Catching up with the Astros’ Run Expectancy Leaders

Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman celebrate a HR in the 2023 ALCS.If you have followed my previous articles, you probably know that I am partial to the statistic, RE24 (Run Expectancy 24). Since I have periodically followed the RE24 results for Astros players during the season, this is an opportune time to point out the Astros’ leading RE24 batters and relievers.

RE24 has been described as a middle ground between sabermetric stats and “traditional” stats because it takes into account both advanced stats as well as productive outs and strike outs and double plays. The advantage of RE24 is that it is a more accurate measure of the actual run value of a player’s performance. In my view, RE24 is a…