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Developments in player valuation
Developments in player valuation
Three big developments this week, as pertains to my general interest in valuing players: 1. FanGraphs now has UZR . It's based on BIS data instead of STATS Inc data, and so as a result is providing different results. We've known for a while that there are big differences between the data ...
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Saber questions … answers
Friar Forecast — This is a great thread at Fangraphs. In it Tango answers a bunch of questions about Fangraphs’ stats and other sabermetric stuff. I’ve just skimmed it so far, but ya learn new stuff everyday … Also, Justin has a good roundup of the recent developments in sabermetrics. *** My Khalil Greene post is coming  sometime this weekend … I promise. I’m sure you can’t wait ; )

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