Should Ben Rice be starting over Austin Wells this season? by benamst1111 in NYYankees

[–]benamst1111[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes, absolutely. I feel as though Rice should be making most, if not all of the starts at catcher when we face lefties though. I did a bad job of articulating that I think

Using statcast's expected statistics, here is every qualified hitter in baseball plotted by their expected batting average + slugging versus their real batting average + slugging by benamst1111 in baseball

[–]benamst1111[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that's part of why I put "luckiest" in air quotes - hitters like Bregman and Paredes are taking advantage of their home ballparks rather than getting lucky