This is the fourth in a series of rankings of major-league defenders, highlighting the top ten and bottom five at each position. Many readers have written in to ask that we include actual ZR and RF numbers in these articles. Due to intellectual property concerns, that s not something we can do. What we can include, and will from now on, is the approximate percentile score for a defender in a given statistic.
Left field is a very tough position to assess.
If they could throw, they d be in right field. There are some exceptions, but the top ten listed below got pretty painful to look at after about the first six or seven. Unless otherwise noted, these defenders don t throw particularly well, be it in terms of form, speed of release, velocity or accuracy. The Top 1. Darin Erstad , Anaheim .