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McEwing Scores for 2012

The McEwing Score values a player's positional utility, based on the positional adjustments used as part of many value metrics. Which player led the majors in McE last season?

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Dan Uggla and the Probability of Getting a Hit

How do we figure out the probability of getting a hit? Dan Uggla's 2011 hitting streak motivates the creation of a statistic PresAvg, which estimates the probability of getting a hit at any one time.

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Introduction to IFFB+ and IPO+: adjusting IFFB% fo

While a lot has been made over the eventual inclusion of IFFB in ERA estimators, it is important to first learn how we can adjust this volatile stat by park factors to give us a better look at the dimensions the pitcher preformed in.

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Surprising (and obvious) peripheral pairs

Using the best year-to-year correlating stats, there were quite a few pairs of pitchers with similar rates, though some of them got there in completely different fashions.

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When do prospects break out?

By what age should you expect a prospect to have broken out? Is it too late for Justin Smoak, or your favorite missed prospect?

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One-Run Game Performance is Unsustainable

The Baltimore Orioles went 29-9 in one-run games in 2012. That aint happening again.

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Pitchers who move or drop down based on the batter

Taking a look at a group of major league pitchers who shift on the mound or change their arms slots depending on which side of the plate the batter is standing.

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Analyzing Offseason Moves Relative to Market Value

Using wSalary and the market trends examined previously, let's look at the best-valued and worst-valued contracts of the 2013 season, with emphasis on the first year of the contract (position players only).

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Hidden Value Within Slash Lines

While the normal slash line tells us a lot about a hitter, there are results that can deceive someone using only those metrics. How much do those results affect a player's value?

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The WAR trend and wSalary

wSalary will show us how much a player would be expected to make for the production in their previous season. Along the way we will assess the market on WAR since 1996.

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