OPS: Can We Do Better?

"But OPS should be able to be improved. Logically, the main problem with OPS is the weight it gives to slugging over on-base percentage. Both slugging and OBP have a solid correlation to runs scored and produced. Most results show that there is not much of a difference between the two stats in terms of how they correlate to runs scored. However, Slugging gets a noticeably higher weight in OPS, as compared to OBP. The nature of the stats is that almost every player who is not a singles hitter is going to have a higher slugging percentage, simply because total bases add up faster than walks do. Therefore, OPS gives more influence to slugging than to OBP." Follow the link to see more of this great article.