Assist
A throw or deflection that helps record an out.
What it actually is. An assist: a throw or deflection that helped record an out.
What a scout reads off it. For an outfielder, assists are a mixed signal. A big total can mean a feared arm, or it can mean runners kept testing him and occasionally got thrown out. The best arms in the game often have modest totals because nobody runs on them.
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