re: *’s sign stealing - by the numbers

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You selectively picked the one stat that was higher at home than on the road.

His batting average, walks, strikeouts, on base percentage, OPS, were all higher on the road.

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I picked slugging stats because when you've been tipped off that a fastball, or offspeed pitch, is coming it's much easier to gear up to crush a pitch.

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So you're explanation is that he just got lucky?

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I said to an extent because well.. that's really what that stat implies. Or you can call it an anomaly, whatever you prefer. MLB average for BABIP in 2017 was .299.

In any event, Marwin's .366 BABIP answers your original question of

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Look at this:

In 2017, Marwin’s batting average at home was .282

On the road it was .326



Marwin was hitting WAY better on the road than at home. Honestly, what is the explanation for that???

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