[Nelson] Wow, FanGraphs views Christian Vazquez as REALLY valuable defensively. Twins leaders according to the Defensive Runs Above Average (DEF) metric: 1. Vazquez – 13.9 2. Correa – 5.0 3. Taylor – 4.9 4. Kepler – 2.1 5. Farmer – 1.9 6. Jeffers – 1.4 Vazquez is 8th of 98 MLB catchers

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  1. 1. Vazquez – 13.9
    2. Correa – 5.0
    3. Taylor – 4.9
    4. Kepler – 2.1
    5. Farmer – 1.9
    6. Jeffers – 1.4

  2. Well obviously Fangraphs doesn’t watch games because I’ve seen at least a handful of throwing errors and passed balls so far this year

    And that’s not even touching on his catcher ERA /s

  4. Catchers get a higher positional adjustment than any other position (+12.5), so it’s not super surprising that he’s leading the team. But considering Jeffers and Vaz are so different despite a similar number of games/PAs, I was curious where the difference came from:

    Baseball Savant says [Vaz](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/christian-vazquez-543877?stats=statcast-r-catching-mlb) has been better than [Jeffers](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/ryan-jeffers-680777?stats=statcast-r-catching-mlb) in all defensive categories: framing (+2 vs. -2 framing runs), steal attempts (0 vs. -4 CS above average), and blocking (3 vs. -2 blocks above average).

    They have Vaz at +2 defensive runs this year, and Jeffers at -5 which more or less aligns with FanGraphs’ assessment (if 0 on BS = 12.5 on FG).

    (Made a small edit for readability)

  6. Only time I saw a costly error was a back pick attempt at 3rd. Hit the runner and it cost a run. Otherwise, been a rock behind the plate. Now with a bat in his hands…

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