At the time of recording, Brice Turang is a top 3 second baseman in Defensive Runs Saved, but a league average second baseman in StatCast's Fielding Run Value and Outs Above Average.
What gives? This video is to show you how Statcast's computers read defense into probabilities based on opportunity time and sprint speeds.
Sometimes the eye test doesn't match what the stats say, and that's okay!
FURTHER READING:
Fielding Bible's DRS calculation: [ Ссылка ]
StatCast's Fielding calculations: [ Ссылка ]
StatCast's Outs Above Average calculation: [ Ссылка ]
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