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    New "Jump" metric for Outfielders

    https://www.mlb.com/news/new-outfiel...aseball-savant

    Measures how good of a jump outfielders get.

    No surprise that Ender has rated very well here since he's been a top defender with pedestrian sprint speed for a CF. He has really excelled in his reaction time which is down this year and is likely what's dragging his defense numbers down. I suspect his back is the reason for this.

    To add to this: I really wish we had this data available when Andruw played.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    https://www.mlb.com/news/new-outfiel...aseball-savant

    Measures how good of a jump outfielders get.

    No surprise that Ender has rated very well here since he's been a top defender with pedestrian sprint speed for a CF. He has really excelled in his reaction time which is down this year and is likely what's dragging his defense numbers down. I suspect his back is the reason for this.

    To add to this: I really wish we had this data available when Andruw played.
    Andruw would break the system because his jump started before the ball met the bat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Andruw would break the system because his jump started before the ball met the bat.
    Helped to have all time pitchers that would put the ball into a spot based on the catchers mitt but of course Druw was second to none.
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