Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think-tank focusing on sabermetrics, the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball. Baseball Prospectus has fathered several popular new statistical tools which have become hallmarks of baseball analysis, including VORP (Value over replacement player)[1], PAP (Pitcher Abuse Points)[2], EqA (Equivalent average)[3], PERA (Peripheral ERA), and PECOTA[4]). Voros McCracken's pathbreaking article on DIPS also first appeared on the BP website.[5] Baseball Prospectus creates several products: