Very interesting. As for certain Royals hitters, a reminder that their EV is zero when they don’t make contact. I wonder if there’s a stat that combines contact rate and EV.
I’m not sure there’s anything out there (since you’re talking about a rate stat and an average) but you could build a model that weights EV and contact% to your specifications and see what it spits out.
FWIW, the Royals contact rate is quite high. I’d say too high considering their chase rate is also high, so they’re making contact on a lot of pitches they can’t do anything with. That’s partially what’s keeping their EV/HH% low.
Very interesting. As for certain Royals hitters, a reminder that their EV is zero when they don’t make contact. I wonder if there’s a stat that combines contact rate and EV.
I’m not sure there’s anything out there (since you’re talking about a rate stat and an average) but you could build a model that weights EV and contact% to your specifications and see what it spits out.
FWIW, the Royals contact rate is quite high. I’d say too high considering their chase rate is also high, so they’re making contact on a lot of pitches they can’t do anything with. That’s partially what’s keeping their EV/HH% low.
could just be bad luck. baseball is a game of patience. everyone needs to have some