**Official 2014 MLB Regular Season-All over but the shouting (1 Viewer)

[Dickie Dunn]

From Rotoworld's daily email...

In other sports, random Wednesday nights don’t suddenly become magical. Also, other sports don’t have Vin Scully.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was the definition of unhittable over nine innings on Wednesday in Los Angeles, striking out a career-high 15 batters and finishing one Hanley Ramirez error short of a perfect game in an 8-0 defeat of the Rockies. It was the first-ever no-hitter for the 26-year-old left-hander, who is sure to flirt with -- and quite possibly achieve -- many more. He did not walk a batter and the only Colorado player to reach base did so on an errant throw from Hanley in the top of the seventh.

By Bill James’ Game Score metric -- which attempts to put a value on individual pitching performances -- it was the second-best outing in baseball history, checking in at 102. Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout effort from 1998 is the highest at 105.

MLB.com has a video package of every out Kershaw recorded, called by Scully. Special stuff.

Video Link

I like how Scully steps aside right after the final out is made and let's the scene speak for itself. But when he comes back, he sounds barely more excited than he was in the first inning. That's a little strange.

 

[tjnc09]

Does anyone have any links/articles/sites that try to predict MLB stats for pitchers based on Minor League stats? I have my full allocation of "likes" to give out.

 

[Celph Titled]

Assume you've seen these?

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/principles/league-equivalencies/

 

[Premier]

From Rotoworld's daily email...

In other sports, random Wednesday nights dont suddenly become magical. Also, other sports dont have Vin Scully.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was the definition of unhittable over nine innings on Wednesday in Los Angeles, striking out a career-high 15 batters and finishing one Hanley Ramirez error short of a perfect game in an 8-0 defeat of the Rockies. It was the first-ever no-hitter for the 26-year-old left-hander, who is sure to flirt with -- and quite possibly achieve -- many more. He did not walk a batter and the only Colorado player to reach base did so on an errant throw from Hanley in the top of the seventh.

By Bill James Game Score metric -- which attempts to put a value on individual pitching performances -- it was the second-best outing in baseball history, checking in at 102. Kerry Woods 20-strikeout effort from 1998 is the highest at 105.

MLB.com has a video package of every out Kershaw recorded, called by Scully. Special stuff.

Video Link

I like how Scully steps aside right after the final out is made and let's the scene speak for itself. But when he comes back, he sounds barely more excited than he was in the first inning. That's a little strange.

Not odd at all. That's the way he's called every game in his career.

 

[tjnc09]

Assume you've seen these?

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/principles/league-equivalencies/

Thanks, I've seen those for hitting stats but not pitching stats. Are they elsewhere? Quite possible I'm completely blind.

 

[Eephus]

Gavin Floyd's elbow trending on Twitter

 

[sports_fan]

Does anyone have any links/articles/sites that try to predict MLB stats for pitchers based on Minor League stats? I have my full allocation of "likes" to give out.

http://strikethree.com/01/07/14/dac.shtml

 

[shadyridr]

16 game winning streak vs TOR in NY!

 

[Annyong]

Gavin Floyd's elbow trending on Twitter

Sucks for him and the Braves. He's been great lately

 

[tjnc09]

Does anyone have any links/articles/sites that try to predict MLB stats for pitchers based on Minor League stats? I have my full allocation of "likes" to give out.

http://strikethree.com/01/07/14/dac.shtml

thanks, any site show some correlation between hits in the minors vs MLB? I'm guessing that's more difficult to project than K & BB, but the internet is a vast wasteland of stuff.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Gavin Floyd's elbow trending on Twitter

Sucks for him and the Braves. He's been great lately

fractured

:(

 

[Raider Nation]

The insects in Minnesota are so big, it looks like it's snowing.

 

[shadyridr]

In MLB The Show, I put ARod on the trading block and guess which team offered me a AA SP prospect straight up for him?

