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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

WPA on bunts

By Tangotiger

If you are going to compare to a baseline, you CANNOT compare to zero. You have to compare to the actual hitter’s true talent level. It’s not the average hitter that bunts, but a below average hitter. So, we EXPECT to see a negative win value relative to the average hitter, not only on bunts, but on non-bunts too.

Glove-slap: Mike.

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