BATTERS: BA/xBA under- and over-performers
Jun 10 2013
Over the past six weeks or so, the Batter Buyers Guide has focused on identifying value in various areas using BPIs. With one-third of the season in the books, it seems like a good time to dig deeper into BA results. We will do so by isolating extreme positive and negative BA/xBA discrepancies in an effort to identify which players are under-performing, and which are over-performing.
We begin with the list of BA under-performers, through the games of 6/7:
Name AB BA xBA Diff h% ================== === ==== ==== ===== === Hechavarria,Adeiny 161 .186 .254 -.068 21% Young,Chris 147 .177 .239 -.062 20% Dunn,Adam 199 .156 .217 -.061 ...
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