The Phillies The game is sooooooooooo realistic

 

[sports_fan]

Does anyone have any links/articles/sites that try to predict MLB stats for pitchers based on Minor League stats? I have my full allocation of "likes" to give out.

http://strikethree.com/01/07/14/dac.shtml

thanks, any site show some correlation between hits in the minors vs MLB? I'm guessing that's more difficult to project than K & BB, but the internet is a vast wasteland of stuff.

If you go to fangraphs then scroll to the bottom of the player page, they project stats out 5 years in advance. They do this for all players including guys in the minors. I'm not sure exactly how they calculate the numbers. There are some age adjustments in there.

 

[pollardsvision]

The guy Theo got ripped for reaching for with the 4th pick, Schwarber, has been promoted to full season A ball after 5 games in the Northwest League. I guess they figured there wasn't much more to learn there with his 1.975 OPS and 4 HRs.

 

[Eephus]

The guy Theo got ripped for reaching for with the 4th pick, Schwarber, has been promoted to full season A ball after 5 games in the Northwest League. I guess they figured there wasn't much more to learn there with his 1.975 OPS and 4 HRs.

One of the concerns was his lack of a defensive position. The Schwarb had two errors and allowed three stolen bases in his two games at catcher. He was moved to LF in his first game in A ball.

 

[tjnc09]

Ok, think I have one more "like" for today.

Looking for runs scored since 2002 in three categories by team

Away at Coors

Away at not Coors

Home

Simply looking to see how many runs more on average a team scores on the road at Coors vs road/overall in general.

I know Rockies score about 1.35 more at home than road, not sure if that's close to visitors.

This one could be on ESPN for all I know

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Ok, think I have one more "like" for today.

Looking for runs scored since 2002 in three categories by team

Away at Coors

Away at not Coors

Home

Simply looking to see how many runs more on average a team scores on the road at Coors vs road/overall in general.

I know Rockies score about 1.35 more at home than road, not sure if that's close to visitors.

This one could be on ESPN for all I know

Here you go:

TEAM	COORS G	COORS R	AVG	ROAD G	ROAD R	AVG	HOME G	HOME R	AVGNYY	9	52	5.78	1002	5169	5.16	1004	5409	5.39BOS	8	58	7.25	998	4952	4.96	1011	5633	5.57LAA-ANA	3	28	9.33	1005	4933	4.91	1007	4642	4.61STL	40	237	5.93	1008	4860	4.82	1008	4795	4.76CLE	9	29	3.22	1002	4760	4.75	1006	4642	4.61PHI	40	229	5.73	963	4504	4.68	1011	4854	4.80ATL	44	265	6.02	961	4411	4.59	1010	4686	4.64TEX	5	17	3.40	1004	4637	4.62	1008	5567	5.52NYM	44	236	5.36	964	4376	4.54	1007	4154	4.13TOR	6	13	2.17	1005	4597	4.57	1006	4933	4.90OAK	6	29	4.83	1002	4581	4.57	1008	4605	4.57DET	12	66	5.50	992	4511	4.55	1009	4779	4.74MIN	3	8	2.67	1007	4541	4.51	1006	4669	4.64TBR-TBD	12	67	5.58	996	4475	4.49	1009	4534	4.49SDP	115	621	5.40	894	3886	4.35	1009	3775	3.74BAL	3	13	4.33	1008	4487	4.45	1004	4602	4.58LAD	114	643	5.64	893	3855	4.32	1010	4185	4.14SFG	117	657	5.62	886	3799	4.29	1012	4234	4.18SEA	6	28	4.67	997	4424	4.44	1014	4017	3.96CHW	9	57	6.33	997	4393	4.41	1012	4972	4.91CIN	37	185	5.00	973	4222	4.34	1006	4633	4.61MIL	40	169	4.23	970	4227	4.36	1007	4581	4.55FLA-MIA	40	206	5.15	967	4163	4.31	1008	4390	4.36KCR	12	80	6.67	1000	4217	4.22	1004	4571	4.55CHC	37	189	5.11	974	4036	4.14	1001	4551	4.55ARI	116	600	5.17	892	3574	4.01	1012	4770	4.71HOU	37	210	5.68	973	3954	4.06	1008	4404	4.37WSN-MON	42	227	5.40	965	3915	4.06	1006	4303	4.28PIT	41	204	4.98	963	3864	4.01	1009	4248	4.21COL	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	1011	3932	3.89	1007	5825	5.78

 

[tjnc09]

Where did you pull that from?

