The Shack home-made metric is one of the funniest subplots on BSL.
I can't believe the amount of discussion it has generated.
Posted 03 February 2016 - 09:47 AM
The Shack home-made metric is one of the funniest subplots on BSL.
I can't believe the amount of discussion it has generated.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
Posted 03 February 2016 - 10:02 AM
Yeah, the idea is to use only SP IP, not any RP IP. When there's both, it's a moderate annoyance to separate them and calc ERA+ for the SP IP... so, truth be told, when I just glance to see something, I don't always do that... I take a rough shortcut instead... especially if a guy did just a couple IP in relief,..
As for adding a factor for how many GS, I understand the desire for that, as the result would lend itself to claims of being the one true SP-Goodness number. But I never did it, and that was pretty much on purpose. Adding that factor obscures what I want the score to do, which is to reflect how a SP does while he's doing the SP job. To me, it's the SP analogue of OPS: it's a measure of "how effective at doing the job", not a measure of "how durable".
If that 3rd factor is added, then the only thing it will do is provide a better gradient for SP's at the extremes. For a guy who eats innings and doesn't give up many runs doing it, it's gonna make him look great... and for a guy who can't get anybody out in the very few GS he ever has, it's gonna make him look even more terrible. But so what? We already know who's great, and we already know who's terrible, that's not the hard part. The hard part is how to rate the ones in between.
For the great majority of SP's who are in between, the modified score would falsely make 2 very different profiles look the same. A given SP who performs at a high level for fewer GS would score the same as another SP who shows up all the time but is mediocre. That's conflating, not illuminating. I think the greatest information content is achieved by showing 2 data points: the number of GS and the OTE+ score. The two of them side by side tell you more than any combined version could tell you.
About the only place the 3-factor version might be useful is if you wanna rate guys for who's the best of the best... or the worst of the worst... but that's more about funning than it is useful. But if you're gonna do it, then (IP/GS/9) * (ERA+) * (GS/32.4) sounds right... (the two GS's cancel; and using outs rather than IP prevents me from forgetting to have the spreadsheet translate partial IP from base 3 into base 10)
"You say you've lost your faith, but that's not where its at.
You have no faith to lose, and ya know it" - Bob Dylan
Posted 09 April 2016 - 11:59 AM
Baltimore Sun: Weekend finally brings opportunities for Orioles pitchers Mike Wright, Vance Worley
http://www.baltimore...0408-story.html
Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:40 PM
MASN: Vance Worley talks about his injury
http://www.masnsport...his-injury.html
Posted 14 June 2016 - 10:35 PM
Hope it's only 15 days but "groin injury" sounds problematic.
Posted 29 June 2016 - 08:12 AM
Worley Rehab in Frederick:
88-91 mph FB
84-85 mph CH
76 mph CB (1 or 2)
81-83 SL
Posted 29 June 2016 - 08:17 AM
What was his MPH before the injury?
Posted 29 June 2016 - 08:29 AM
Season Pitch Pitches AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP AVG minVel maxVel Vel
2016 FT 243 74 81 17 14 1 0 2 5 0 19 2 0 0 2 .230 84.5 92.5 88.6 2016 SL 125 38 40 12 10 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 .316 82.2 88.0 85.1 2016 FA 112 14 18 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .214 84.1 93.0 88.8 2016 FC 67 21 24 8 6 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .381 84.3 92.0 87.1 2016 KC 41 6 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 71.0 77.6 73.6 2016 CH 22 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 78.4 87.0 83.1
Posted 25 July 2016 - 07:25 AM
MASN: Showalter speaks after 5-3 win
http://www.masnsport...-5-3-win-7.html
The key for Worley was outstanding command. And not just one pitch.
“He had real good command,” Showalter said. “I asked Caleb after the sixth inning, I was contemplating about letting him go back out for the seventh. I go, ‘What have you got?’ And he goes, ‘He’s got command of everything still.’
“He had command of three pitches. He was down consistently. I thought the first inning, getting out of that, kind of set the tone. He’s a great guy to have pitch when it’s as hot and sticky as it is. He works fast, he throws strikes.
Posted 25 July 2016 - 11:39 AM
Pretty nice offseason addition so far for 2.8 mil.
Posted 25 July 2016 - 11:46 AM
I think Caleb was a key yesterday. Really mixed up his pitches and set hitters up nicely. He's very good at his job behind the plate.
“We have a shot at a wild card right now. But it is not a probability that we're going to win a wild card.” -2022 Trade Deadline
"It's liftoff from here" - after selling on 2022
"We're on a slight upward arc" - Winter Meetings 2022
"I think it's really hard to sit there and chart a course and say, 'We're likely to win the division.'" - Winter Meetings 2022
Mike Elias
Posted 02 December 2016 - 04:45 PM
Non-tendered.
Orioles announce Worley non tendered.
Posted 02 December 2016 - 04:46 PM
Posted 02 December 2016 - 04:50 PM
If the back up plan is Verrett and the shit we have, the Orioles are morons for making this move.
Posted 03 December 2016 - 11:12 AM
To me worley was okay, but nothing worth getting mad at.
The funny thing is the way DD holds on the his cherished rule 5 guys.
Can not wait until he brings our next rule 5 All Star in on Thursday.
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |