Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports takes a look at former Met Brian Bannister and his embrace of Sabermetrics. For the stat heads out there, its an interesting read, as Passan and Bannister both look at the numbers behind Bannister. From Bannister:

“I joke about it, but it’s almost like I’m watching the game from the Matrix. You’re not seeing what everybody else sees. You’re seeing the numbers that create it.”

The article takes a look at various pitching stats, such as DIPS and BABIP, not all of which I fully understand. Take a look, and see how Bannister is using the math to help make himself better.

I don’t fully understand all the math, thats why we have Matros, but I always liked Bannister. Makes you wonder, if he hadn’t hurt himself running out a double we might still have him around today.