How much does a pitcher gain from "pitching to his defense"
In response to the argument made that Chris Carpenter, er... I mean, a hypothetical pitcher, was able to outperform his FIP so much by pitching to his defense, Kincaid, at 3d-Baseball looked at just how much is to be gained by adjusting your strategy to pitching to a good defense. Shockingly, the effect is very minimal.
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I'm assuming the "shocking" part was meant in jest.
‘Cuz that makes some first-instinct sense if I’ve ever heard of it.
The real question VEP
is whether you’d want a pitcher to disregard his pitching coach if the pitching coach was telling him to pitch to contact.
by philadelphiacub on Nov 24, 2009 2:39 PM EST reply actions
The real question,
Is whether or not he was actually told to pitch to contact and intentionally lower his strikeout rate. And the even realer question is whether or not that actually effects his FIP, as pitching to contact by Dave Duncan’s philosophy means walking less and allowing less home runs, two things that are implicitly included in FIP.
by vivaelpujols on Nov 24, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
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