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Comment on Pitchers, Game Temperature and Throwing Strikes by Cole Hamels and Panic | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball

Cole Hamels and Panic | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:15:51 +0000

[...] So far, Hamels looks like a mirror image of his career figures relative to plate discipline with the exception of one key area, that being the number of pitches in the strike zone. Now, before you go running into the streets, pitchfork and torch in hand, realize that Hamels has been successful with such a zone% as recent as last season where it was just 43.8%. One concern, however, is the research by Jeff Zimmerman which points to a greater risk of injury for pitchers under a 47% zone rate — but if you look at his game log thus far, it’s really just the one stinker vs. Kansas City that pulls his zone% down. And heck, it’s been cold out. [...]

Comment on Updates: Starting Pitcher Injury Factors and Batted Ball Distance by MASH Report (5/3/13) | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball

MASH Report (5/3/13) | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:45:44 +0000

[...] • Josh Johnson‘s production should have pegged him as an injury risk before he went on the DL. In addition to his drop in Zone% and slight velocity decrease, he was having problems being consistent at the end of games. At baseballheatmaps.com, I have a tool based off Josh Kalk’s and Kyle Boddy’s previous work with looks at factors which may predict injury (description here). [...]

Comment on Disabled List Data by Do Innings Limits, Pitch Counts Actually Prevent Serious Injuries? | Scripting4You Blog

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:31:10 +0000

[...] I did come across was a (supposedly) complete list of players who have had Tommy John surgery on BaseballHeatMaps.com. While pitcher workloads have been getting smaller, the number of pitchers having Tommy John [...]

Comment on Retrosheet Database Download by Choi

Choi — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:39:36 +0000

Can you send me csv file to my mail? I cannot open that file in my computer…T.T

Comment on Pitchers, Game Temperature and Throwing Strikes by Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:26:00 +0000

No wonder. I thought I was witnessing breakouts . . .

Kendrys Morales: 10 BB in 20 G (2013) vs 31 BB in 134 G (2012)

Alex Rios: 9 BB in 19 G (2013) vs 26 BB in 157 G (2012)

Josh Rutledge: 7 BB in 17 G (2013) vs 9 BB in 73 G (2012)

Everth Cabrera: 10 BB in 19 G (2013) vs 43 BB in 115 G (2012)

Comment on Disabled List Data by Nathan Aderhold

Nathan Aderhold — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:10:29 +0000

First and foremost, this list is amazing. Thanks for all the hard work.

I noticed that you have Carlos Almanzar listed as having TJS in September 2011 with the Rangers, but everywhere else seems to indicate he had the procedure back in 2005 when he was still with the Reds.

Comment on Rays Shift Against Youkilis by James gentile

James gentile — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:10:33 +0000

I love the Rays. I love this site.

Comment on Results of Knuckleball Throwers In Domes by Jeff Zimmerman’s 10 Bold Fantasy Predictions | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:15:44 +0000

[...] knuckleballers have done better in domes than away from them. It will be to Toronto’s advantage to get him throwing in the controlled [...]

Comment on 2012 Edge% Leaderboards by Roto-Relevant Research: The Edge | Getting Blanked | Blogs | theScore.com

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:07:37 +0000

[...] maybe there’s hope on the edges for the former ace in San Francisco. And there are even leaderboards going back three years on [...]

Comment on Christmas comes early to the baseball statistician in your life. MySQL Retrosheet 2012 by John Walker

John Walker — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:50:16 +0000

Just started rebuilding my retrosheet database and found your page. This is great. saves so much time. Thanks for making the full sql file available.