How did defensive metrics help to save Jake Arrieta’s no hitter? Because they motivated Joe Maddon to ask his outfielders to play more deeply, and that put Dexter Fowler in a perfect position to haul in Devin Mesoraco’s eighth-inning liner.
How did defensive metrics help to save Jake Arrieta’s no hitter? Because they motivated Joe Maddon to ask his outfielders to play more deeply, and that put Dexter Fowler in a perfect position to haul in Devin Mesoraco’s eighth-inning liner.