A Look at the Mets, BABIP, and LD Percentage

Posted: 25th April 2010 by Flushing Baseball Daily in MLB
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Through the first 18 games, the Mets are at .500, and it is like the season is starting fresh. They still don’t have Carlos Beltran, but they do have Ike Davis and a healthy Jose Reyes, and some of the struggling players like Jason Bay and David Wright appear to be on the verge of breaking out. So I thought I’d take a quick look at some advanced statistics to see what we can expect from the lineup going forward. Specifically I’d like to look at batting average on balls in play, or BABIP, and line drive rates. The reason why I want to look at these two is because they are the best way to gauge if a player is doing well or just getting lucky; if they are really struggling or just catching some bad breaks. What we can tell with these stats: BABIP will generally stay at the s ...

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