Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Texas Rangers are sitting at 9-10 after taking two of three in Anaheim, and have an off day today before starting a three game set in the south side of Chicago against the Pale Hose on Friday.
The combination of having made it a little over 10% of the way through the regular season, and the Rangers having an off day today, makes me feel its appropriate to take a look at how Rangers hitters are faring so far this year, in terms of wOBA and xwOBA. wOBA is a formula intended to provide in one number a “weighted on base average” that allocates value based on how much each method of reaching base is worth. xwOBA is calculated by using, instead of the…