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I have a login to Baseball-Reference's Play Index. Just did a couple of queries and pasted them into an Excel sheet to run them all together by team.

Just noticed something weird with the results ... there are about twice as many road as home games. I'll check it in a bit and rerun the numbers.

 

[tjnc09]

I have a login to Baseball-Reference's Play Index. Just did a couple of queries and pasted them into an Excel sheet to run them all together by team.

so visitors score about 1.18x as many runs @ Coors vs other games. Interesting.

 

[tjnc09]

Does anyone have any links/articles/sites that try to predict MLB stats for pitchers based on Minor League stats? I have my full allocation of "likes" to give out.

http://strikethree.com/01/07/14/dac.shtml

thanks, any site show some correlation between hits in the minors vs MLB? I'm guessing that's more difficult to project than K & BB, but the internet is a vast wasteland of stuff.

If you go to fangraphs then scroll to the bottom of the player page, they project stats out 5 years in advance. They do this for all players including guys in the minors. I'm not sure exactly how they calculate the numbers. There are some age adjustments in there.

Aw, I see them now. I don't think I ever bothered to scroll down that far/remember what was down there. That's extremely helpful since it appears to use the MLE Celph direcred me to as well.

 

[boubucarow]

The guy Theo got ripped for reaching for with the 4th pick, Schwarber, has been promoted to full season A ball after 5 games in the Northwest League. I guess they figured there wasn't much more to learn there with his 1.975 OPS and 4 HRs.

One of the concerns was his lack of a defensive position. The Schwarb had two errors and allowed three stolen bases in his two games at catcher. He was moved to LF in his first game in A ball.

They drafted him as a LF. The chatter I have seen is that they will let him catch enough to fail.

 

[Eephus]

The guy Theo got ripped for reaching for with the 4th pick, Schwarber, has been promoted to full season A ball after 5 games in the Northwest League. I guess they figured there wasn't much more to learn there with his 1.975 OPS and 4 HRs.

One of the concerns was his lack of a defensive position. The Schwarb had two errors and allowed three stolen bases in his two games at catcher. He was moved to LF in his first game in A ball.

They drafted him as a LF. The chatter I have seen is that they will let him catch enough to fail.

2 games may be enough

 

[Billy Bats]

Josééé José José Josééééé, Josééé, Josééé!!!!!

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I have a login to Baseball-Reference's Play Index. Just did a couple of queries and pasted them into an Excel sheet to run them all together by team.

Just noticed something weird with the results ... there are about twice as many road as home games. I'll check it in a bit and rerun the numbers.

I tried to do the same thing but the total runs kept coming back way too low (like less than 1 per game). Not sure what the deal was.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I have a login to Baseball-Reference's Play Index. Just did a couple of queries and pasted them into an Excel sheet to run them all together by team.

Just noticed something weird with the results ... there are about twice as many road as home games. I'll check it in a bit and rerun the numbers.

I tried to do the same thing but the total runs kept coming back way too low (like less than 1 per game). Not sure what the deal was.

I went to "Team Batting Streak Finder" and did a search for the years 2002-2014 with Runs >= 0 ... ran it for Home, Away (Any Ballpark) and Away (Coors). Saved them all as CSV files and set it up in Excel.

 

[Raider Nation]

Can't really expect to hang on to an 8-0 lead.

 

[Raider Nation]

When we were mentioning slowest MLB players, did Gonzo's name come up? He hit a 5-hopper to 1st, it got booted around, and he still got thrown out by four steps.

 

[the moops]

Remember Daniel Bard? Guy was destined to take over closing duties from Papelbon. Well...

Daniel Bard’s season for Single-A Hickory (#Rangers): 0.2 IP, 175.50 ERA, 13 ER, 9 walks, no hits, 7 HBP, one strikeout in four appearances.”

