MLB.com released a new fielding metric for infielders earlier this offseason with outs above average. The metric had previously been available for just outfielders before this offseason. Manny Randhawa recently took a look at each team’s best defenders in terms of outs above average coming into the 2020 season.
For the Braves, Ender Inciarte and Dansby Swanson are tied at +3 outs above average. it is notable that Inciarte appeared in just 65 games last season due to injury or would have likely led the team. Josh Donaldson finished 2019 as a +8 but left for Minnesota this offseason.
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