Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Pitcher List’s Scott Chu (@ifthechufits) to discuss xStats and their limitations as well as the interworkings Scott’s Hitter List.
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- :30 Welcome Scott Chu
- 2:15 Steve on Scott’s xStats take
- 7:13 How & why to be cautious
- 9:45 The Christian Walker Case Study
- 12:00 More context with xWoba
- 14:30 Pull rate factors & Juan Soto
- 18:10 xStats with “the new environment”
- 25:00 Using rolling charts
- 26:28 Inflated MLB-wide xBA
- 31:15 Cushion xStats analysis
- 33:40 xStats once “the shift” is banned
- 37:50 The Hitter List and how to use “lists”
- 42:30 How Scott makes “The Hitter List”
- 49:50 Balancing upside and track record
- 53:00 Understanding risers & fallers
- 57:00 Consider player “archetypes”
- 1:06:15 The List can help with trades
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