iso Stories - Beyond the Box Score
ISO Scatter Plots
A post today on a couple of things I've been wondering about. Conventional baseball wisdom tells us that the more power a hitter has, the less strikes he'll see. The idea goes that pitchers will be afraid to challenge a highly skilled power hitter and thus, will be more likely to throw balls or...
Who's Left?: Center field and Shortstop
Today, we'll finally be wrapping up the 'Who's Left' series when we cover the remaining free agents at the positions of center field and shortstop. You can read the first three parts to the series, here: C/1B, 2B/3B, and LF/RF. Isolated Power vs. On-base Percentage: 2009 Free Agent Center...
Who's Left?: Left and Right Field
This is the third installment of the 'Who's Left?' series that takes a look at who's left on the free agent market by position and how they project for 2009. You should check out the first post in the series if you missed it. It explains a few things that are important. So far, we've looked the...
Who's Left?: Second and Third Basemen
Today we'll be checking out who's left on the free agent market at the positions of second and third base. This is the second installment in a series of posts that will be examining the free agent market by position. We'll be examining players by projected ISO vs. OBP for the 2009 season. You can...
Who's Left? A Look at the Free Agent Market.
As the Winter Meetings move behind us, the free agent market is still taking shape. Players, GM's, and agents are all working around the clock to improve their teams by adding talent from the free agent market. The question remains: Who's left? And how much could they help their prospective...
The Season in a Nutshell
All small-sample-size caveats aside, today's 3-2 12-inning loss to the Rays seems representative of the A's season thus far, especially regarding the secondary rate/frequency statistics. Batting average? 10/42 on the day, for a .238 average. Not good, but a rate that can be overcome in the long run...
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