{"id":117141,"date":"2025-08-28T23:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/117141\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:29:26","slug":"mlbs-best-and-worst-defender-at-every-position-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/117141\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB&#8217;s Best and Worst Defender at Every Position in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Best: Ke&#8217;Bryan Hayes, Pittsburgh Pirates\/Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Metrics: 1,020.2 INN, 16 DRS, 17 OAA, 13 FRV, .985 fielding%<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Hayes has piled up <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/leaders\/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=fld&amp;lg=all&amp;type=1&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;season1=2021&amp;season=2025&amp;qual=0&amp;sortcol=12&amp;sortdir=default&amp;pagenum=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">87 DRS<\/a> since his first full season in the big leagues in 2021, which is head and shoulders above Steven Kwan (64) for the most in the majors during that span. His 2023 NL Gold Glove win snapped a streak of 10 straight for Nolan Arenado at the hot corner, and he now stands as the game&#8217;s elite defensive third baseman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Worst: Yo\u00e1n Moncada, Los Angeles Angels<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Metrics: 429.0 INN, -11 DRS, -8 OAA, -6 FRV, .944 fielding%<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Moncada has been a useful hitter when healthy this season, posting a 112 OPS+ in 202 plate appearances, but most of his offensive value has been undercut by his dreadful defense. Originally signed and developed as a second baseman, he has never provided much in the way of defensive value, even at his peak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best: Ke&#8217;Bryan Hayes, Pittsburgh Pirates\/Cincinnati Reds Metrics: 1,020.2 INN, 16 DRS, 17 OAA, 13 FRV, .985 fielding% Hayes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-117141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}