Metric Explainers

Metric Explainers

An Inside Look at How We Create Our Golf Simulation Skeleton

In our first golf explainer, we introduced FRACAS, a proprietary global ranking method for men’s golf. With FRACAS established, we can use the player rates we’ve created to simulate tournaments and detail how the…

7 days ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads

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Introducing FRACAS: A Precise Golf Ranking Model Using Field Rating and Course-Adjusted Strokes Gained

We're exploring the leading ranking systems in golf today, explain FRACAS, then put it to work to identify some of the underrated golfers in the game today.

2 weeks ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads, Kevin Chroust

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What Are Expected Goals (xG)?

Expected goals (or xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood that it will be scored from a particular position on the pitch during a particular phase…

3 weeks ago Jonny Whitmore

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How Command+ ‘Answers a Question That Can’t Be Answered With Traditional Metrics’

In this installment of our series on advanced baseball metrics, we examine which pitchers have the best command, the brilliance of former big-leaguer Masahiro Tanaka and the emergence of Lucas…

3 weeks ago The Analyst

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Shape Analysis: Automatically Detecting Formations

Shape Analysis uses tracking data to automatically identify a team’s shape, both in and out of possession, during a game.

3 weeks ago Jonny Whitmore, Thomas Seidl

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Raw Value: A Comprehensive Pitch-by-Pitch Player Evaluation

By now, every analytical baseball mind knows there are countless statistics like batting average, slugging percentage and RBIs that evaluate performance based on the cumulative result of a player’s at-bats.…

3 weeks ago The Analyst

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Identifying Patterns with Movement Chains

Movement chains describe the patterns of four player involvements in a passage of play by displaying the locations of the first touches.

3 weeks ago Jonny Whitmore, Danny Dinsdale

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Whiff+: A Look at Which Pitchers Dominate by Generating Swings and Misses

Whiff rate doesn't paint an accurate picture when it comes to measuring a pitcher's stuff. Whiff+ accounts for what whiff rate does not.

3 weeks ago The Analyst

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What Is Possession Value (PV)?

Possessive Value assigns credit to individual players based on their positive and negative contributions on the ball. But how does it work?

3 weeks ago Jonny Whitmore

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BIP+: Which Batters Do the Most Damage After Making Contact?

In this installment of a series on advanced baseball metrics, we look at what BIP+ reveals about Miguel Sano’s raw power and how Javier Baez could get back on track. …

3 weeks ago Taylor Bechtold