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If a question has a shorter answer or if there’s some breaking news in the baseball world we want to comment on, Quick Takes is where we’ll do it.

SaSlg (Speed-adjusted Slugging) Explained

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SaSlg (Speed-adjusted Slugging) Explained

Speed Adjusted Slugging (aka, SaSlg) is a stat we’ve devised here at AVSG to use when comparing two players when speed/stolen bases is a major component of one player’s game but not of the others (for example, comparing Albert Pujols to Andrew McCutchen). Read more

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