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Tony Blengino mentions tRA, Graham, LL On Air


This weeks interview with Tony Blengino on Shannon Drayer's 'Hot Stove League' program was awesome.

For the 'Stat of the Week', he explained FIP, including explaining the formula for calculating it. After that he discussed how there are now 'even more advanced pitching stats out there, which break down the results of the at bat further, by batted ball type' (grounders, fly balls, line drives), and gave some stats on what was the BABIP on different batted ball types. Then he menioned tRA, invented by Graham at LL. Awesome! It seemed like he was almost going to start rattling off the formula on the air, but then he stopped himself. :)

I just love that our teams Assistant GM is a huge stat nerd. And the fact that they have a research department who is continuing to develop new stats, to use to help give the Mariners an advantage over other teams, is incredible.