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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
But wOBA can’t handle {blank}
Fangraphs thread, my response:
Alot of the issues being asked, very legitimate issues, is already being handled by other stats.
You can’t blame OBP (a SABR 101 stat) for valuing a HR and BB identically.
You can’t blame wOBA (a SABR 201 stat) for treating the run value of a HR the same across all 24 base/out states.
You can’t blame RE24 (a SABR 301 stat) for not distinguishing between a close and late game and an early inning blowout.
You can’t blame WPA/LI (a SABR 401 stat) for, well, for not understanding it.
The best thing to do is rather than saying that a stat doesn’t cover it, instead say: “which stat DOES cover this scenario”. And, then I can tell you which one does.
To just out and out presume that because a SABR 201 stat doesn’t cover a scenario without understanding or knowing that there’s a SABR 301 stat out there just keeps us in circles.
Ask where you can find it.
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