tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post4670248133126302372..comments2024-03-27T10:29:44.159-07:00Comments on Raising Matt Cain: WAR PowerM.C. O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-54518980455637727542014-07-24T11:56:34.023-07:002014-07-24T11:56:34.023-07:00I used PhoneCo because the Park wasn't AT&...I used PhoneCo because the Park wasn't AT&T when Cruz played there (still PacBell at the time). I'm not sure if Nate was on the team during the SBC phase but I wanted to cover all my bases! Yeah, I think it will be AT&T for a while.<br /><br />Indeed Pence is a hacker, but he makes it work by putting a lot of hard-hit balls in play. I just like how guys can make positive contributions to winning in lots of ways. Some guys take a lot of pitches, are selective, get on base, etc. Some guys swing away. Just as long as they help the team win, baby!<br /><br />M.C. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-31236990996192295132014-07-24T10:59:46.327-07:002014-07-24T10:59:46.327-07:00Oh, and I'll share a recent realization I had ...Oh, and I'll share a recent realization I had recently. While position players have highers WAR, per the reasoning that the sabers note, pitchers WAR/game is much much higher than position players. That makes a much greater difference when you look at WAR on a per game situation, like we would in a playoff situation. I've been planning on writing about this at some point.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-66218367851615435172014-07-24T10:54:33.621-07:002014-07-24T10:54:33.621-07:00Yeah, I love Pence for his hustle too, great role ...Yeah, I love Pence for his hustle too, great role model (for his hustle and positive attitude, not his hacktastic ways :^) for our prospects to learn from and emulate.<br /><br />The turnaround, I think, is just related to the hitters getting a break and reset from their mindset during the tailspin. People sometimes get into bad habits and find it hard to break out of it.<br /><br />The starting pitching has actually been pitching well during the bad streak per sabermetric measure PQS. They were just suffering from a lot of bad luck from all the hits given up and given up at the wrong time. <br /><br />Well, the name changes should be at end, AT&T aint getting bought by anybody.<br /><br />Baseball-reference has Lincecum at 1.1 WAR vs. 0.1 for Petit. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2014.shtml<br /><br />bWAR rewards actual performance whereas fWAR (which I assume is what you used) focuses more on DIPS metrics. So Petit got rewarded greatly for his high K/9 and K/BB ratio vs. Lincecum. obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-59009343896290061172014-07-24T08:35:50.367-07:002014-07-24T08:35:50.367-07:00Pitching WAR is funky. Not sure I get it, seems t...Pitching WAR is funky. Not sure I get it, seems to be influenced by some weird metrics. For example, Tim is below Petit. WTF? So it isn't really showing contribution to team success, like the James one. I love these modern stats but they take a little more thinking than the old days.<br /><br />Hunter is a true baseball gem. I was a bit miffed last night with the crazy steal and slide into left field until I realized it was a frigging water slide out there. It did make for more great Pence facial expressions. What a caveman! I love him!JC Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666659454815710731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-60101283462773259962014-07-24T07:46:04.141-07:002014-07-24T07:46:04.141-07:00I love Hunter Pence. His hustle makes him a great ...I love Hunter Pence. His hustle makes him a great role-model type player.<br />And I love our 2-game lead, considering how totally pessimistic I was a couple of weeks ago. It feels like the team's resurgence might be related to Lincecum's streak of great starts.<br />I'm also glad to see someone else use the name "PhoneCo" for the ballpark in SF. I hate it when they keep changing the name of a place.Brother Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18162500140573910451noreply@blogger.com