Jesse Winker Had a Weird Year | Baseball Bits

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Clutch. That's what Jesse Winker was. This year was littered with Jesse Winker clutch moments. What does baseball clutch mean? Does clutch exist? These are the questions I'm trying to answer.

Jesse Winker had a weird 2023 season with the Milwaukee Brewers. It was his first year with the team after a trade ended his Jesse Winker Cincinnati Reds years. His tenure with the Seattle Mariners ended on a sour note, as he was traded to the Brew Crew.

Mind you, it wasn't long ago that Jesse Winker was the one of the top hitters in the league. His fall from grace has been fascinating, but it's not the focus of this episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production. One of the main things we'll be looking at is the split between Jesse Winker's WAR, that's Wins Above Replacement, and Jesse Winker's WPA, that's Win Probability Added. We'll get to see a remarkable example of a player with a respectable WPA despite a poor season.

He did it with numerous MLB clutch moments. Fans of the 2023 Brewers probably didn't love Winker's overall performance, but you can't deny that he helped them win a few games with timely hitting.
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Summary of Ryan Divish on Winker: https://sodomojo.com/2022/10/18/mariners-jesse-winker-reportedly-odds/
Jesse Winker on Baseball Reference: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/winkeje01.shtml
FanGraphs Clutch explainer: https://library.fangraphs.com/misc/clutch/
Winker preseason interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRHXxbh5UAY

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