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Doc,
I know this article covers pitching but can't help but be struck by the 97 for the M's offense. I don't know the stat well enough. Is it like xFip where it takes into account certain rate stats but is not necessarily a measure of results on the field? So we are basically average, yet I look in the Runs Scored Column and there we sit tied for 14 of 15 teams. Is the 97 score park adjusted and the tweaks to Safeco dimensions have made no difference? Struggling to see how we rank almost last in a very important category, actual runs scored on the field of play yet another stat says "hey, nothing to see here, league average". I don't even know the name of the stat that says we are "97", if you could provide it I'll read up on it myself and hopefully it will make more sense because my eyes and the scoreboard still see a team struggling to score enough runs.