Zone contact rate is especially meaningful in specific ranges, but less so in others.
A pitch-by-pitch breakdown of perhaps the best at-bat all year.
Measuring players’ swings inside and outside of the zone is a start: determining whether the decision to swing or take made sense needs more nuance, as it depends on the batter themselves.
The second of a two-part series, applying a new metric and reviewing its performance.
The first in a two part series, adapted from a SABR conference presentation, sets up the new plate discipline metric.