Source: www.brewcrewball.com --- Friday, October 13, 2017
Answering the burning questions from you, the reader. Man, it’s weird not having Brewers’ Baseball to watch on the TV every night. I know the playoffs are going on and that’s exciting and all, but I just have trouble getting as into the postseason games without our beloved local nine participating. I forgot how depressing the offseason is, ugh. Well, anyways, let’s get to those questions: icelandreliant asks: Kyle, I saw you use a stat called TAv on BP Milwaukee What is that? I’m afraid I’m falling farther behind when it comes to advanced metrics after feeling like I caught up for a few years. “TAv” is shorthand for “True Average,” which is Baseball Prospectus’ total measure of offense. It’s similar to what “weighted runs created plus” from Fangraphs’ measures. The league average TAv is constant at .260 every season, but it’s scaled to batting average rather than a percentile above or below average, like wRC+. Here’s the definition from BP : True Average (TAv) is a measure of total offensive value scaled to batting average. Adjustments are made for park and league quality, as such the league-average mark is constant at .260. True Average incorporates aspects that other linear weights-based metrics ignore. Reaching base on an error and situational hitting are included; meanwhile, strikeouts and bunts are treated as slightly more and less damaging outs than normal. The baseline for an average player is not meant to portray what a ...
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