Quarter Post Team Metrics

		Your Junk my Happy Zone
		by Brandon Corbett

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There's an oddity to note with AVG — 3 .500+ teams (Onanism, Belgian, and Squirrels) sit in the bottom 3 spots, behind even the league's 3 sub-.500 squads (Isles, Balls, and Friday). Proponents of offense's role in success will be pleased to see the division leaders, El Diablos and Aces, in spots 1 and 2.

The distribution of teams across SLG% remains largely the same as AVG. The notable exception being Friday and the Balls jumping over El Diablos and Wolfpack into the second and third spots. So much for offense being an indicator of success.

As you might expect, ERA pairs more closely with the standings. 6 of the top 7 teams lead the pack with numbers under 4.00. The anomaly is Wolfpack: .500 and second place in Garcia, but 9th with an 8.14 ERA. The division leaders once again find themselves in spots 1 and 2.

Aided by 3 perfect games Belgian gets their best showing, edged out by only El Diablos. WHIP produces a tight pack, too, as 5 teams sit within 0.4 of one another. The Balls at seventh is once again cause for head-scratching, given the 2-6 start.

Run differential seems like a smart bet to identify team success — or lack thereof. But nope. Only 2 teams (Wolfpack at 7 and Isles at 10) occupy the same positions. A team at .500 yet 24 runs under; a team 4 games under .500, but even on run differential... One thing can be said with a degree of certainty, though: Wolfpack games are not pitchers' duels.