Posts Tagged ‘statcast’

Statcast and DRx MetricsB

Ke’Bryan Hayes vs. Our Expectations$

Minor Leaguers Hit The Ball Hard, Too$

Not Just About Magnus Anymore

We have already learned a lot but have only scratched the surface.

Expanding the Zone: Hunting for Foul Homers$

Moonshot: Hawkeye’s Rollout Has Been Surprisingly Smooth$

Moonshot: Turning Video Into Data$

Short Relief: We Demand Confetti

Fixing the MLB Draft by making it the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana Draft (there’s confetti and a DJ); when Statcast fails us, we cry inside; Brooklyn is a winner again

Statcast Launch Angle: A Statistical Accuracy Assessment

Multiple trends are apparent.

Statcast Exit Velocity: A Statistical Assessment of Park Effects

Jonathan Judge assesses how accurately Statcast seems to be measuring balls in play, and how it has changed over time, in light of the upcoming transition from Trackman to Hawkeye.

Prospectus Notebook: Random Feats$

Prospectus Feature: The Siren Song of Statcast’s “Expected” Metrics (For Pitchers)

BAM admits that its “expected” statistics were never designed to predict anything. Does it matter?

Fantasy Hipsters: The Didi Debate$

Circle Change: Manny Machado’s Missing Hits

Machado is still hitting the ball really, really hard, but is that enough?

Baseball Therapy: Mr. Jones and Me

“To me it just means getting rid of all these stats. Everything they’re throwing at us nowadays.”

Cold Takes: The Need For (More Than) Speed

Brian McCann lives his life 23.4 feet per second at a time.