I respectfully disagree. If we watch games and keep in mind the fly balls normal outfielders don’t quite get to, and then replay the innings as if Buxton did get to those fly balls, the runs can add up in a hurry. Maybe not always, but much more often than you are giving credit, I would bet. I played this game with myself late last season. The Twins were playing Kansas City. Someone on the Royals, with two outs, hit a shallow fly ball to right center. Jake Cave was unable to reach it and it landed for a hit. The Royals went on to score 3 runs that inning. It’s unknown if Buxton would have reached that particular ball. Some in the game thread disagreed. But I think he would have. Catching that one batted ball would have ended the inning and saved the next three runs. You could argue just that single hit was worth 3 runs. That was just one instance. Sure, a hit is a hit, and just one baserunner, but I think you are underestimating the value of recording an out and getting to the end of an inning sooner. I’d be happy to open a separate thread and track this with you for this Detroit series, if you like!