Various Orioles related FanGraphs articles

[weams]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

It's going to be exciting when it is revealed that Tom Tango is actually Harold Reynolds.

I am thrilled. I know who he is!

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, weams said:

I am thrilled. I know who he is!

They should put him in a monster suit and have some Scooby Do cos-players do the unveiling.

[weams]

13 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

They should put him in a monster suit and have some Scooby Do cos-players do the unveiling.

Or put a 

 

Head on him.

[weams]

 

[Can_of_corn]

I've been waiting for something like that.

[Spy Fox]

That's pretty cool. And the percentages should get more and more accurate as they continue to collect more data and add more factors. 

[Frobby]

55 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I've been waiting for something like that.

Me too.   It's cool that they're going to have retroactive data for 2015 and 2016.    It'll be very interesting to look at those numbers and compare them to the other "advanced metrics" that have been out there for several years, and see how good or bad the correlation is.

One thing I'm hoping they'll do is have a lot of video links where you can actually look at the individual plays and understand why some plays that looked great really weren't all that great.    

[Can_of_corn]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dylan-bundy-looks-ready-to-breakout/

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In the bottom of the first, the Orioles were so sure a bending Bundy curveball froze Nick Castellanos for a third strike that Bundy and the rest of the infield took a collective step to the visiting third-base dugout before home-plate umpire Jerry Layne signaled a strikeout.

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I asked Bundy after his start if he decided to add the pitch because of his struggles in going through the order a third time last season. And he indicated the decision was in part rooted to the data: “I’d say so,” Bundy said. “(The cutter) just gives me another a pitch I can show guys. I can break out at the beginning of the game or the end of the game. You never know. If you have four pitches to think about, instead of three, I think the percentages there make it a little harder to hit.”

 

[ArtVanDelay]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dylan-bundy-looks-ready-to-breakout/

 

DD looks like a fool here. 

“Why don’t you take a look at the chart with the average against cutters in the big leagues, batting average against and then come back and tell me that that’s a great pitch,” Duquette said.

In 2016, according to linear weights, MLB hitters produced positive values against fastballs (707.8) and changeups (7.1), and negative values against curveballs (-26.4), cutters (-65.7) and sliders (-630.6), according to FanGraphs leaderboards.

[Frobby]

Fangraphs has an article up on strength of schedule.   As might be anticipated, the O's are tied (with the Yankees) for the second-toughest schedule.   Oakland has the toughest.   http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/projected-2017-strengths-of-schedule/

[BohKnowsBmore]

On 3/4/2017 at 4:35 PM, Frobby said:

Me too.   It's cool that they're going to have retroactive data for 2015 and 2016.    It'll be very interesting to look at those numbers and compare them to the other "advanced metrics" that have been out there for several years, and see how good or bad the correlation is.

One thing I'm hoping they'll do is have a lot of video links where you can actually look at the individual plays and understand why some plays that looked great really weren't all that great.    

I too am excited for the golden age of WellActually-ism.

In all seriousness, this is really cool.  It will be a lot of fun to see the interpretations of the data this yields unfold over the next several years.  

[FlipTheBird]

18 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dylan-bundy-looks-ready-to-breakout/

 

The author's really reaching, there, unless Bundy said something else that wasn't printed. "And he indicated the decision was in part rooted to the data."

No, Dylan said he figured it'd be good to have another pitch to show guys. This is not a new concept. Nor did anyone, particularly Dylan Bundy, require advanced stats to know that he was getting hit harder the third time through. 

[BohKnowsBmore]

17 hours ago, ArtVanDelay said:

DD looks like a fool here. 

“Why don’t you take a look at the chart with the average against cutters in the big leagues, batting average against and then come back and tell me that that’s a great pitch,” Duquette said.

In 2016, according to linear weights, MLB hitters produced positive values against fastballs (707.8) and changeups (7.1), and negative values against curveballs (-26.4), cutters (-65.7) and sliders (-630.6), according to FanGraphs leaderboards.

According to the comments on the FG article, the quote is from 2012.  Any chance we can see the linear weights from other years?  Was this info available?

[Can_of_corn]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-importance-of-dylan-bundy-to-the-orioles/

 

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Starting pitchers who both (a) have been signed and developed by Baltimore and (b) have also thrown at least 50 innings since 2011 have combined for an underwhelming 10.7 WAR.

(6.9 of that is Gausman)

[BohKnowsBmore]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-importance-of-dylan-bundy-to-the-orioles/

 

(6.9 of that is Gausman)

Did you mean to reply to my question?