What is BAbip in Baseball?

VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Hello and welcome back to First Line Sports Analytics on YouTube! In this video, we’ll be talking about BAbip in baseball. We’ll look at what it is, what it can do, and the assumptions made by the metric.  So, what is it? BAbip stands for batting average on balls in play. It isContinue reading “What is BAbip in Baseball?”

What are Offensive, Defensive, and Net Rating in Basketball?

VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: In this video, we’ll be discussing team offensive, defensive, and net rating in basketball. We’ll be offering our explanations of what the ratings are and how they’re typically used, while also briefly discussing some of the assumptions made when using the metrics. As a formula, the ratings are not too complicated: Take theContinue reading “What are Offensive, Defensive, and Net Rating in Basketball?”