If you don’t know what “XStats” is, let me catch you up. XStats was a wonderful idea put together by Rotographs writer Andrew Perpetua. After Statcast data was released, he figured he could use it to calculate an estimated amount of what players stats should be. What it does is basically factor out luckiness and unluckiness. He has certain detailed statistics on every player, including every KC Royals player. In this piece, I’ll dive into some notable things I found.
As bad as Alcides Escobar has been, he’s still lucky
Yes, you heard that correctly.