Sepo
11-3-2016 12:47 a.m.
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- Apr 30, 2014
Kind of related, kind of not, I am currently listening to an audiobook called “Smart Baseball” by Keith Law, which is supposed to be a dummies guide to all the new metrics. I’m maybe a third through with 6 hours (!) left.
So far he’s totally blasted ERA, saves, fielding percentage, RBI, stolen bases, intentional walks, clutch hitting, wins, etc. I think I’m getting close to the end of the break it down part and am waiting for the build up part where he explains the new better WAR / WARP things and bases-saved and so on.
I mention this bc I know TheoJed are big into the secret numbers rather than the old stats but the news articles on possible players tend to list the standard old stats. I’m thinking that if we acquire some seemingly ho-hum arms, that they have their own secret formula : )
So far he’s totally blasted ERA, saves, fielding percentage, RBI, stolen bases, intentional walks, clutch hitting, wins, etc. I think I’m getting close to the end of the break it down part and am waiting for the build up part where he explains the new better WAR / WARP things and bases-saved and so on.
I mention this bc I know TheoJed are big into the secret numbers rather than the old stats but the news articles on possible players tend to list the standard old stats. I’m thinking that if we acquire some seemingly ho-hum arms, that they have their own secret formula : )
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