The Resurgence of Pat Burrell
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, Graphs, MLB, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
At the Baseball Analytics blog, I looked at the resurgence of former Phillie Pat Burrell. The results may surprise you. It appears to be that, in 2009, he was simply unable to hit soft pitches. As a Phillie, he had ...
David Beats Goliath, Phillies Out of Playoffs
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 24th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 58 Comments »
The called strike three to Ryan Howard that clinched the National League Championship Series for the Giants was, among other things, emblematic of the Phillies' offensive ineptitude throughout the NLCS. Despite banging out eight hits and drawing five walks, ...
No Easy Answer to Jayson Werth
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 22nd, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 22 Comments »
At the Baseball Analytics blog, I look at just how much of a challenge Jayson Werth is to opposing pitchers and managers. He hits hard stuff (93rd percentile in wOBA, 2010) and soft stuff (95th percentile) alike. He even hits ...
NLCS Headed Back to Philly
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 21st, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 20 Comments »
Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun, the Phillies staved off elimination for at least one more day with a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Game Five of the NLCS. The Phillies capitalized on some poor ...
Rolls of the Die
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 21st, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 15 Comments »
I've been reading a lot of reactions and analysis of Game Four of the NLCS. The Phillies, of course, lost on a sacrifice fly by Juan Uribe in the bottom of the ninth -- a crushing blow to the ...
Ryan Madson’s Dominance
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 21st, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
Over at the Baseball Analytics blog, I took a look at potential 2012 free agent Ryan Madson. If you frequent Crashburn Alley, you've probably heard me make some of the same points before, but the pretty charts should make ...
Chase Utley’s Power Outage
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 21st, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
One thing that has been on my mind for a while is Chase Utley's power hitting against right-handed pitching before and after his thumb injury. As you may recall, Utley tore a ligament in his thumb that caused him ...
Cole Hamels’ Cut Fastball
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 16 Comments »
Using the Baseball Analytics data, I went and looked at Cole Hamels' cut fastballs. Earlier in the season, fans weren't too thrilled with it since it seemed like right-handed batters were killing it and Hamels didn't know how to ...
The Decline of Raul Ibanez
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 4 Comments »
I was recently given trial access to a great baseball database, which you can see used on a regular basis over at the Baseball Analytics blog. There is a multitude of data available to parse in almost any way, shape, ...
Is Ben Francisco Invisible?
by Bill Baer on Monday, October 18th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 35 Comments »
As mentioned yesterday, it is usually not a great idea to make changes just because they didn't work out in a game or a small set of games. For example, Roy Halladay struggled in the Phillies' Game One loss. ...
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