This is gonna get blown up to idiotic proportions lol
Parker had already done a ton of work on the draft, so Shapiro let him carry it out and is now bringing in his own guys. Not that hard.
http://www.pitcherlist.com/
The writing isn't great but a nice resource, if not a bit anecdotal, for analyzing pitchers. Like a more visual leaning Brooks. If I wanna see a certain pitch (Estrada change?) to see why it's beating xFIP or something then it's a good site.
And then Brooks is another good one. Pure data lol
Good. Thanks.
I use IFFB% as an extremely lazy proxy for launch angle. So guys that have a higher one I tend to discount their xFIP a bit because they likely shouldn't *QUITE* be regressed to league avg. ie:
But really, it's dumn. SIERA is a great stat, it's just a pain in the ass to calculate. Just set up a custom dashboard on fangraphs and have it displayed. It usually falls in the middle between ERA and xFIP in cases like this. I mostly look at SIERA and SwStr.
I mean like.
xFIP regresses HR to 12.5%(FB). Are they also regressing IFFB under that branch? They shouldn't be, obviously. But I remember MLC, when it still updated, specified "HR/OFFB" or something.
Oi it's too early
Going to see the Jays on the road is actually a ton of fun. I saw them versus Price this year, Verlander vs Happ in Detroit when JV was in his prime, and the balls to the wall game with Bruce Tallet in Baltimore.
The trick is waiting until the day of. They get super cheap.