These are the team Defensive Runs Saved leaders for 2024. There’s still some auditing going on, so numbers may shift by a run or two … and there’s really no difference between 2 teams separated by a couple runs.
1. Blue Jays, 2. Guardians, 3. Dodgers, 4. Brewers, 5. Tigers, 6. Red Sox, 7. Royals, 8. Mariners, 9. Braves, 10. Rangers and Cubs.
The full lists are available at FanGraphs and at [archive.fieldingbible.com](http://archive.fieldingbible.com) for anyone that wants to see all 30 teams ranked.
Happy to take any questions on our stats and why a team ranks where it does.
cozeners
Clearly defence wins ga— oh never mind.
Basic_Bichette
lol
Leftfeet
As the old saying goes, offense wins games, defense wins championships. Hopefully that holds true this year.
CauliflowerOne5740
What’s the exchange rate for Canadian DRS?
OrthophonicVictrola
Contrary to popular belief it turns out defense does not win championships.
Hot_Injury7719
Oh, the Yankees weren’t top 10 with Gleyber basically juggling the ball every time a grounder came up the middle?
jaysornotandhawks
So surely all these teams made it to the playoffs, right?
…. right?!
ryyzany
DAULTON MFIN VARSHO
notaquarterback
Ross Atkins is pleased
alxndrblack
My King.
Warm_Feed8179
Imagine if the Jays still had Chapman
9bfjo6gvhy7u8
the red sox being #6 is just crazy and shows the struggle of defensive metrics. this team lost so many games on defense. we have at least 3 DH’s on the roster.
abreu, duran, and rafaela all grade as elite by DRS. by statcast OAA duran’s numbers hold up and abreu is fine, but the rest of the team is pure hot garbage.
it could be a dynamic of high peaks and low valleys. or just a team that measures well by the specific thing that DRS measures. but this team did not feel like a top 10 defensive team at all.
sparrowbushpot
So you’re saying if we took the Dbacks lineup, mariners pitching staff, and blue jays defense, they’d be the best team ever
Due_Government4387
Amazing what happens when your good defensive players can actually hit, someone’s gonna have to tell us what that’s like.
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Bunch of playoff teams.
And the Blue Jays!
These are the team Defensive Runs Saved leaders for 2024. There’s still some auditing going on, so numbers may shift by a run or two … and there’s really no difference between 2 teams separated by a couple runs.
1. Blue Jays, 2. Guardians, 3. Dodgers, 4. Brewers, 5. Tigers, 6. Red Sox, 7. Royals, 8. Mariners, 9. Braves, 10. Rangers and Cubs.
The full lists are available at FanGraphs and at [archive.fieldingbible.com](http://archive.fieldingbible.com) for anyone that wants to see all 30 teams ranked.
Happy to take any questions on our stats and why a team ranks where it does.
Clearly defence wins ga— oh never mind.
lol
As the old saying goes, offense wins games, defense wins championships. Hopefully that holds true this year.
What’s the exchange rate for Canadian DRS?
Contrary to popular belief it turns out defense does not win championships.
Oh, the Yankees weren’t top 10 with Gleyber basically juggling the ball every time a grounder came up the middle?
So surely all these teams made it to the playoffs, right?
…. right?!
DAULTON MFIN VARSHO
Ross Atkins is pleased
My King.
Imagine if the Jays still had Chapman
the red sox being #6 is just crazy and shows the struggle of defensive metrics. this team lost so many games on defense. we have at least 3 DH’s on the roster.
abreu, duran, and rafaela all grade as elite by DRS. by statcast OAA duran’s numbers hold up and abreu is fine, but the rest of the team is pure hot garbage.
it could be a dynamic of high peaks and low valleys. or just a team that measures well by the specific thing that DRS measures. but this team did not feel like a top 10 defensive team at all.
So you’re saying if we took the Dbacks lineup, mariners pitching staff, and blue jays defense, they’d be the best team ever
Amazing what happens when your good defensive players can actually hit, someone’s gonna have to tell us what that’s like.