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Advanced Statistics Primers -- Updated
Alex Remington of Big League Stew has been putting together a series of excellent posts about various advanced statistics, most of which are cited around here. Check them out: BABIP OPS+ FIP wOBA WPA ...
Who Has Been Clutch?
The are seemingly infinite ways to measure "clutchness" - performance w/RISP, late and close situations, September, RISP and 2 outs, etc. Beyond the Boxscore suggested one other method, which I ...
Billy Wagner's Most Valuable Pitches
To commemorate Billy Wagner's return this week, I compiled a list of his top 10 most valuable pitches as a Met per WPA. It should bring back some pleasant, and not so pleasant, memories during t...
Holiday Filler: Carlos Beltran's Greatest Hits
Here is a respite from the rumor mill, the top ten most valuable plate appearances of Carlos Beltran's Mets career, as ranked by WPA. There's some pleasant memories here: 10. 4/16/2005Play: RBI single...
Offseason Filler: David Wright's Greatest Hits
Mike Jacobs is back. Jason Pridie was acquired. A nicely executed public relations event attempted to make Met fans think Daniel Murphy = Keith Hernandez. None of these are remotely inspiring to...
Ramon Castro's Greatest Hits
Plenty has already been said about the Ramon Castro situation, so I won't pile on. Despite his injury issues, Castro was a valuable backup for the Mets and he deserves some kind of tribute. Here it ...
Best Mets Opening Day Starts
In honor of Opening Day's rapid approach, I took a stroll through the historical boxscores and WPA graphs at FanGraphs and checked out the past 25 years of Mets Opening Days. Why just 25 years? FanGra...
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