The story makes a really good case for not using errors so heavily when judging a player’s defense. It’s ultimately a stat that relies on the judgement of the official scorer.
I know he admits his theory was wrong, but I think it’s funny he at first blames the first baseman when Spencer Steer was a gold glove finalist.
Very interesting. From what I read this is a shared problem of Elly accuracy and first basemen not confident in playing balls that speed off the dirt. So do we think Steer with practice can get better at scooping 90 mph balls in the dirt?
Four of those balls literally bounced off the palm of the first baseman’s glove – how in the world were those scored as errors for Elly? Even putting aside the arguments about Elly’s defense, any major league first baseman should be able to scoop those out of the dirt. If it hits the inside of the first baseman’s glove directly in front of the first baseman it should be scored as an error on the first baseman 100% of the time.
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The story makes a really good case for not using errors so heavily when judging a player’s defense. It’s ultimately a stat that relies on the judgement of the official scorer.
I know he admits his theory was wrong, but I think it’s funny he at first blames the first baseman when Spencer Steer was a gold glove finalist.
Very interesting. From what I read this is a shared problem of Elly accuracy and first basemen not confident in playing balls that speed off the dirt. So do we think Steer with practice can get better at scooping 90 mph balls in the dirt?
Four of those balls literally bounced off the palm of the first baseman’s glove – how in the world were those scored as errors for Elly? Even putting aside the arguments about Elly’s defense, any major league first baseman should be able to scoop those out of the dirt. If it hits the inside of the first baseman’s glove directly in front of the first baseman it should be scored as an error on the first baseman 100% of the time.