DELTA, which conducts data analysis using sabermetrics, announced the team UZR ranking after the interleague game, and Yakult ranked 3rd out of 12 teams.
They are overwhelmingly number one in the Central League!
[1st Army] 2022 Team UZR As of the end of the interleague match
21.4 Seibu
21.0 Softbank
20.5 Yakult
18.4 Rakuten
6.0 Hiroshima
4.0 Nippon Ham
-2.6 Hanshin
-2.7 Lotte
-14.9 Chunichi
-18.7 Yomiuri
-24.6 Oryx
-27.9 DeNAhttps://t.co/rZ5XOX1Gt6
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What is UZR?
UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) is a defensive evaluation index that shows how many points a player has prevented from conceding compared to an average fielder in the same defensive position defending the same defensive opportunity. An average defender at that defensive position will have a UZR of zero, while an excellent defender will have a value like +10 or +20.
No errors in 9 games starting in the middle of the interleague game
Lately, I've been thinking that a lot of fans of other teams have mentioned their defensive ability in their # professional baseball pitches, but when you look at the numbers like this, it's amazing. (Especially between two players)
Yakult's strength lies in their solid defense. Almost all UZRs are +. (Osuna, Tetsu Yamada, Murakami, Nagaoka, Shiomi)
— Chino-chan scolded team (@yuikaorinope) June 6, 2022
I was curious, so I looked it up and found that they had played 9 games without an error since the last game against Lotte on June 2nd.
Watching the game, the efforts of the middle relievers are shining brightly, but the starting lineup is not that perfect, and the batting staff, although they are competitive, are not as good as they were during the time when they were said to be the hotbed of the Central Central area. I'm not saying that they were disappointed, but I think it was thanks to their solid defense that they didn't feel like they were going to lose.
Reference article:Summary of professional baseball proposals for Yakult and next opponent Orix
Who is the winning UZR in 2021?
In fact, UZR in 2021, who won the championship, was the worst Central League team.
Additionally, Hanshin is the worst in the league in terms of fielding percentage and number of errors (.984 fielding percentage, 86 errors). They were faced with defensive issues, but surprisingly, Yakult, who won the league, were the worst in the league when looking at the index ``UZR''. Yakult has a large difference of -16.3 compared to Hanshin's -2.4. Yakult does not have any players with excellent defensive metrics, and the numbers of their assistants, Osuna and Santana, are extremely low.
Even though Santana, who has poor defensive ability, is missing, UZR's improvement is definitely a sign that he should "grow."
In particular, Nagaoka ranks second among 12 teams as a shortstop.
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