Yasiel Puig for Gold Glove? Let’s look at the numbers

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LOS ANGELES — It is election season, so there is no better time to present your case to the voters.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made an interesting case for his candidate Tuesday, saying that Yasiel Puig is a Gold Glove right fielder at the present time.

“From the eye test to the metrics or whatever, he’s playing Gold Glove defense,” Roberts said before Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets. “That’s the respect he has for his teammates. What he is not doing with the bat right now, he’s certainly doing with the glove.”

Puig’s latest highlight-reel play was a diving catch in the second inning Monday night to rob the Mets’ Juan Lagares. But the dazzling play has never been Puig’s issue, it has been the little things like taking good routes to balls, making sensible throws over high-risk ones and hitting the cutoff man.

So do the metrics actually support Roberts’ Gold Glove case for Puig?

According to ESPN Stats & Information, Puig has seven defensive runs saved this season, which is not only second among right fielders, but also fourth among all players.

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig already has …

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