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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...
Manny Corpas: Why he’s great, why he’s awful, and why the stats show that either way, you’re right.
Manuel Corpas has been one of the strongest members of our pen this season. He's been absolutely excellent, as he still approaches the plate with a solid control over the strike zone, a low walk rate,...
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...
Post-Previewing The AL MVP
Like I did with the NL MVP Award, I want to take a look at a few different player rating systems and a couple different voting groups. First up, here's a look at a system that includes clutch pe...
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