Awesome. I had to pretend like I knew what RD was in your last article. Are there any means of incorporating individual player data to develop a more accurate prediction of current season or subsequent season Wpct for particular teams? I’d be interested in following a running model for current season RD as well.
I'm not sure, but you probably could. I know the next chapter in this book I'm following along goes into run expectancy and the value of singles, doubles, etc. I think you could incorporate WAR or the Linear Weights system to calculate the number of runs player X contributes to a team and subtract it from their total runs scored. That sounds pretty elementary, but it might work. I'll look into down the road. Thank you for commenting.
Awesome. I had to pretend like I knew what RD was in your last article. Are there any means of incorporating individual player data to develop a more accurate prediction of current season or subsequent season Wpct for particular teams? I’d be interested in following a running model for current season RD as well.
I'm not sure, but you probably could. I know the next chapter in this book I'm following along goes into run expectancy and the value of singles, doubles, etc. I think you could incorporate WAR or the Linear Weights system to calculate the number of runs player X contributes to a team and subtract it from their total runs scored. That sounds pretty elementary, but it might work. I'll look into down the road. Thank you for commenting.
Neat. Enjoyed the info. Baseball stats can be intimidating for newcomers because of the all the data available.