefa.