It's called "Offense Per Game," or OPG (yeah, you know me). It carries a .4675 r-squared when compared to team wOBA, and a .384 r-squared when compared to team runs per game. Using pitches seen per game, it is an estimate of an offensive player's contribution to his team's cause. It measures a hitter's ability … Continue reading I Invented A New Stat!
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The Demise of Francisco Lindor May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (Even by Me)
Saturday night's alright for fighting and, apparently, taking extremely deep dives into Francisco Lindor's FanGraphs and Baseball Savant pages. You may recall, some eight months ago on these pages we call "SportsBlog," I wrote a little something about the demise of Francisco Lindor's hit tool and, with it, potentially his power output. In the months … Continue reading The Demise of Francisco Lindor May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (Even by Me)
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