User:Gnevins/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Opener (baseball)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is well written but lacks a lot of detail. It explains what the opener is and why one is used in a general sense, but it fails to touch on the analytics of why openers are effective for certain teams. I plan to implement some of the data surrounding the opener so the reader can get a better sense of what they are used for.


 * Sources
 * https://www.mlb.com/news/how-has-a-year-of-the-opener-changed-baseball
 * https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-gradual-spread-of-the-opener/
 * https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/3/25/18280667/opener-war-warp-ryan-yarbrough-tampa-bay-rays-relief-pitchers

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Weighted On Base Average


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article explains what wOBA is but it doesn't discuss why it's different from OBP. Many people think it's the same as OBP when it actually has a quite different concept. It also gives benchmarks for good and bad wOBA numbers, but doesn't go into any more detail. I plan to go more in depth for explaining what kinds of hitters tend to have better or worse wOBA numbers, and I will explain why it's used in today's game with the support of data.


 * Sources
 * Predicting run production and run prevention in baseball: the impact of Sabermetrics by Philip Beneventano
 * The book: Playing the percentages in baseball by Tom Tango
 * Simulation-Based Projections for Baseball Statistics by Daniel Acevedo

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Pitch (baseball)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article gives a brief overview of all the pitches in baseball. However, it doesn't go into much detail about how each pitch differs from the others. I plan to add more analytical information for each pitch such as spin rate, spin efficiency, arm angle, and other factors that would help to differentiate all the pitches from each other.


 * Sources
 * Direction of spin axis and spin rate of the pitched baseball by Shinji Sakurai
 * The effect of spin on the flight of a baseball by Alan Nathan
 * Profiling of a Pitcher’s Performance with a Smart Baseball: A Case Report by Young-Kwan Kim

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Sabermetrics


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article talks about the history of sabermetrics and how it has evolved over the years. It briefly discusses the current nature of sabermetrics but fails to go into depth about the current state of sabermetrics. I plan to introduce some of the most widely used sabermetrics and explain what the specific stats are supposed to calculate. The concept of sabermetrics is constantly evolving, so this is a great article to keep updating.


 * Sources
 * Understanding sabermetrics: An introduction to the science of baseball statistics by Michael Huber
 * Sabermetrics: The past, the present, and the future by Jim Albert
 * Advanced Baseball Statistics by Jon Abraham

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