Introducing Batter xHR/FB Rate, Version 4.0: Avg Dist FB+LD Fun | RotoGraphs Fantasy Baseball
Last week, I unveiled my newest xHR/FB rate equation, v4.0. On Thursday, I dove into Std Dev of Dist FB+LD, which is one of the components of the equation and not a metric that is typically discussed because the values need to be calculated manually. Today, let’s move along to Avg Dist FB+LD, which is a much more familiar metric. It’s simply the average distance of a batter’s fly balls and line drives. Naturally, all else being equal, the higher the average, the greater the HR/FB rate. First, let’s review the average distance in my population set by year, which includes all batter sea...
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