Fangraphs: The Nine Points of Offense

[weams]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jerry-dipotos-nine-points-of-offense/

We've defined a nine-point criteria of what we believe a quality at-bat consists of. If you do those things, you can play here.

What a delicious quote. What could those nine points be?

I tried my hand at guessing in my last chat, and I drew upon the newest statistics and our knowledge of how batters age. I only came up with seven points, with some overlap - and some of this is not yet available publicly (if even privately).

O-Swing%

Z-Swing%

HR/FB%

swSTR%

Exit Velocity

Vertical Exit Angle

Horizontal Exit Angle / Oppo & Pull%

Eight Batting Components of OVP:

1. H

2. BB

3. HBP

4. Sac (bunt and fly)

5. Adv. the lead baserunner on an out

6. Eight or more pitch AB

7. GIDP/TP (Line out DP/TP only count as one, covered by defensive metrics)

8. First Pitch out of any inning

[weams]

"But it’s also important to remember that while pitches per plate appearance are strongly correlated with power and walks, they also add strikeouts and only have a small effect on weighted on-base average. Hitters also tend to see more pitches as they age, naturally, so a younger player who sees fewer pitches than an equivalent player is still probably preferable. Not all aggressive swingers are a drag on their team’s offense, either. So something that includes pitches seen per plate appearance as a metric threatens to overvalue the benefit of seeing that extra pitch."

[El Gordo]

IMO a QAB would be 6 or more pitches

Advance runner

Sac

exit velocity(hard hit ball)

BB

Base hit

2BH

3BH

HR

[weams]

Is Dipoto well respected?