bmags Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 So says a new way to try and measure that: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=25647 Let’s establish a few things first. We know that over the course of a season, plate discipline gets worse for hitters, in the aggregate at least. Previous research has strongly suggested the obvious. The season is long and the players are tired. The effects aren’t visible to the naked eye (we’re talking about an extra strike every couple of hundred pitches), but the nice thing about big data is that you can see these patterns over time. Goes on to talk for 5 hours about what they are measuring, then we find that over 3 seasons Ventura is better than average. Last season alone, near the top of the list. Signed, Robin Ventura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Enter Balta in 3...2...1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Pizza Cutter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 04:55 PM) So says a new way to try and measure that: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=25647 Goes on to talk for 5 hours about what they are measuring, then we find that over 3 seasons Ventura is better than average. Last season alone, near the top of the list. Signed, Robin Ventura THEN WHOSE FAULT IS IT WHEN RONALD BELISARIO GIVES UPA HOPMERUN!!!!!!!!!!!!_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Lucy's Avocado Farm Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 05:00 PM) THEN WHOSE FAULT IS IT WHEN RONALD BELISARIO GIVES UPA HOPMERUN!!!!!!!!!!!!_ "Hope Runs" lead to many donations and raised awareness for numerous charitable causes across the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 05:09 PM) "Hope Runs" lead to many donations and raised awareness for numerous charitable causes across the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Dece? Is that a typo or hipster lingo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) Dece? Is that a typo or hipster lingo? dece Shortened form of "decent". Joe: How did you like that movie? John: It was dece http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Whatever nerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 04:59 PM) Enter Balta in 3...2...1... Take Spring Training completely off, no fatigue at the end of your 70 win season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) Alexei Ramirez might disagree with that assessment. This year's the first real test of that since 2012, when the team obviously wore down during the stretch run. Guys like Eaton, Abreu, Conor...and most of the pitching staff, as a close to .500 team became a pretty bad/below average one. The other problem here is separating for factors like Herm Schneider, or the fact that the bench has been very weak...thus not providing many legit options when resting regulars (see Leury Garcia). And "pretty decent" doesn't exactly fill one with confidence, lol. Edited February 24, 2015 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That's totes dece chief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Ventura also dece looking manager according to this http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...-tied-for-third Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 06:29 PM) Ventura also dece looking manager according to this http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...-tied-for-third I can't believe this is even a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Alexei Ramirez might disagree with that assessment. This year's the first real test of that since 2012, when the team obviously wore down during the stretch run. Guys like Eaton, Abreu, Conor...and most of the pitching staff, as a close to .500 team became a pretty bad/below average one. The other problem here is separating for factors like Herm Schneider, or the fact that the bench has been very weak...thus not providing many legit options when resting regulars (see Leury Garcia). And "pretty decent" doesn't exactly fill one with confidence, lol. But the thing is you are assuming Alexei Ramirez, managed by some other fantastic manager, would have completely prevented a second half collapse entirely, which this is saying that's pretty unlikely. He was going to wear down regardless, so it's a matter of degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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