February 15, 2007
Kills and Holds
John Walsh delivers his outfield arm rankings for 2006 at The Hardball Times. I especially like the graph he includes, showing where the outfielders lie on a runners held vs. runners killed basis. The upper right quadrant is fascinating. It's the quadrant where fielders are good at both, but within that quadrant an increase in an ability to kill a runner leads to a decrase in the ability to hold a runner. So no one comes close to being great at both.
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If an outfielder is good at holding runners, he'll have lower runners killed because they won't run on him. If an outfielder is bad at holding runners, he has more chances to make kills.
