Talking Mets-Phillies with SNY.tv
by Bill Baer on Friday, April 29th, 2011Posted in Interviews, Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 1 Comment »
I took a few minutes to chat about the upcoming Mets and Phillies series with Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) of SNY.tv. We briefly talked about some injuries, the Phillies' offensive decline, and the great pitching staff. (Now with more Worley!) You can ...
Mets Series Preview with Joe Janish
by Bill Baer on Friday, April 29th, 2011Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 6 Comments »
The Phillies begin a trek through the NL East today, starting with the surprisingly hot New York Mets. Their six-game winning streak was snapped by the Washington Nationals last night behind a strong start from Livan Hernandez. The Mets ...
Statistically Regressing the Phillies’ Offense
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 12 Comments »
EDIT: Petti noticed an error in his calculator. He e-mailed me the updated numbers. As such, the post has been edited to reflect the changes. At Beyond the Box Score, Bill Petti (@BillPetti) did some number-crunching, looking at the actual production ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 4 Comments »
EDIT: There was a typographical error in the original post. This post has been edited to reflect the correct information. After Kelly Johnson stole second base in the top of the third inning during tonight's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, ...
Glengarry Greg Gross
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 33 Comments »
The Phillies are run-averse at the moment, as they have failed to score more than four runs in every game since April 9 against the Atlanta Braves. The cold streak culminated in a disappointing 4-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks ...
Requested: Your Feedback
by Bill Baer on Monday, April 25th, 2011Posted in Uncategorized | 21 Comments »
I am interested in receiving from feedback from you, my lovely readers, regarding this blog and some new ideas. I created a brief survey for you to take when you have a couple minutes to spare. Click here to take ...
Should Roy Halladay Have Thrown 130 Pitches?
by Bill Baer on Monday, April 25th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 45 Comments »
Roy Halladay pitched excellently against the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon, striking out 14 hitters in eight and two-thirds innings. The ninth inning had a similar feel to the ninth in his start on April 13 against the ...
A Game for the Armchair Scouts
by Bill Baer on Friday, April 22nd, 2011Posted in MLB, Sabermetrics | 51 Comments »
If there's one group Saberists don't like, it's the people who back up their outlandish claims with "I watch the games". Being able to pinpoint minute details in baseball players is a skill that takes years to master -- that's ...
Odds and Ends After Thursday’s Win
by Bill Baer on Friday, April 22nd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 12 Comments »
Ryan Howard went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts against the San Diego Padres on Thursday, the 19th time he has struck out four or more times in a game. Click here for the rest. Roy Oswalt wasn't sharp, but the ...
SIERA Through 17 Games
by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 21st, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 22 Comments »
Last year, Matt Swartz and Eric Seidman came up with a great pitching metric called SIERA, or Skill Interactive Earned Run Average. It is a lot like FIP and xFIP, but it specifically accounts for a pitcher's batted ball skills, ...
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