In a world of hypotheticals the Oakland Athletics are among the best. I am not talking about the what-if’s of trades gone by or the prospect who had all the tools he needed to be the best, but just couldn’t hit a curveball. I mean the strange new world of Statcast.
Perhaps Statcast isn’t new to you as we have often seen the state of the art data used on this site, including a fantastic look at Jonathan Lucroy’s rebound by Alex this morning. In the comments section here at AN terms like exit velocity, launch angle, and xwOBA have been coming up more frequently this season.