Although neither are perfect, they are two of the better defensive metrics available today. Team Pitching Stats
and play-by-play data provided by Baseball Info Solutions. Although neither are perfect, they are two of the better defensive metrics available today. While his weighted average UZR/150 of 6.55 equates to slightly above average, he posted four seasons in the top 25 for every Reds player this decade. Minor League Leaders Defensive Stats Brandon Phillips, Billy Hamilton and Todd Frazier are the Reds representatives this year. The à ... Duffy and Arenado each have the edge in various defensive metrics.
UZR has him at 6.9, which means essentially the same thing only with decimals. Luckily, I do keep a data dump from FanGraphs handy on my computer. For the team, let’s start with the regular defensive stats (all stats are going into Saturday). That said, one of these names surprises me and the other does not.Coming in behind Leake with 24 DRS for 2nd most among Reds pitchers makes sense given his longevity, but his DRS per 150 innings is very strong as well, essentially tying Leake and coming in ahead of nearly every other Reds pitcher. He also boasts a top 30 MLB season for second baseman with his 2010 performance and cracks the top 10 for overall defensive value, hovering around Chase Utley, Sean Rodriguez and Whit Merrifield. Yadier Molina’s 2013 season with 30 DRS is tops, so he really wasn’t all that far off. Mets third baseman Todd Frazier made a mental mistake on a ground ball by the Cincinnati Reds' Aristides Aquino in the first inning, leading to the Reds' first run in a 3-2 victory. Splits Leaders While this doesn’t make him any more valuable to the Reds, it certainly validates what we had seen for those six years that he was with the team. Cozart’s 2014 stands out as his crown jewel at short. Pitching Stats Given Leake’s impressive durability and less-stressful pitching strategy, he could very well continue adding to that total as his career progresses.Coming in with the 6th most DRS for the Reds at 33, Phillips shows up as an anchor for the franchise. Pitching: Todd Frazier. I will also add I did not have access to Gold Glove data, but since Billy Hamilton never won a Gold Glove, I am going to disregard them for this analysis.Pitcher defense (along with catchers) is even harder to measure than other position players, as there is not even UZR data available.
All this does is make me miss Johnny even more.Having racked up 18 additional DRS with Seattle and St. Louis, Leake’s 43 total DRS rank 4th among all MLB pitchers.
His 2016 and 2018 seasons are both in the top 15 for the Reds and for all MLB left fielders. by Retrosheet.
2020 Pre-Season Projections Current Depth Charts This category should be a battle between those two. Guts! (8/6/2020)
NL 2B: Phillips, Dee Gordon (MIA) and DJ LeMahieu (COL).
I also cannot claim to remember any particular pitchers with standout defense. All minor league baseball data provided by Major League Baseball Advanced Media While his numbers are pretty good, Brandon is a player who cannot be defined by numbers alone, as those who watched him can certainly attest to.Rounding out the top 5 for the Reds with 39 DRS and a nearly 7 weighted average UZR/150, Duvall is no fluke to be mentioned in the best Reds defenders of the last ten years.
While Cozart did decline a bit in the following years, he was still average, if not above average according to the metrics. He may not have been a defensive wizard, but all-in-all he was an incredibly talented and reliable defender that served the Reds very well.Matthew Habel was born and mostly raised in Cincinnati and was always a Reds fan growing up. Defense could be argued as the most exciting aspect of the game, and it is safe to say the Reds had their share of exciting players over the last ten seasons.The numbers that are referenced are DRS (Defensive Runs Saved) and UZR/150 (Ultimate Zone Rating per 150 innings). The numbers that are referenced are DRS (Defensive Runs Saved) and UZR/150 (Ultimate Zone Rating per 150 innings). His 2016 campaign, a top 30 season for all MLB centerfielders this decade, ranks 2nd of any Reds in the 2010s with 15.3 UZR/150.His cumulative DRS (56) and is the best of any Reds player and his weighted average UZR/150 (8.15) is 2nd to the spectacular Billy Hamilton. Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg) . On these scales, 0 is average. So not only was he a great pitcher, he was apparently a pretty good defender as well. Check out our Reported as the pre-2020 season number of waiver options remaining. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Frazier hit for his highest batting average in four seasons in 2019, but his time back home in the NYC metro area was otherwise a step back from what fantasy owners enjoyed when he was in the Midwest. His totals are not quite on par with the rest of the league, but his best year defensively did clear the top 25 performances for all MLB pitchers.