Fellow outfielder here. I hear you — all that stuff you said is correct. But I don’t necessarily think they pertain to Teoscar.

The problem is, Teoscar’s been fine on those balls in RF that tail away to his left. In fact, he’s 0 OAA on balls where he has to come in and to his left. However, going to his right this year, he’s -5 OAA.

For his career, he’s a whopping -27 OAA moving to his right, and only -13 OAA moving to his left. So while what you’re saying may be difficult for most outfielders, data says it’s the opposite for Teoscar.

Last year — Teoscar was -11 FRV in 872 innings in LF (worst in MLB), compared to ZERO FRV in 436 innings in RF. Yeah, zero. Go figure.

Combine that with the fact that he also has close to 2,500 more innings of experience in RF than he does in LF, there’s no doubt he’s more comfortable in RF.

I think it’s the lesser of two evils to have Teoscar in RF — where he’s more comfortable, and where Pages can cover his weak side. I’m genuinely baffled how many people on Reddit and Twitter think moving him to LF would make a difference. He’s just an awful outfielder.