The LF wall tracker

[OsEatAlEast]

It's an interesting thought to keep track of whether pushing the fence in LF back hurts or helps the O's this year. We need some definite criteria to measure it though. Like off of the wall until the wall straightens out in left and any fly ball on the warning track maybe. I'm wondering what you all think about this. 

The ball Mancini hit was most definitely a homer last year.

Visitors-1 Orioles-0

Edited April 13, 2022 by OsEatAlEast

[Bahama O's Fan]

Love this idea

[SpOkane]

Any good ideas on how to track last year's singles and doubles are this year's doubles and triples?

[Tony-OH]

Do we count the runner scoring from 1st on a double down the left field line that would not have happened with a shorter fence?

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Do we count the runner scoring from 1st on a double down the left field line that would not have happened with a shorter fence?

I think you have to, right?  That's a byproduct of the new configuration.  

It's hard to track this stuff but it's worth trying.  

[Orioles0615]

We should sticky this thread. This will be cool to track all year

[interloper]

Watch the Yankees come in and just hit 450 ft bombs over the LF fence all series .... lol

[OsEatAlEast]

MurphDogg had this idea in the "Left field...big change" thread. It may be contentious at times but I think we will have to come to a consensus on each one unless it is plainly obvious one way or the other.

[interloper]

17 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Do we count the runner scoring from 1st on a double down the left field line that would not have happened with a shorter fence?

Any idea which play/batter that was? 

But yeah, we should definitely keep track. So far I don't believe it's affected the visiting teams yet, which is very Orioles, but it will inevitably. And that will be fun. 

[Tony-OH]

7 minutes ago, interloper said:

Any idea which play/batter that was? 

But yeah, we should definitely keep track. So far I don't believe it's affected the visiting teams yet, which is very Orioles, but it will inevitably. And that will be fun. 

It was this play: 1st inning, two run double by McCutcheon that Yelich scored from 1st on.

https://www.mlb.com/video/andrew-mccutchen-s-two-run-double

You know what though, after relooking at this video, I don't think that was wall issue at all. It looks like it deflected off Gutierrez's glove and that slowed the ball down and went into corner before the wall.

So I would not count this!

[OsEatAlEast]

17 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Do we count the runner scoring from 1st on a double down the left field line that would not have happened with a shorter fence?

Also do we count the runs at face value or as an instance. Like say an opposing player hits what would have been a three run homer next game. Would we do a Visitors-0 Orioles-3 or an instanced W/L kind of thing like Visitors-0 Orioles-1. I think it would be way easier to keep track of with the instanced version.

[Tony-OH]

7 minutes ago, OsEatAlEast said:

Also do we count the runs at face value or as an instance. Like say an opposing player hits what would have been a three run homer next game. Would we do a Visitors-0 Orioles-3 or an instanced W/L kind of thing like Visitors-0 Orioles-1. I think it would be way easier to keep track of with the instanced version.

I also think we should post the urls of the plays (can be found in game film in baseball savant) so we can see each.

Here's Mancini's double that would have snuck into the stands last year. 
https://www.mlb.com/video/eric-lauer-in-play-no-out-to-trey-mancini-zrfiz2

Maybe it's better to keep track of "robbed runs"

Robbed Run Score:
Orioles-1  Visitors-0

[OsEatAlEast]

4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

It was this play: 1st inning, two run double by McCutcheon that Yelich scored from 1st on.

https://www.mlb.com/video/andrew-mccutchen-s-two-run-double

To my eyes that play would have had the same result last season. But we do have to take into account that the guy in LF might be playing deeper than last season.

[Tony-OH]

4 minutes ago, OsEatAlEast said:

To my eyes that play would have had the same result last season. But we do have to take into account that the guy in LF might be playing deeper than last season.

That will be hard to do but I agree, that is part of things.

[Sanfran327]

6 hours ago, Orioles0615 said:

We should sticky this thread. This will be cool to track all year

OP needs to update the ledger each time as well. Great idea.