Kyle Bradish makes top 5 of new metric

[Billy F-Face3]

In a new Baseball Savant metric that predicts how good a pitcher is at preventing base stealing, Kyle Bradish has ranked 3rd in Baseball. Here is the story...

https://www.mlb.com/news/baseball-savant-metric-pitcher-stolen-base-prevention

 

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2. Who was good – and not – in 2022 and ’23?

Data goes back to 2016; let’s combine the last two years for a more recent leaderboard. The best, in terms of base advances prevented in 2022-'23, is an interesting and somewhat eclectic group.

• +14 David Peterson
• +10 Zack Greinke
• +10 Patrick Sandoval
• +9 Kyle Bradish
• +8 Zac Gallen, Dylan Cease, Cole Irvin, several others

 

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[Billy F-Face3]

Reading the data makes me even more interested in Brooks Raley or Brent Suter for our bullpen if they were to be available. It also makes me less interested in Nola.

[Moose Milligan]

Got all excited, then I saw it was preventing base stealing. Which is a bit more significant now after the rule changes but I’d be really excited if he was third at preventing baserunners instead. 

[Say O!]

5 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Got all excited, then I saw it was preventing base stealing. Which is a bit more significant now after the rule changes but I’d be really excited if he was third at preventing baserunners instead. 

Well Bradish was 4th in qualified starters in WHIP in 2023 — link

[btdart20]

2 hours ago, Say O! said:

Well Bradish was 4th in qualified starters in WHIP in 2023 — link

Are you excited yet @Moose Milligan?!  

[Moose Milligan]

4 hours ago, btdart20 said:

Are you excited yet @Moose Milligan?!  

That’s good news!

[LA2]

6 hours ago, Say O! said:

Well Bradish was 4th in qualified starters in WHIP in 2023 — link

That's quite a list: you have go down into the mid-#20's before you start seeing non-elite pitchers.

[LA2]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

That’s good news!

C'mon Moose, you don't sound excited enough!

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, LA2 said:

C'mon Moose, you don't sound excited enough!

 

[Billy F-Face3]

It's also interesting that Cole Irvin is tied with the lot that came in 5th place.