It's been bad! It's been ugly! Again!
As of tonight we have a league leading 20 errors, which is a nice easy number to project going forward. 162 would be the most for a season in the last 30 years, and no team this century has managed more than 145.
More crushingly, 26 of our 81 runs given (32%) have been unearned. They've pretty definitively cost us 3 games so far. Maybe more. It's brutal.
The downside:
Story is out. Reyes and Hamilton have both been brutal. Abreu started terribly, then made some miracle plays, but still seems to suffer with inconsistency. Everyone except the catchers has made at least one boneheaded mistake.
The middleground:
Devers and Casas have been more garden variety bad, which actually feels like a significant improvement over last year?
The good:
The standard outfield configuration is actually pretty great (ignore Rafa's recorded errors, two of those were Abreu's and Casas' faults). Valdez is unexpectedly competent! Romy looked competent for a game! Dalbec has 0 errors because he excels at putting up zeros.
The unknown:
Where does Grissom play on his return and is he an upgrade there? With Refsnyder back, what's the OF configuration and do we see Rafa move to SS?
So let's talk bad and good D here. Defensive highlights are the best part of baseball so feel free to post away. Defensive lowlights build healthy community bonds so feel free to kvetch away too.
As of tonight we have a league leading 20 errors, which is a nice easy number to project going forward. 162 would be the most for a season in the last 30 years, and no team this century has managed more than 145.
More crushingly, 26 of our 81 runs given (32%) have been unearned. They've pretty definitively cost us 3 games so far. Maybe more. It's brutal.
The downside:
Story is out. Reyes and Hamilton have both been brutal. Abreu started terribly, then made some miracle plays, but still seems to suffer with inconsistency. Everyone except the catchers has made at least one boneheaded mistake.
The middleground:
Devers and Casas have been more garden variety bad, which actually feels like a significant improvement over last year?
The good:
The standard outfield configuration is actually pretty great (ignore Rafa's recorded errors, two of those were Abreu's and Casas' faults). Valdez is unexpectedly competent! Romy looked competent for a game! Dalbec has 0 errors because he excels at putting up zeros.
The unknown:
Where does Grissom play on his return and is he an upgrade there? With Refsnyder back, what's the OF configuration and do we see Rafa move to SS?
So let's talk bad and good D here. Defensive highlights are the best part of baseball so feel free to post away. Defensive lowlights build healthy community bonds so feel free to kvetch away too.