One of the few offensive players that have been consistent for the New York Mets this season is veteran J.D. Martinez. This week’s Statistical Spotlight features the first-year Met and examines what has gone into his success. J.D.’s home run in the 8th inning against the Diamondbacks on May 30 corralled the troops to a victory, and he followed that up by hitting another one in the sixth inning...
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This week’s Statistical Spotlight features Pete Alonso. Alonso has shown flashes of his dominance as of late. For games from May 18 to May 24, Pete slashed .259/ .333/.556 with a respectable .889 OPS. During this span, he has started to consistently showcase his power by hitting two home runs and two doubles. How has his approach at the plate recently attributed to this? Depicted below are...
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It is no secret that Jeff McNeil has been struggling at the plate, slashing .230/.309/.304 on the season. In this week’s edition of Statistical Spotlight, let’s take an in-depth look at McNeil’s batting statistics and identify areas that need to improve. Baseball Savant released a new metric, bat tracking, which calculates a player’s bat speed. It is calculated at the sweet spot of the bat which...
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This new series, Statistical Spotlight, will feature a different Met each week highlighting the player’s performance for that week’s games. This week’s feature is Brandon Nimmo and his performance for games from May 5 through May 11. Brandon Nimmo had an okay week hitting, slashing for .222/.444/.556 with an OPS of 1.000, smacking two home runs. Pulling data from Baseball Savant, I created a...
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