BATTERS: Isolating OBP Targets
Jul 29 2013
While it's less than surprising that the mainstream media continues to cling to batting average as an important metric in evaluating a player's performance, the fact that many casual fantasy baseball leagues utilize BA as their sole offensive ratio statistic is disappointing. Just as front offices embraced On Base Percentage as a more valid tool to assess value over the past decade, some fantasy leagues are taking similar measures by using OBP in place of or in addition to BA.
This week's column seeks to identify some intriguing OBP options by utilizing a relatively obscure yet useful statistic: Isolated Patience (IsoP). Like Isolated Power, the calculation is very straightforward: OBP - BA = IsoP. By using IsoP, we're able to identify...
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