2025 Leaders: Outfield Situational Fielding A metric created by @sunshinevvn using Statcast data as the base, but also considering each play's impact on win probability:

Yet another great five-star catch that PCA made look much easier! 15% initially on this one, jump was an insane +10.2 feet above average!

If you're planning to respond "BUT HE DID MISS THAT ONE PITCH" please immediately volunteer to umpire for your local little league or youth program. They really need umps so kids can play baseball.

@sunshinevvn Please visit the app yourself for full description and details. It's a super fun app to search, you can look at details of any player, searchable by player and really anything you like:

It's a shame that "sign your home-grown ace to an extension" isn't the first option here...

If you've umped even at a low level, you know that foul tip/hit by pitch on the bunt is a nearly impossible call for the home plate ump. The impact was even obscured by the catcher's mitt. He needs help from field umps, and the replay system should just make the call, not look

Alan Porter, the best ump in baseball, with another masterpiece last night: ~96% accuracy on taken pitches ~97% overall consistency (Ump Scorecards) Five hours of tense baseball 472 pitches: no miss by more than an inch, with only five framed misses

A full season of Kyle Schwarber playing LF in Yankee Stadium would be must-see TV. He only played 66 innings of LF this season and was on pace for roughly -40 DRS and OAA with a full workload out there.

Lot of good stuff here, and in the attached article. I'll do the same after the season, Gold Gloves for each league and an all-defensive squad. Curious what you disagree with here:

Orion just panicked. I feel awful for him.

All you had to do was throw to first base.

Just 55% initially on this one, nice grab by Max Kepler!

Ernie Clement led all of baseball in Defensive Runs Saved this season with 22 (tied w/ Steven Kwan)

Rest in peace, Mike “Gator” Greenwell He continued a long tradition of excellence patrolling left field at Fenway Park, following in the footsteps of Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and Jim Rice. Gator was a career .303 hitter and a fan favorite. RIP Legend, NEPTA This Man 🙏

Not enough people talk about Curt Simmons • 193-183 (.513 W-L%), 3.54 ERA, 111 ERA+ • 3x AS, played 20 big league seasons • 1964 WS Champion with St. Louis • 0.977 WHIP in the postseason • 43.3 WAR, 462 GS, 3348.1 IP • Had 10+ CG 7x, 200+ IP 8x • Led NL in ERA+ (141) in

Kyle Schwarber hit this ball 647.8172519 feet

"If you are the Toronto Blue Jays, you're going to want to score more runs than the Yankees tonight"

Just 30% probability initially on this great sliding grab by Cody Bellinger! +7.2 foot jump above average and 30.0 ft/sec are both outstanding, huge early play in this game to save a run.

"One player the Blue Jays might want to keep an eye on tonight is Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge"

Having studied pitch-tipping for quite some time now, I assure you the best teams are usually very subtle with their signals. They don't want you to know they have your pitches.