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You're using the term "good" in a mathematical, relative sense.
I'm using it in a scouting sense.  The #7 and #8 center fielders in the American League are tremendous defensive players.   Right now, Curtis Granderson and Torii Hunter are rated as neutral CF's by UZR/150.
If you were to somehow pull up a chair in the OF and *watch* Torii Hunter tear after a fly ball and snag it nonchalantly, you'd suddenly understand exactly what I mean.  No human being on earth could do it FAR better than the guys currently playing CF in the AL.
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But since you ask, the #2 and #3 UZR qualified CF's in the AL right now are Upton and Gomez, and Fangraphs has Gutierrez saving +14 and +17 runs more than them over 150 games.
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MY complaint is that UZR claims +15, +20 runs for Gutierrez over some other guy who can really carry the mail, such as Torii Hunter, and I know that can't be true.
But even on YOUR terms, right now UZR *is* giving Gutierrez credit for +14 to +50 (!) runs over ALL the other qualifiers in the AL.

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