Blake Murphy Sports Writing

Title: Sabermetric Mining: K-BB Metrics – The Simpler The Better?
Date: September 21, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest Sabermetric Mining piece doubles back to the very first SM piece looking at ERA estimators, and re-evaluates their efficacy in the light of some new research. It also introduces (K-BB)/PA as a leading in-season ERA indicator.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining: Relief Pitchers Part 2 (LI & WPA)
Date: September 14, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest Sabermetric Mining piece dives further into Leverage Index and also includes Win Probability Added, giving readers four different stats by which to measure relief pitcher performance. It also looks at the correlation between LI and WPA stats and future save opportunities, while identifying possible 2013 closer candidates.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining – Leverage Index
Date: September 7, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest Sabermetric Mining piece dives into Leverage Index, a measure of how relief pitchers are deployed by their managers. The article looks at how fantasy owners can use Leverage Index as a proxy for manager trust in a pitcher, thereby helping to identify potential future saves candidates.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining: FB%, HR/FB, “Lucky” Homers
Date: August 31, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest in my Sabermetric Mining series took a look at FB% and HR/FB, two home run-related sabermetric stats, and included an exploration of the Hit Tracker tool, with the goal of identifying over- and under-performers in the home run category.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining: SwStr%, K%, and K/9
Date: August 17, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: This weekly Sabermetric Mining feature will look at a different statistics each week, explaining it and identifying how to leverage it for fantasy purposes. This time I took a look at strikeout-related stats, and how different metrics can help to identify over- or under-performers in the strikeout category.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining – Hitter BABIP
Date: August 10, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: This weekly Sabermetric Mining feature will look at a different statistics each week, explaining it and identifying how to leverage it for fantasy purposes. This time I took a look at BABIP for hitters, what components go into creating a baseline expectation for each player, and how the stat can be used by fantasy players.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining – FIP, xFIP, and SIERA
Date: August 3, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: My second article for Full Spectrum Baseball, a baseball fantasy and analysis site, broke down pitching statistics FIP, xFIP, and SIERA, and explained how fantasy players can utilize them in their roster management. This weekly Sabermetric Mining feature will look at a different statistics each week, explaining it and identifying how to leverage it for fantasy purposes.
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