Sig Mejdal indicts the public advanced defensive metrics (except Statcast)

[7Mo]

41 minutes ago, hoosiers said:

Not sure if I read this when first posted, but the defensive stats mentioned by Mejdal include the following:

infielders:

where the ball was hit, where the infielder was standing, the time the infielder had to get to the ball, the time it took to accelerate, the time to get to the ball, the time to exchange the ball, the time to release it, the time it took the ball to get to first base

Information on State cast leaderboards: catcher framing, outfielder jump, catch probability, 

Statcast OF Info: outfielder jump, reactions in burst, route efficiency

One starts to get the idea that all functions (skills) involved in a play are measured and yield averages and peak results.

All great and very interesting stuff.

As I mentioned last summer, when I spoke to an Aberdeen pitcher during a rainout, the report given to the pitcher the day after pitching has 16 stats on every pitch thrown.

I have every confidence that our front office is building a state of the art analytics department and that it will help close the gap with a good portion of the rest of the league evaluates and trains players.

And the key word is "building". It takes time. 

[Frobby]

I know a guy who works in the analytics department of MLB.   He says the department now has defensive metrics for infielders akin to what they’re doing in the outfield, but they are still working out the kinks before making them public.    Can’t wait.   

[sportsfan8703]

9 hours ago, Frobby said:

I know a guy who works in the analytics department of MLB.   He says the department now has defensive metrics for infielders akin to what they’re doing in the outfield, but they are still working out the kinks before making them public.    Can’t wait.   

Didn’t Zobrist break the WAR system because he was playing all over the IF, and with shifting was putting up good dWAR with TB?  He never had a positive dWAR after leaving there. 

Edited December 15, 2019 by sportsfan8703

[weams]

5 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Didn’t Zobrist break the WAR system because he was playing all over the IF, and with shifting was putting up good dWAR with TB?  He never had a positive dWAR after leaving there. 

War doesn't work anymore. If it really ever did. But they are going to fix it. They will. 

[Hallas]

8 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Didn’t Zobrist break the WAR system because he was playing all over the IF, and with shifting was putting up good dWAR with TB?  He never had a positive dWAR after leaving there. 

He broke UZR because of his shifting.  IIRC they ended up taking out plays that are fielded more than a certain distance away from the usual starting position for a given fielder so Zobrist and a few others wouldn’t get OOZ credit for balls hit in the RF gap as a 3B.

[Larry18]

Brett Lawrie is the player that caused an adjustment to dWAR

[interloper]

On 12/14/2019 at 10:24 PM, Frobby said:

I know a guy who works in the analytics department of MLB.   He says the department now has defensive metrics for infielders akin to what they’re doing in the outfield, but they are still working out the kinks before making them public.    Can’t wait.   

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