The Diamondbacks’ are blessed with a wealth of high-profile prospects, with no less than five prospects in Keith Law’s top 100 prospects – and that’s with newly acquired catcher Gabriel Moreno missing out on the list due to his 61
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Tag: Nick Ahmed
What infield OAA tells us about shortstops?
As I have stated previously the Infield Outs Above Average (OAA) metrics available on Baseball Savant contains a plethora of information. You can look at individuals and not only see their overall defensive value but you can breakdown the individuals
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What can Statcast’s Infield OAA tell us about positioning?
In my previous piece, on the intro to infield outs above average (OAA), I quickly compared Marcus Semien and Javier Baez. I showed you that, in 2019, Baez had 19 OAA and Semien has -4 OAA. This analytically tells us
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