News from around the league!
Hello everyone,
I just spent a little time looking at some headlines and thought I'd mention a few:
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The LaRussa strategy warrants probabilistic investigation.
I don't really get the National League stuff, because I watch those games about as often as I watch pro bowling, but intuitively I don't like this design, because it seems to make it more likely that a starting pitcher will be pulled earlier for a pinch hitter; I assume that an optimal strategy would be to delay his exit, unless their bullpen is really awesome. An NL starting pitcher is only going to get 2 or 3 ABs in a game, right?
Seems to me that an even better strategy is to wield a lineup of better hitters.
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Mar 10, 2008 8:06 PM EDT
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I still think this is acase where conventional wisdom happens to be correct.
by jhon on
Mar 11, 2008 1:34 PM EDT
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Over the course of a season, it will have effect of giving either more ABs to pitchers or taking away starters innings.
But how many innings? What is the quality of those innings being lost, versus what their bullpens offer?
How does this increase in workload affect the quality of the bullpen? If one or two SP innings are lost per rotation cycle--which I think is a reasonable guess--that ammounts to ~50 IP in a season, or the work of a good reliever.
Do starters benefit from the lighter workload? What is gained from the small increase in the percentage of PAs dedicated to pinch hitting? Does this arrangement really lead to getting more guys on base in front of Pujols at all? Is that inandof itself a good idea, or does it lead to Pujols getting pitched around more often? Would it be better to bat him cleanup?
I haven't solved this one yet, but I still think that one lineup spot will make all the difference in games. A pitcher has to bat somewhere, but I'd want to delay his departure as long as possible. Pretty much every manager in history agrees.
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I could watch that all day.
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Mar 10, 2008 10:13 PM EDT
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Mar 11, 2008 3:03 AM EDT
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As my friend who I sent the clip to said, "Every pitch looks better when he's announcing it."
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Those (limited) stats for Tata are dreadful. He gave up 7 runs to the A's during the stretch run last year.
Thanks for the help, Tata!
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What's with Baldelli? What the hell is ATP, Chuck or Mario?
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Mar 12, 2008 4:15 PM EDT
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Actually, I'm in such a workday coma I can't even process a simple Wiki summary.
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This makes the Delmon trade harder to swallow. I think they're going to rue that one big time, if they aren't already. The breakout is coming.
Which remainds me, every year I take a shot at making an all-star breakout list...
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