CINCINNATI -- One of the things I take pride in about Mound Visit is I never want it to feel the same. This is an unpredictable game. The weekly feature that dives deep into it should also be unpredictable.
So with that in mind, this one is on one of the original sins that sparked the analytics movement 20 years ago: Batting average and the .300 hitter.
While the game has changed dramatically over the past few decades, the vernacular of baseball has mostly stayed the same. If you wanted to ask me how I think pitcher X will perform in 2022, I could say, “he’s going to be a 5 WAR pitcher.