tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post3797681320923964230..comments2023-07-09T11:23:36.355-04:00Comments on On Baseball & The Reds: Total Value - YTD leadersjinazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-33469759456707703932008-06-26T19:02:00.000-04:002008-06-26T19:02:00.000-04:00Forget auto-updating, when do we get the tables wi...Forget auto-updating, when do we get the tables with filters and one-click sorting? ; )<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I'll take a copy of the spreadsheet you're using, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-20327003710193614992008-06-26T03:10:00.000-04:002008-06-26T03:10:00.000-04:00@Sky, I think it must be because the rest of the A...@Sky, I think it must be because the rest of the AL sucks. :)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, yeah, I've finally got my spreadsheets set up to allow me to post mlb-wide numbers pretty quickly. I'll eventually get this thing automated enough to update automatically, but I'm not quite there yet. :)<BR/>-jjinazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-10143339320102948052008-06-25T16:51:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:51:00.000-04:00Justin, you've obviously done something wrong -- A...Justin, you've obviously done something wrong -- ARod and Youkilis are two of the most overrated players in the majors according to the players themselves. How could they possibly be All-Stars?<BR/><BR/>Love that you're posting the numbers for the whole league. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-41122786615557070212008-06-22T20:31:00.000-04:002008-06-22T20:31:00.000-04:00Justin:McClouth being that much of a butcher on de...Justin:<BR/><BR/>McClouth being that much of a butcher on defense is a surpise.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this.BDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03819882179802529688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-78034673148739411182008-06-20T17:06:00.000-04:002008-06-20T17:06:00.000-04:00Xeifrank, there is a "penalty" for both hitters an...Xeifrank, there is a "penalty" for both hitters and pitchers. The AL's a more challenging league, and therefore an "MLB average player" will do worse there than in the NL. And yet, because they are MLB average players, they should have the same value on the free agent market no matter where they play. 0.5 win (5 run) penalty helps account for that.<BR/><BR/>Extrapolating to team wins is an interesting question... ... Honestly, I'd have to think about the exact consequences of how these things would add up. I *think* you're right about the hitters (though using pythagenpat would be a more accurate way to model things), but there would need to be an adjustment for pitchers as well. And I'm having a hard time believing that the difference between leagues is ~9 full wins (assuming equal effect on hitters and pitchers), but maybe that's true. This'd be a good question for Tango. :)<BR/>-jjinazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-52109390569605792392008-06-20T16:34:00.000-04:002008-06-20T16:34:00.000-04:00Justin, nice work. A question about the 0.5 penal...Justin, nice work. A question about the 0.5 penalty for NL players. Is this for hitters only? If it's only for hitters for example, does this mean that an NL team that finished with 90 wins, would have won 90-(9 * 0.5) 85.5 wins in the AL (in a league with no interleague games)?<BR/>Just wondering.<BR/>vr, XeifrankXeifrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904090174534262598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-56578574020464278652008-06-20T10:50:00.000-04:002008-06-20T10:50:00.000-04:00Manny's also listed as a LF--he just gets dinked d...Manny's also listed as a LF--he just gets dinked down to 15 RAR because of his defense. <BR/><BR/>Players are pigeonholed into positions based on where they've played the most. Ellsbury has 35 G in LF and 31 G in CF, which is how he got placed in that position. In this case, though, that's apparently the result of defensive shifts, because Ellsbury has started the most in CF: 28 G in CF vs. 17 G in LF. So, if you like, you can replace Ellsbury on this list with Jack Cust (16 RAR). -jjinazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-14871940533850489732008-06-20T08:19:00.000-04:002008-06-20T08:19:00.000-04:00Shouldn't Manny, not Ellsbury, be listed in LF? B...Shouldn't Manny, not Ellsbury, be listed in LF? BBRef has him there in 53 games this season.kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385427610608539056noreply@blogger.com