The San Diego Padres shortstop, Freddy Galvis, is an established MLB player, and fielder. The Friars’ projected starting second baseman, Carlos Asuaje, is not.
As the Padres get ready to kick off the regular-season, one can only imagine the possibilities of how this much-improved middle-infield defense should benefit this team. With a staff full of groundball pitchers, this duo could potentially end up being instrumental in their success.
In just 680.2 innings at second last season for the Pads, Carlos Asuaje (fangraphs.com) had a fielding percentage of .992 and an ultimate zone rating (UZR) of 1.