Tag: Baseball 101

• Lessons in Sabermetrics: OPS and OPS+

  If you didn’t read my post on slash lines, I highly suggest you do so that you have a general idea of what concepts we’ll be referencing a lot in this one. OPS has taken a major foothold in Major League Baseball recently. In fact, when I’ve gone to watch the Mets play at Citi…

  Quinn

  August 15, 2025

  Baseball, Lessons in Sabermetrics

  Analytics, Baseball, Baseball 101, Baseball Data, Baseball Stats, Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, mlb, MLB Data, MLB sabermetrics, Moneyball, OBP, OPS, OPS+, Sabermetrics, Sabermetrics 101, SABR, SLG

• A Guide to Understanding Slash Lines in Baseball (…And Why We Trust Them a Little Too Much)

  Have you ever been watching SportsCenter or listening to a radio host talk baseball and they drop a line like “This guy is on fire! He’s slashing X/Y/Z” or “he’s been awful, only slashing X/Y/Z”?  If your immediate thought is one of… Then this post will be for you. I will explain what a “slash…

  Quinn

  August 11, 2025

  Baseball, Lessons in Sabermetrics

  Analytics, AVG, Baseball, Baseball 101, Baseball Business, Baseball Data, Batting Average, Learn Baseball, Moneyball, OBP, On Base Percentage, Sabermetrics, Slash Lines, SLG, Slugging Percentage