xEP pushes MLB projections

xEP Network has started publishing a daily Major League Baseball projection feed that turns batter research into a live, sortable product. (xep.ai) The company’s MLB Hub says it updates daily around 10 a.m. Eastern and includes batter projections, matchup scores, prop edges and game trends in one dashboard. Its player search page says the tool covers season stats, today’s matchup, pitch arsenal ratings, prop projections, xValue edges and last-10 game logs. (xep.ai) A separate xEP page for top MLB projections defines “MS,” or matchup score, as a 0-to-10 rating of a batter’s performance potential against a pitcher, built from multiple analytics inputs. That page also frames “edge” as the gap between sportsbook odds and xEP’s own player projection. (xep.ai) The core idea is familiar across baseball analytics: estimate what a hitter is likely to do today, then compare that baseline with the opposing pitcher’s pitch mix and recent form. Major League Baseball’s Statcast system already tracks pitch-by-pitch data, and Baseball Savant publishes batter results by pitch type through its pitch arsenal leaderboard. (baseballsavant.mlb.com 1) (baseballsavant.mlb.com 2) That matters because daily baseball decisions now happen in a crowded market of projection tools aimed at fantasy players and bettors. FanGraphs publishes current-season projection systems including ATC, while EvAnalytics distributes Derek Carty’s THE BAT family of hitter projections, and RotoBaller runs daily hitter matchup ratings. (fangraphs.com) (evanalytics.com) (rotoballer.com) xEP is positioning its product around speed and packaging rather than raw public data alone. Its site says the service offers “live odds” and more than 35,000 plays to analyze across sports, with MLB tools grouped beside National Basketball Association and National Football League products under a paid subscription. (xep.ai 1) (xep.ai 2) The baseball piece of that pitch is convenience: one place to check a hitter’s recent game log, projected props and how his profile lines up with the pitches he is most likely to see that day. Baseball Savant’s own CSV documentation shows the underlying Statcast data already includes pitch type, game date and other pitch-level fields that third-party models can turn into matchup products. (baseballsavant.mlb.com) xEP’s public pages do not spell out the full formula behind its matchup scores or “xArsenal” ratings, so outside users can see the outputs more easily than the model design. What is clear from the company’s MLB Hub is that it wants those outputs refreshed daily and used as the starting point for lineup, prop and matchup decisions. (xep.ai)