If you’ve watched more than a few Atlanta Braves games in 2017, the following won’t seem controversial to you.
The team regularly deploys one tremendous defensive outfielder and two... not so tremendous defensive outfielders.
Ender Inciarte, who took home a Gold Glove award for his efforts in 2016, is considered to be one of the best defensive outfielders in the sport. Even before arriving in Atlanta, the leadoff man regularly landed among the league leaders in defensive metrics including DRS and, well, that hasn’t stopped on the way to an All-Star appearance.
On the flip side, there is Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis.