Episode 56- Understanding Statistics Episode
Guest – Mike Podhorzer
Strategy Section -
Advanced Statistics
OPS vs wOBA
Luck Stats
BABIP
Strand Rate
ERA Estimators
FIP & SIERA
HR/FB
What are x Stats?
xFIP
xwOBA
Statcast
Exit Velocity
Launch Angle
Barrels
What are + Stats?
wRC+
ERA-
Per 9 stats vs %
K/9 vs K%
BB/9 vs BB%
K-BB% vs K/BB
WAR
WPA
Plate Discipline
O-Contact, Z-Contact, O-Swing, Z-Swing
SwStr
wPDI / mPDI
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Pitcher Preview - RG AC & MP – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Injury Update - RG – Reuven gives us the injury update.