I was half-hesitant to harp on Shelton about how error-prone this team is (currently last in baseball, was last in 2020). However, they were this bad before he arrived. In fact, they’ve been in the bottom ten in errors since 2009, when they actually led the league. In between that time period were six bottom-three finishes; even in the 98-win season they were second-to-last in the MLB.
It’s not that this surprises me after watching them during that time, but how do you even explain it? From 2007-09 they finished in the top five in errors twice, right around the time the Connelly/Huntington/Hurdle regime came into place. Could it be the coaches and instructional techniques that were implemented throughout the system? Might be something to follow as time goes on.