Saturday, June 10 -- Adley/Captain America Bobblehead day vs Royals

[justD]

Helluva scary ass catch by Santander!!!!

[Mr-splash]

Nice catch. Made that look war harder than it needed to be. Could have just backed up another 2 feet. 

[Tony-OH]

Got to love baseball. The two balls hit hard were outs and the two hit weakly were hits!

 

[86this]

AAA Update - Westburg #17.

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, Mr-splash said:

Nice catch. Made that look war harder than it needed to be. Could have just backed up another 2 feet. 

Try using https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=717818 and checking the xBA on a play before making comments like that. It helps vs making a decision based on your eyes. Just a thought.

[dtk9119]

Just now, 86this said:

AAA Update - Westburg #17.

Mike Elias w the big fat YAWN 

[Baltimorecuse]

It's amazing how little righties want to pitch to AR.

[justD]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Got to love baseball. The two balls hit hard were outs and the two hit weakly were hits!

 

Classic KC luck

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Got to love baseball. The two balls hit hard were outs and the two hit weakly were hits!

 

What does "Hit Dist." mean?   Clearly Bobby Witt's ball to Mateo at deep short went more than 15 feet.

[Tony-OH]

4 minutes ago, 86this said:

AAA Update - Westburg #17.

Hohum, another HR for Westburg!

[SilverRocket]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Try using https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=717818 and checking the xBA on a play before making comments like that. It helps vs making a decision based on your eyes. Just a thought.

xBA doesn't take direction into account so I don't think it's great for looking at defensive plays. It's not the same idea as catch probability.

[Tony-OH]

Just now, SteveA said:

What does "Hit Dist." mean?   Clearly Bobby Witt's ball to Mateo at deep short went more than 15 feet.

That's the distance before it hit the ground.

[Malike]

Who is in the booth with Brown? I can't place the voice and just tuned in.

[Tony-OH]

Just now, SilverRocket said:

xBA doesn't take direction into account so I don't think it's great for looking at defensive plays. It's not the same idea as catch probability.

It's not perfect no doubt, but it gives a good idea of a ball hit towards a fielder. It agree it's not perfect, but it if a ball has a .520 xBA on a ball hit in your direction and you make the catch, it's hard to say he made it look harder than it was.

[86this]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

Who is in the booth with Brown? I can't place the voice and just tuned in.

Brian Roberts