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Soccer

What Are Expected Assists (xA)?

Expected assists (xA) measure the likelihood that a given pass will become a goal assist based on several factors about the pass.

8 months ago Jonny Whitmore

Baseball

Contact+: Which Hitters Are Baseball’s Best at Making Frequent Contact?

In this installment of a series on advanced baseball metrics, we look at what contact+ reveals about the greatness of DJ LeMahieu.

8 months ago The Analyst

Metric Explainers

Framing Runs: It’s Not About ‘Stealing Extra Strikes’

As part of our series on advanced baseball metrics, we examine what framing runs tell us about the hidden greatness of Austin Barnes and Tyler Flowers, and Willson Contreras’ dramatic…

8 months ago Taylor Bechtold

Metric Explainers

Strike+: Who Thrives on Racking Up Both Whiffs and Called Strikes?

While whiff+ offers a more thorough analysis of a pitcher’s stuff by determining the rate at which he generates swings and misses, strike+ takes that concept a step further. Ultimately, the goal…

8 months ago The Analyst

Metric Explainers

Extreme Chases: Which Pitchers Are Best at Making Batters Look Bad?

Let's take a look at extreme chase+ to determine which pitchers are elite when it comes to coaxing swings on pitches far off the plate.

8 months ago Taylor Bechtold

Soccer

Looking Back: Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal

The anniversary of his 1,000th Arsenal game is not one Arsène Wenger will remember too fondly, but his reign remains one to celebrate.

8 months ago Dom Farrell

Soccer

Advanced Metrics: Top Five European Leagues

The top 500 players with at least 900 minutes in Europe’s elite leagues by attacking metrics aggregated to per 90 values for season 2020-21.

8 months ago Peter McKeever

Soccer

‘That Was Sheer, Delightful Football’: How Brazil Cemented Football’s Place as the World’s Most Popular Sport

Growing up in England with football in the 1960s and 1970s was very different from today. The foreign superstars playing in English football were from the rest of Great Britain…

8 months ago Rob Bateman

Soccer

Do You Remember the First Time: Matt Le Tissier

Matt Le Tissier made 540 appearances for Southampton. He never won a trophy or finished higher than seventh. Despite that, he is a Saints legend revered by fans on the…

8 months ago Jon Reeve

Soccer Video

Remembering Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona is one of the most iconic players in World Cup history. In celebration of his life and achievements, we have dug deeper into the numbers behind the Argentine's…

9 months ago The Analyst