The Angels thought the addition of smooth-fielding shortstop Jose Iglesias would elevate an infield that included third baseman Anthony Rendon and second baseman David Fletcher to one of the best defensive units in baseball.
With center fielder Mike Trout committing himself to “the fundamentals” he said he got away from in 2020, which he called a “bad year” defensively, and left fielder Justin Upton healthy and in better shape after an injury-marred 2019, the outfield defense figured to improve.
One month into the season, the traditional statistics and advanced metrics say otherwise.