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Fantasy MLB & NFL Analyst | @ESPNFantasy & @RotoGrinders | Creator: THE BAT & THE BLITZ Projections | Sabermetrics Guy & Scout School Grad
Jun 11, 2020 14 tweets 7 min read
Introducing THE BAT X Projections and THE BATcast Tools!!! THE BAT X is a **majorly upgraded** version of THE BAT using Statcast data!

This /THREAD explains all the cool new features/projections/stats and how to use THE BAT X to better analyze players! Over the last two months, I studied launch angle, exit velocity, barrels, sprint speed, and 150+ other variations on Statcast data to find what was most predictive and build a Statcast-only projection system: inevitably named THE BATcast!
Oct 16, 2019 15 tweets 4 min read
/THREAD Why "TE vs. Arizona Cardinals" is PROBABLY NOT A REAL THING I looked at all defenses vs. TE from 2000-2018, comparing the 1st half of the year to the 2nd half. If a D is actually good/bad vs. TE (instead of getting lucky/unlucky), they should continue being good or bad all year, right? But that's not really what we see...