What about Statcast?… (An update)
This was something that for sure needed inclusion in the fielding paper: an assessment of what Statcast metrics have to say about “fielding shrinkage.” They say: “yup, unh huh, fielding doesn’t matter too much anymore.” Beyond that, the insight gleaned from adding Statcast data is that Statcast’s fielding measure is not any better than others. Indeed, it […]