Saberthread 4/29
Talk baseball with us!
Talk baseball with us!
Jon Heyman's tweet earlier today sparked a discussion about the reliability of WAR and defensive metrics. We know UZR is unstable early, but is it entirely useless?
What is the average height of each home run hit to each field at each park and how is that affected by the park dimensions?
Before I make the big jump and create my advanced WHB metric, we will look into what WHB data shows us that BIP data cannot.
Looking at outlier months in league average runs-per-game.
How much does a batter's position in the order affect the percentage of strikes they see?
Are you ready to find out who may be comparable to Pedro Martinez at this point in the season? How about reading how the unification of replacement level came about between FanGraphs and Baseball Reference?
The Cardinals have a winning record once again. In fact they lead the tough NL Central, but how has Mike Matheny's squad done it?
With Yu Darvish pitching as close to perfect as possible in 2013, the comparisons begin to fly. Who's name has popped up, and are they justified?
After an indirect feud between Hawk Harrelson and Brian Kenny flared up, Harrelson joined Kenny on his show to discuss the value of sabermetrics. Among the many things Harrelson said, one thing stood out as more correct than I originally believed.