EP107 – BABIP (Batting Average on Balls in Play) Plus Is Bunting Good or Bad?
In this episode, Dan discusses BABIP (batting average on balls in play) and the importance of understanding what BABIP is especially for pitchers. Dan also talks about bunting and if the run expectancy matrix (discussed in the previous episode) influences whether a coach gives the bunt sign.
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EP107 Transcript: EP107 – BABIP (Batting Average on Balls in Play) Plus Is Bunting Good or Bad?
You’re listening to the Dear Baseball Gods podcast. In this show, I helped parents, players and coaches better navigate their baseball careers.
All right. Welcome back to Dear Baseball Gods. On today’s episode, we’re going to cover. Two main topics. Both are a little on the nerdier side. First one is going to be batting average for balls in play. And this is a statistic that you may not have heard of, but it’s important to understand, especially as a pitcher.
And secondly, we’re gonna talk about bunting and we’re going to talk about whether bunting makes sense, and we’re going to talk about run expectancy and the run expectancy matrix, and how. That should influence or can influence, or maybe you should not influence a coach’s decision to give the bunt sign.
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