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Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, a Harrisburg native, walks down the runway after he was chosen with the 12th overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the NFL football draft last night. Photo by David Dermer, The Associated Press. AP
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Drafted: Penn State’s Micah Parsons and Jayson Oweh were both selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Parsons will play in Dallas, Oweh in Baltimore. Read more.
2021/04/30 15:53 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addresses the crowd as the first round of the NFL football draft finishes early Friday, April 30, 2021, in Cleveland. (. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addresses the crowd as the first round of the NFL football draft finishes early Friday, April 30, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer) An image of Northwestern cornerback Greg Newsome II, right, is displayed onstage after he was chosen by the Cleveland Browns with the 26th pick in the. An image of Northwestern cornerback Greg Newsome II, right, is displayed onstage after he was chosen by the Cleveland Browns with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
2021/04/30 10:28 Alabama quarterback Mac Jones appears on the Red Carpet at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before the first round of the NFL football draft Thursday, Apr. Alabama quarterback Mac Jones appears on the Red Carpet at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before the first round of the NFL football draft Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer, Pool) FILE - New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick speaks to the media following an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Foxborough,. FILE - New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick speaks to the media following an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Foxborough, Mass., in this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, file photo. The Patriots hold the 15th pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, on Thursday May 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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One of the biggest questions of the analytical age is how much of a player’s performance is real, and how much is noise? This is really the driving question behind so much of analytical development RBI as a comparative tool are pretty noisy, wOBA is less so, and that’s why the analytical movement has shifted away from RBI.
Cutting out noise is particularly tough when it comes to early season returns. Stats need time to normalize, hitters that start cold will have a hot streak, etc. However, we can look at some stats and try to get a picture of true talent, even after just a month’s worth of data. Today, we’re going to try and do that with Jameson Taillon.
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