baseballprospectus.com - 9/6/2007
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With the Wily Mo era in Boston now over, Dan revisits his first Baseball Prospectus column to see how things may have changed for the young slugger.
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Wily Mo Redux
Dan Agonistes —
... My column this week on Baseball Prospectus takes a second look at the fortunes of Nates outfielder ...
More Fish/Eye
Dan Agonistes —
... . I've added a new metric this time called Square which tracks the percentage of pitches in the strike zone swung at and made contact with. A high value here (relative to the average of over 87 percent) indicates that when the batter offers at a strike he usually makes contact. On the contrary, a lower value indicates hitters who, for reasons such as a long swing, are more apt to swing through strikes. In any case, I also relate this metrics to Wily Mo Pena and my discussion from a previous column . Several readers have alerted me to the fact that the group charts I showed cut a few players off at the edges. New charts coming soon... Posted by Dan Agonistes at ...
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