Earlier this year I released my own set of UZR/150 projections. Now that the Royals have finally set on the basics of a roster, let's look at how the players project to do defensively this season. Here is a list of how each player projects to do at each position they have played previously over the last 4 years (link to a primer article on UZR):
| Name | Position | Games at Position (last 4 years) | UZR/150 |
| Alex Gordon | 1B | 32 | 1 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 192 | -4 |
| Willie Bloomquist | 2B | 56 | -2 |
| Alberto Callaspo | 2B | 205 | -3 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 113 | -4 |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 125 | 6 |
| Alberto Callaspo | SS | 32 | 1 |
| Willie Bloomquist | SS | 87 | -4 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 595 | -10 |
| Alberto Callaspo | 3B | 35 | 2 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 319 | -1 |
| Mike Aviles | 3B | 9 | -2 |
| Josh Fields | 3B | 146 | -8 |
| David DeJesus | LF | 283 | 11 |
| Rick Ankiel | LF | 44 | 3 |
| Willie Bloomquist | LF | 33 | 2 |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 277 | -2 |
| Josh Fields | LF | 22 | -2 |
| Billy Butler | LF | 6 | -2 |
| Alberto Callaspo | LF | 6 | -3 |
| Jose Guillen | LF | 49 | -5 |
| Brian Anderson | CF | 298 | 0 |
| David DeJesus | CF | 288 | 0 |
| Scott Podsednik | CF | 88 | -3 |
| Rick Ankiel | CF | 177 | -5 |
| Willie Bloomquist | CF | 100 | -5 |
| Willie Bloomquist | RF | 90 | -1 |
| David DeJesus | RF | 26 | -3 |
| Jose Guillen | RF | 350 | -11 |
Using the lineup of: Butler (1B), Callaspo (2B), Betancout (SS), Gordon (3B), Ankiel (RF), Podsednik (CF) and DeJesus (LF) here is the projected defense:
With Gordon out and Callaspo going to 3rd and Getz to 2B, looks like the defensive may improve. I might do more of these graphs depending on what kind of lineup Hillman and Moore continue to think up.
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