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Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

Are Statcast Pages Pointless?

May 25, 2023
01:00:50

Eno and Welsh discuss a couple of Statcast anomalies, and deep dive into a listener question of the how trust worthy Statcast pages really are. We're also digging into Bryce Miller, Michael Kopech and more.


Rundown

1:53 - The curious case of Ke'Bryan Hayes Statcast page

8:21 - Will Ke'Bryan ever live up to his Statcast page?

12:13 - Top and Bottom 10 Barrel % leaders

14:20 - What Eno looks for to determine future power

19:09 - The curious case of Bryce Elder's Statcast page

20:27 - Eno's first time looking at Statcast pitcher sliders

26:20 - Statcast percentile screen shots

28:27 - Prospect who beat projection

34:22 - Expected stats and Projections

36:12 - Stuff+ variance over the season

39:08 - Bryce Miller

42:45 - Bryce Miller release point vs the league

46:07 - Bryce Miller vs Jacob DeGrom pitch release points

50:42 - Michael Kopech success

54:57 - Andrew Abbott's 21 WHIFF Wednesday


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