Sarris: Jerry Dipoto’s nine points of offense
From SABR member Eno Sarris at FanGraphs on November 13, 2015:
Among the comments made by Jerry Dipoto in his conversation with David Laurila at the recently concluded GM meetings, one finds a fascinating statement by the new Mariners general manager on the topic of identifying undervalued offense, and nine things that successful hitters do.
We’ve defined a nine-point criteria of what we believe a quality at-bat consists of. If you do those things, you can play here.
What a delicious quote. What could those nine points be?
I tried my hand at guessing in my last chat, and I drew upon the newest statistics and our knowledge of how batters age. I only came up with seven points, with some overlap — and some of this is not yet available publicly (if even privately).
Read the full article here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jerry-dipotos-nine-points-of-offense/
Originally published: November 13, 2015. Last Updated: November 13, 2015.