We’ve all been there before. We’ve sat and watched as a Braves player hits a ball directly on the screws only for it to go straight into a defender’s glove. There’s also the infamous cases of deep fly balls that all look destined for the seats upon contact only for the outfielder to either scamper under it to make the catch or it just dies at the warning track thanks to the divine intervention of nature.

If you’re like me, you also make a beeline for Baseball Savant just to see whether or not the eye test matches up with the sabermetrics. If you’re also like me, this is when you either see a low xBA and shrug your shoulders or you see a high one and proceed to attempt to rip out your hair. Either way, I also feel like the best way to get over a bad situation is to take a look at the situa

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