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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
Zone Rating is balanced relative to the league. So one plausible case for a player having a negative zone rating despite positive stats is if the league as a whole is using better players. If too many teams have converted SS playing 2B, then he could show a bad ZR despite not actually playing that poorly.
Another possibly is simply the fact that defensive stats are very volatile. In 2022 Bo Bichette was a -16 fielder, but the year before and after he was +3 and +4. Dansby Swanson in 2021 was a -5 fielder, but the year before was +9 (in half a season), and every year since then has put up solid numbers.
-11 is bad, and 10 points different between seasons is a gap in fielding values. But it's not so wide that it could possibly just be some tough luck.
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This should be put on the wiki page.
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