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The Case Against Closers: Part 2

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

In the second segment of my case against closers, I’d like to present a statistic called WPA or Win Probability Added. I first read about WPA in the book Curve Ball by Jim Albert and Jay Bennett. It struck me then as one of the most intriguing and most ingenious methods to quantitatively [...]

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The Case Against Closers: Part 1

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

As an astute participant in the ever-so-popular game of fantasy baseball, I tend to pay a lot of attention to players’ statistics and how well they correlate to their overall contributions to their teams. In my opinion (and the opinion of many other “stathead” baseball fans and analysts), the traditional fantasy categories are not [...]

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