SPECULATOR: Mayberry doppelgangers, 2020

At the core of the Mayberry Method is its ability to embrace imprecision in its component skills analysis. By boiling down each player’s skills to a simple four-digit code, we can quickly pair up similar players who might have vastly different perceptions in the marketplace, or have significant gaps in their YTD surface stats. We’ll call them our Mayberry Doppelgangers.

A quick refresher to level-set the Mayberry skill codes for this exercise. Players are rated on a 0-5 scale in each of the following four categories, in order:

Hitters: Power (PX), Speed (RSpd), Batting Average (xBA), and playing time (PA)*.
Pitchers: Ratios (xERA), Strikeouts (Dom), Saves (Sv), and playing time (IP).

*NOTE for 2020: A "5" for playing time typically...

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