 

[Celph Titled]

That's literally worse than putting a ball on a tee.

 

[Raider Nation]

Hard to not feel bad for the kid. His arm was electric. He just needs a good psychiatrist.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Lynn Dickey and Craig Morton in a shootout.

 

[Michael Brown]

Remember Daniel Bard? Guy was destined to take over closing duties from Papelbon. Well...

Daniel Bards season for Single-A Hickory (#Rangers): 0.2 IP, 175.50 ERA, 13 ER, 9 walks, no hits, 7 HBP, one strikeout in four appearances.

No hits though...silver lining?

 

[Smack Tripper]

Steve Bedrosian's son called up last week by the Angels.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-bedrosian-20140613-story.html

I feel old.

Bed rock is one of the great nicknames of "recent"(?) vintage

 

[Raider Nation]

How do you blow a 2-run lead against the bottom of the Padres lineup???

That's like blowing a 9-run lead against any other team.

 

[Celph Titled]

Remember Daniel Bard? Guy was destined to take over closing duties from Papelbon. Well...

Daniel Bards season for Single-A Hickory (#Rangers): 0.2 IP, 175.50 ERA, 13 ER, 9 walks, no hits, 7 HBP, one strikeout in four appearances.

No hits though...silver lining?

His defense did manage to get to both balls that were put in play. Small victories, I suppose.

 

[shadyridr]

Remember Daniel Bard? Guy was destined to take over closing duties from Papelbon. Well...

Daniel Bards season for Single-A Hickory (#Rangers): 0.2 IP, 175.50 ERA, 13 ER, 9 walks, no hits, 7 HBP, one strikeout in four appearances.

No hits though...silver lining?

His defense did manage to get to both balls that were put in play. Small victories, I suppose.

look at that k/9

 

[sports_fan]

Ozuna guns down tying run twice

http://m.mlb.com/video/v33902741/must-c-cannon-ozuna-throws-two-players-out-at-home

 

[Raider Nation]

LOL @ the pitch Machado just got rung up on. It was barely above his feet. He won't be getting any breaks.

 

[tjnc09]

Ozuna guns down tying run twice

http://m.mlb.com/video/v33902741/must-c-cannon-ozuna-throws-two-players-out-at-home

That was so sick. There have been some amazing cannons to home plate this year.

 

[Premier]

Turn on Astros - Rays for some gorgeooooooous jerseys.

 

[Raider Nation]

J.A. Happ walks three straight batters. All of them score, surprisingly.

 

[pollardsvision]

Turn on Astros - Rays for some gorgeooooooous jerseys.

Rainbows and Devil Rays?

 

[tjnc09]

New day, more "likes" available.

Any place that allows easy searches on multiple stat searches I.E. day/away, night/Tuesday, etc. Biggest need is day/night home/away splits together. And if they are available for team & player?

Thanks

 

[strykerpks]

2 strikes, 2 outs, bases loaded in the 3rd inning with the pitcher up. Brewers cleared the bases on a wild pitch

 

[Annyong]

New day, more "likes" available.

Any place that allows easy searches on multiple stat searches I.E. day/away, night/Tuesday, etc. Biggest need is day/night home/away splits together. And if they are available for team & player?

Thanks

this is getting ridiculous

 

[Celph Titled]

New day, more "likes" available.

Any place that allows easy searches on multiple stat searches I.E. day/away, night/Tuesday, etc. Biggest need is day/night home/away splits together. And if they are available for team & player?

Thanks

this is getting ridiculous

Quiet you. tj is doing good work.

 

[tjnc09]

New day, more "likes" available.

Any place that allows easy searches on multiple stat searches I.E. day/away, night/Tuesday, etc. Biggest need is day/night home/away splits together. And if they are available for team & player?

Thanks

this is getting ridiculous

If asking questions about baseball stats in a baseball thread is ridiculous, maybe I need to look more closely at what that word really means.

 

[Annyong]

It doesn't bother me, I just think it's funny. No problem.

Maybe I missed it, but what exactly do you need all these stat searches for?