Glove story: Defensive improvement keys Angels fast start
Fielding Independent Pitching calculates what an ERA should be based simply on the strikeouts, walks and home runs, as if the pitchers have no control over what happens on balls in play. The, but their actual ERA is 3.37. That’s the fourth largest positive gap in baseball, suggesting that the Angels’ defense is helping their pitchers more than most teams’ defenses.
That does not account for the quality of the contact, though, which is at least partially the pitcher’s responsibility. If pitchers are giving up more hard-hit balls, it’s going to be tougher for the defense to catch them. Expected batting average calculates what the expected batting average would be based on the exit velocity and launch angle of the balls in play. Angels pitchers have allowed an expected batting average of .248, but a real batting average of .213, which isThat suggests the Angels’ defense is turning more than their fair share of hits into outs because of the quality of the defenders and the positioning..
The player at the center of all that is shortstop Andrew Velazquez, who is the face of the Angels’ defensive improvement. “Velazquez has made some plays at short that I’ve never really seen before,” first baseman Jared Walsh said.
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