savant scrape no longer working

[jrhessey]

I did some testing in the savant batter all scrape function and found there is a new parameter (hfC=)

Update the url from

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search/csv?all=true&hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R%7CPO%7CS%7C=&hfSea=&hfSit=&player_type=batter&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=",start_date,"&game_date_lt=",end_date,"&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfFlag=&metric_1=&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_abs=0&type=details&

to

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search/csv?all=true&hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R%7CPO%7CS%7C&hfC=&hfSea=&hfSit=&player_type=batter&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=",start_date,"&game_date_lt=",end_date,"&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfFlag=&metric_1=&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_abs=0&type=details&

and I think that should fix it, at least it did in my fork...

[BillPetti]

That's a great catch. I have been futzing with it for a few days and couldn't figure it out. I've updated all four scrape_statcast functions with the new term. Thanks!

[BillPetti]

Turns out there's been more of a change. You now have to have Sea field set in your query, even when going across seasons. For now, the functions will only allow queries across the same season. That seems to be the most reliable fix.