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The other day I discovered a baseball analysis website beyondtheboxscore.com. I decided rather than take up the board with three posts I would post three in one thread. I actually found ten fascinating articles. But unless you're really into math and formulas for statistical analysis some of them would make your head swim.

Do Defensive Metrics Disagree Too Much?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.c...cs-disagree-too-much

Is WAR Overused?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.c...etrics-trout-cabrera

Is "High Heat" A Myth?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.c...ll-fastballs-pitchfx

2/6/137:40 PM

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The short-handed answer to the three questions are:

1. Yes. Look for Bloomberg Sports to come out with a few analyses in the near future that address this. They are doing some pretty impressive work on this as we speak.

2. Yes. I think sabermetricians lean on WAR too much, and I think anti-sabermetricians discredit WAR too much. Its one stat. Its not a perfect indicator of performance...neither is any other stat. It should be analyzed at face value.

3. I don't even think the article goes in depth enough. Elevating a fastball is relative to pitch sequencing, and impacts an entire at-bat. The sample size and cherry picking outlined in the article doesn't really prove the effectiveness of the pitch...although I do believe the article gave the correct answer (that elevating a fastball is a successful weapon).

2/6/139:59 PM

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