We like to salute the players who came in second in the voting at each position because they’re very good defenders too.
The World Series features two teams that ranked in the top five in Defensive Runs Saved, so hits may be tough to get.
SIS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Fielding Bible Awards. This marks the 20th season that we have honored the best defensive players in MLB. The awards are voted on by a panel of ...
Kade Anderson blends a deep arsenal with intensity and guts to bully hitters. Anderson possesses above-average stuff across the board, and while his pitch shapes might not be an outlier, his results ...
In an NFL Draft that possesses a lot of talent at the top with really good depth in a handful of positions, what are teams going to do come Draft night? How many QBs go in Round 1? When does the first ...
Earlier this week, Zack Meisel of The Athletic wrote an interesting article about catchers and their getting hit in the groin by foul balls more often in the era of the one-knee-down catcher stance.
Every NFL season we see young players who haven’t cracked the starting lineup, but nevertheless flash big-time potential. These players have taken advantage of their limited opportunities and hope to ...
If you haven’t figured it out by now, we like defense here and the tone of what we write about often reflects that. This year’s Super Bowl is ripe for talk about defense because the best defensive ...
There were a few dozen instances in 2024 of a team’s position group finishing the year with -10 Defensive Runs Saved or worse. For example, Giants center fielders totaled -24 Runs Saved, Padres ...
The NBA Finals are upon us, and bringing with them a taste of pre-millenium flavor. In 1999, the Knicks faced off against a Spurs team led by a generational 22-year-old big man and defensive savant: ...