WPA is a stat that lends itself well to the analysis of relief pitching. Along those lines, Sal Baxamusa has an interesting article up on The Hardball Times about reliever leverage so far in the 2007 season. If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you might remember that relievers used to be the […]
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Did the Braves make a costly sacrifice?
One of the most hotly debated issues in baseball in the post-Moneyball era has been on the game strategy of the sacrifice bunt, but the validity of this common strategy has been questioned for some 20 years now, dating back to The Hidden Game of Baseball by Pete Palmer and John Thorn. Their use of […]
The week in Braves Win Probability
The first week of the Braves’ season went about as well as any fan could have hoped. They opened with a sweep of the Phillies and came home to take two of three against the Mets. Let’s take a look at it from the viewpoint of Win Probability Added, a fantastic stat that is tracked […]
Usage Score
I introduced the “usage score” (USG) last year on the old site, but I forgot to re-incorporate it into the new stats until tonight. That, along with trying to get some sortable stat pages up and running, has delayed today’s weekly post until later tonight. Right now, let me offer a quick explanation of USG […]
P and Volatility – A Quick Explanation
In case you don’t want to get too in-depth researching WPA, P, and Volatility in order to understand my posts and spreadsheets, here’s my somewhat quick explanation: WPA is short for “win probability added.” Win probability is based on historical baseball data on a team’s likelihood to win a particular game, given the game’s current […]
Welcome
Welcome to the Braves WPA blog. I’ll be trying to make weekly posts about the Braves from a Win Probability Added perspective. If you’re interested in the Braves or sabermetric thinking, I hope you’ll find what you see here interesting. To learn a bit more about win probability, I suggest two take a loot at […]
A good decision for the Fed
I already posted this at my Xanga site so maybe some Harding people would read it, but I thought this was cool enough to post here as well. Some interesting things from around the web: If you’re a baseball fan, I hope you’re reading the blogs of Dan Fox and J.C. Bradbury on a regular […]
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