Minor League Chase Rate Over Expected

Evaluating plate discipline and swing decisions this year in the minor leagues

A few months ago, I wrote a post on Chase Rate Over Expected (CROE), which attempted to control for pitch quality when looking at a hitter’s overall propensity to chase. In today’s post, I wanted to take a look at the minor leagues to see which hitters are chasing more (or less) than expected.

Before diving into the results, a few updates to the model an…