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Re: Paul Swydan Believes Braves Will Catch Nats
« Reply #250: August 21, 2012, 10:51:10 AM »
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/fielding/split/82

Errors by shortstrops: 12 (8 teams have fewer)
Fielding percentage of shortstops: .978 (9 teams are better)
Assists by shortstops: 365 (10 teams have more)
Put-outs by shortstops: 163 (ranked 23rd in MLB)

7 of those 12 errors belong to Tyler Pastornicky.

Combined Janish and Simmons have 18 DRS in about 600 innings. That would put them second, behind Brendan Ryan of Seattle. And he has 200 more innings. You give them the same 890 innings and they have 26 DRS, which would be best in baseball. If you extrapolate out to 1000 innings, they're single handedly running away with it. They have a fielding percentage of .987 which would make them third. I have no idea how to calculate their UZR, but Simmons was on his way to one of the greatest defensive seasons every by a shortstop.

At worst, the Braves have the best defense at shortstop in the NL.