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Defense MAY be overtuned

4 points · submitted Aug 2026 by u/thisusedyet

Traded for a decent pitcher from the Royals, thinking he'd be a good #3 - and he turned into a Cy Young candidate. Either I've assembled a god tier defensive squad or KC tried trotting out 9 first basemen.

2037 was the year of the trade - played 2/3 of the year in KC and 1/3 in NY. LOOKIT THAT WHIP AND BABIP

https://preview.redd.it/ptewtoy3oclh1.png?width=1480&format=png&auto=webp&s=66b3297a44923851aaa6f2ea194bda402b23b50d

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20-80 Scale NYY KC
C - Block/Frame/Arm 70/65/55 65/60/70
1B - Height/Range/Error/Arm/DP 6'6"/50/45/40/50 6'2"/40/35/35/35
2B - Range/Error/Arm/DP 65/60/50/50 65/55/60/60
3B - Range/Error/Arm/DP 50/50/60/35 55/50/65/60
SS - Range/Error/Arm/DP 70/60/60/70 50/55/40/65
LF - Range/Error/Arm 65/55/50 65/60/45
CF - Range/Error/Arm 75/55/50 60/55/60
RF - Range/Error/Arm 60/65/55 65/60/65

No idea why KC doesn't flip their SS & 2B, but that can't make THAT much of a difference, can it?

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MizukiRokushima 3 points · Aug 2026

So I've noticed a few things:

  1. The most noticeable thing, BABIP got lower at a ridiculous rate, you have a Bobby Witt and Jacob Young lookalike playing SS and CF, meanwhile KC put Pre-Giants Luis Arraez at SS and a slightly above average corner outfielder as their CF.
  2. Walk rate goes down, your catcher does indeed have better frame than KC's one, but not by much
  3. His HR rate went down by a LOT, and looking at his ratings, his HR rate with KC is probably his true skill and is getting pretty lucky in a small sample size
  4. Overall, a pitcher with 55/50/55 rating slash look to me like a really good #2 option, longterm I don't think he's a true ace for a good team
thisusedyet [OP] 1 points · Aug 2026

He's my #4 at the moment - apologies for the bigass picture, replies can only have one picture per comment.

Just finished another turn through the rotation, figured about halfway through the year was as good a time as any to do this (not going to make you wait a couple weeks for me to finish the season).

Painter (my ace) just came back off an injury, that's why the incredibly small sample size.

Lozano (the #2) opted out of his first contract as a International Free Agent and forced me to go through arbitration, I'm not that insane

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