One more look at Gorkys’ defense

Gorkys Hernandez made one standout play this afternoon and another play I just consider to be cool, but neither should come as a surprise since he’s been the Giants’ best outfielder all season.

None of the stats back this up, of course, so the conventional wisdom is that the Giants have done themselves a huge disservice by having him on the roster. FanGraphs’ defensive stats

Statcast credits him with only 2 Outs Above Average (42nd in MLB), which they define as

Outs Above Average (OAA) is the cumulative effect of all individual Catch Probability plays a fielder has been credited or debited with, making it a range-based metric of fielding skill that accounts for the number of plays made and the…