DRC+: Updates and Improvements
2/05
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What follows is a summary of the updates and a discussion of what we’ve learned.
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Deserved Runs Created Plus (DRC+) is BP’s new all-encompassing metric for batters.
DRC+ differs from other (public) hitting metrics in that it focuses on each hitter’s expected contribution, rather than merely averaging the result of hitter PAs.
What follows is a summary of the updates and a discussion of what we’ve learned.
We're getting a little bit closer to fundamental baseball truth.
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Why another batting metric? Allow us to explain ...
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We’re excited to release our newest hitting metric: Deserved Runs Created Plus (DRC+).
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Why use DRC+? The simple answer is because it's more accurate.
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The index stat just forces us to be honest.
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Evaluating the modern offensive metrics.
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Revisiting the 2012 and 2013 MVP debates, with the help of DRC+.
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Wrapping your brain around this morphing of history is never an instant process, and for some it won't take.
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Too often Coors Field acts like an inhibitor, blocking the signal and halting the process of consideration before it can even begin.
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Everything we think we know about baseball right now is subject to debate and revision.
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DRC+ provides a new lens for seeing Graig Nettles as one of the most underrated players of all time.
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