Let’s take regularized adjusted plus-minus (RAPM), a commonly used NBA and NHL lineup-based player impact metric, and adapt ...
Modern basketball debates often include one of the parties citing advanced analytics to prove their point. But are those metrics any good? While some may shy away from numbers when talking about ...
In the past several decades, the baseball industry has become more enlightened -- thanks to an assist from advanced metrics. Although standard statistics remain quite valuable, advanced formulas and ...
Part of being a baseball fan these days is having at least a passing familiarity with advanced statistics -- i.e., the metrics that go beyond the usual fare of RBI, batting average, ERA, fielding ...
The Rockets saw improvement in their true shooting percentage again, mainly because of the addition of Durant, going from ...
Sabermetrics vs. scouting. Advanced statistics vs. player development. DRA vs. plus-plus fastball. The geeks vs. the dumb jocks. These are the perceived battles of the sabermetric and scouting ...
Metrics vs. results: Marte’s hard-hit rate, barrel rate, and exit velocity are above average, yet his batting line is among his career worst. Manager’s perspective: Torey Lovullo attributes Marte’s ...
Since their introduction, the prevalence of advanced statistics in fantasy football to the point of ubiquity has served as both a blessing and a curse. Use led directly (and perhaps predictably) to ...