We are looking at a historically bad defensive team this year in the Phillies, hoping to outscore their mistakes, but either way the rest of us are going to be very entertained.
“Other than the outfield, this is mostly the same Phillies lineup that Sports Info Solutions has calculated as the worst defensive team last year. The Phillies’ minus-54 score in SIS’s Defensive Runs Saved metric ranked last in the major leagues. But that isn’t even the most worrisome part.
The part that should really frighten them is that they were at least 86 runs worse, in that runs-saved category, than any of the five NL playoff teams. “
“ But now, here comes Schwarber — who graded out at minus-4 DRS in 87 games in left field last season. And also, here comes Castellanos — whose minus-39 DRS over the past four seasons rank last among all 110 major-league outfielders who appeared in at least 150 games.”
https://theathletic.com/3199047/2022/03/21/stark-can-a-team-as-defensively-challenged-as-the-phillies-win-anything
“Other than the outfield, this is mostly the same Phillies lineup that Sports Info Solutions has calculated as the worst defensive team last year. The Phillies’ minus-54 score in SIS’s Defensive Runs Saved metric ranked last in the major leagues. But that isn’t even the most worrisome part.
The part that should really frighten them is that they were at least 86 runs worse, in that runs-saved category, than any of the five NL playoff teams. “
“ But now, here comes Schwarber — who graded out at minus-4 DRS in 87 games in left field last season. And also, here comes Castellanos — whose minus-39 DRS over the past four seasons rank last among all 110 major-league outfielders who appeared in at least 150 games.”
https://theathletic.com/3199047/2022/03/21/stark-can-a-team-as-defensively-challenged-as-the-phillies-win-anything