Apologize in advance if this has been dealt with already but I have a couple questions for the masses........
Baseball appears to have gone to more of a Sabermetrics view of the world including an OPS% focus rather than looking solely at stats individually such as batting average, OBP, SLG, runs, RBIs, etc. to determine the value of an offensive player.
In relation to the college and professional ranks, is this considered different for softball?
There seems to be a significant focus of coaches on batting average and OBP as opposed to including slugging in the equation.
Are there other offensive stats or combination of them that are considered a better gauge of an offensive players value in softball?
If there is a link to a previous discussion, please post.
Thanks in advance.