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2557449, I'm not really sure
Posted by Call It Anything, Wed Jul-20-16 05:15 PM
>I noticed fangraphs likes his defense a lot more than BBRef.
>What's going on there?

The numbers suggest that me might have slightly better range than last year but Fangraphs has him 0-1 on Unlikely (10-40%) plays while he was 6-12 in those last year. He's been similarly sure-handed. So I'm not sure what the difference is. I think he's been good but Fangraphs puts him in the Top 10. Seems like a stretch to me. I don't know what Total Zone and UZR have such different ideas about him thus far. I'm wait for John Dewan to weigh in with some data.

His arm has definitely progressed this year. He had 6 throwing errors last year to 9 assists and 0 errors so far to 5 assists. A big part of that is that other baserunners are holding more often when the ball is hit to RF but he's basically eliminated those eye roll throws he was previously known to unfurl .