Baseball Prospectus rolled out a new statistic this week called Deserved Runs Created, as well as a league-adjusted DRC+ that allows you to compare players against league average (100). Let’s take a look at the stat, and what it tells us about the Rays.

In case you’d rather do the reading yourself before I get into the summation, here’s the journey you should take:

A hitter’s DRC+ of 100 is average, 120 is good, and 145 or higher is excellent.

So what is DRC+?

DRC+ measures all of a player’s contributions at the plate.