BREAKING NEWS! The much maligned Oriole's defense, which has been beyond dreadful at times, is no longer the worst in the majors! Colorado currently leads all of baseball with 98 errors and has 4 more errors than the O's. The amount of errors that separate the bottom of the pack is relatively small and the O's could find themselves out of the bottom 5 rather quickly....possibly even by the end of the week. Two other intriguing contending clubs that aren't far behind the O's are the Rays and the Giants.
While they're still the second worst fielding team, they've improved a lot and you have to give credit to DD and Showalter for pushing the right buttons and improving the club dramatically on defense with Quintanilla, McLouth, Reynolds and Machado all the while still getting some offensive output. No doubt that Quintanilla and McLouth aren't long term solutions to their positions but it's certainly what the team needed as we forge ahead into September.
The best fielding teams in terms of amount of errors committed are:
Seattle 50 yes that number is indeed correct ... almost of what the O's have
New York Yankees 57
Chicago White Sox 59
Atlanta 65
Texas 69
Cleveland 71
Washington 72
Arizona 72
Save for the Mariners and the Indians, all of those clubs are found among the top five in many power rankings.
