Identifying Candidates for Regression

by Matthew on Mar 27, 2008 8:00 PM PDT

There are two main areas you should look at when judging whether a pitcher is due for regression (either good or bad). First, you look for extreme values in areas that we know are under little or no control of the pitcher. BABIP (average value for SP = .296, RP = .293) is the premier example. If a...