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The Angels "Exceptional defense"???

Well a certian writer seems to think that the Angels  have "exceptional defense".

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050808&content_id=1162566& ;vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

While the Angeles have a couple exceptional defensive players: Molina's and Erstad, on a whole thier defense is average at best.

Evidence:
1. Baseball Prospectus Defensive Efficeny stats have them better than 18 teams. (good not excpetional)

2.OF Assists---Dead last in the AL West.

3. 2 most important defensive positions: CF and SS. Cabrera ranks 11 of 25 in Elias' Zone Rating and CF Finley ranks 20 of 21 qualified.

The Angeles defense is solid, but exceptional I think not.