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Gotta Catch 'Em All: Catch Probability Deconstructed

What Makes for an Improbable Catch?

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Matan K
Aug 29, 2024
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Few baseball topics elicit more controversy than outfield defense and most especially, catch probability. Just this past week, a catch by Aaron Judge ignited a firestorm on Twitter. This propensity for disagreement is quite understandable. The perspective of fans is channeled through the TV lens and outfielders uniquely do much of their hard work away f…

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