peripheral statistics
Jordan’s Research Ramblings: Which Hitters are Hitting it Harder and More Often in 2020?
Which hitters have made the biggest combined power and contact improvements compared to last year? This article looks at early season changes in power and contact across baseball.
The Bastard Son of xwOBA: xwOBA-lite for Minor Leaguers
How to best make sense of the recent proliferation of information on minor league hitters, specifically power metrics? This is a question I’ve been struggling with in the last few weeks/months (does anyone keep track of time anymore?) regarding minor league fly ball distance, exit velocity, and exit velocity on
Using Statcast in Dynasty Leagues: xwOBA
Statcast has gathering a tremendous amount of data on everything that happens on a major league field since 2015. The sheer volume of new information produced by Statcast can be a little daunting, especially when trying to make fantasy baseball decisions. In this post, I’d like to produce a rough