This Isn’t a Stretch: Quantifying Ball Acquisition Proficiency to Evaluate Fielders on Assisted Put-Outs Submssion for the 2023 SMT Data Challenge - Graduate Student Division Watch the recorded presentation HERE! Repository Information Project.pdf contains the paper, which has a hyperlink to Example Play.gif. Analysis Code.rmd is a self-contained file with the code necessary to reproduce our analysis. Results contains *.csv's of every throw used with indicator variables and xCR as well as CAA player rankings. Shapes.mlx is a matlab file used visualize the surface shapes tested with. Example Play Animations contains *.gif's of the example play in the paper and four plays with varying xCR levels. Unfinished contains our attempts at game state inference and boxscore compilation.
