JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/4/20

Prev Page View Full Chat

Andrew McCutchen Fan

3:04

Good to know. What team do you think is the most stuck on old school stats nowadays?

Ben Clemens

3:04

I think they're always great, to be honest

3:05

All great* rather

Some are less savvy than others but they're all sharp

At the winter meetings, I met analyst after analyst who worked for a team I thought didn't have that many analysts

And uh, they all had a lot!

I do wonder which teams have decision-makers who don't care so much what their analysts say

3:06

Rockies, potentially.

But that's a slightly different question

Derek

3:06

Speaking of stats that should be more popular (though this one is definitely not as intuitive as the others we've been discussing): I love WPA/LI. It's maybe my favorite stat despite it's limited usefulness.

Ben Clemens

3:07

It's a good one. I think the problem with it is that it falls into this weird half area where it's not super predictive, because some of the batted ball results can get magnified based on which situation they come up in

But then also not super descriptive -- you want WPA for that

I have used it a few times and find it to be interesting

I'm currently writing about getting runners home from third with less than two out, for example

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

3:07

Rockies are very advanced. Big on interpolation.

Ben Clemens

3:08

Touche

With that, I am going to call it a day early today. Thanks so much to everyone who asked questions or just hung out, and I'll hopefully catch some of you again tonight for KBO action

Have a great day and be safe

Connecting…

Message History

On Off

Your current subscriptions

None

E-mail Address	Chat Owner	Status	Remove

Enter your email address to be notified when Ben Clemens hosts a chat