However, if it were done, I believe the results would lead to many interesting changes in thinking about a lot of players. Sometimes people don’t want to see things like that because it calls their “judgment” into question.
I completely agree. What you’re describing is a QFC(Quality Fielding Chance), and is while easier to quantify than a QAB, its still something very difficult to track. Its not that it couldn’t be done, but it would take one heck of a lot of judgment that would require scorers to see and understand a lot more of the field than they do now. Those are things like charting pitchers, where if someone thinks they’re worthwhile to track, they’ll have to get someone other than the scorer to do it because s/he’s got more than enough to do already.
However, if it were done, I believe the results would lead to many interesting changes in thinking about a lot of players. Sometimes people don’t want to see things like that because it calls their “judgment” into question.
However, if it were done, I believe the results would lead to many interesting changes in thinking about a lot of players. Sometimes people don’t want to see things like that because it calls their “judgment” into question.