Baseball Reference had Andrelton Simmons at 3.1 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Freddie Freeman at 2.8 WAR at the All-Star break.
Fangraphs had Freeman at 2 WAR and Simmons at 1.7 WAR.
Baseball Prospectus had Freeman at 2.23 Wins Above …
For all that’s made of the strikeout and good things happening when players make contact, it actually doesn’t play out that way in the real world:
Braves on Balls in Play: .295/.293/.364
National League on Balls in Play: .298/.295/.377
Braves …
Much has been made of the Braves’ futility with runners in scoring position. As I wrote this, looking at the statistics before Wednesday’s action, the Braves had the second-worst batting average in the National League and the fourth-worst slugging percentage …
A few weeks ago, before Jason Heyward started his recent hot hitting, some Atlanta sports-talk personalities asked if Heyward has been a bigger disappointment than Jeff Francoeur. As always when Heyward goes through a rough patch offensively the comparisons to …
