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The 2007 BABIPs for pitchers with 120+ outs (see: 40 innings):
| Player | BABIP |
| Camp | 0.4179 |
| Seo | 0.3862 |
| Howell | 0.3742 |
| Stokes | 0.3591 |
| Fossum | 0.3574 |
| Jackson | 0.3411 |
| Kazmir | 0.3333 |
| Hammel | 0.3308 |
| Sonny | 0.326 |
| Glover | 0.3086 |
| Shields | 0.2825 |
| Reyes | 0.2432 |
Okay, and now the 2008 BABIPs for pitchers with 120 outs.
| Player | BABIP |
| Miller | 0.3162 |
| Jackson | 0.3024 |
| Sonny | 0.3022 |
| Shields | 0.2871 |
| Hammel | 0.2835 |
| Garza | 0.2696 |
| Kazmir | 0.2646 |
| Howell | 0.2445 |
| Balfour | 0.2174 |
| Wheeler | 0.1899 |
| Percival | 0.1681 |
Defense: it matters. It's undervalued. It's sexy.
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Also worth noting: Camp's BABIP was the second highest since 1900.
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 15, 2008 10:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Try this one:
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by kericr on Nov 16, 2008 1:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Worth noting though also
Is that, regardless of how good the defense is, sinkerballers will generally have a higher BABIP than other pitchers.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on Nov 16, 2008 2:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A few things
1. SQL. It’s awesome.
2. Percival is really, really bad. His tRA is 5.59, FIP of 5.87, and his BABIP was bloody low this year. Him on this team, salary or not, is a detriment to the team. If he doesn’t retire (PLEASE DO, PERCY), and the Rays can’t dump him on another team b/c of his LOLsaves, would it be in the Rays’ best interest to just eat the 4MM and release him? He was 14 runs below replacement, the least valuable pitcher in the major leagues.
3. This also somewhat explains Stokes’ “success” as a ROOGY for the Mets (his splits against lefties were atrocious). His BABIP this year was at a healthy .298. Although a 150MM team housing the (currently) highest paid pitcher in baseball relying on Stokes to get outs with the bases loaded in September is somewhat of a sign of bad management. Although, his 2007 tRA was over 6, and his 2008 tRA is at 3.97.
4. More icing on the “Wheeler needs to be peddled to another team” cake. Maybe Niemann in the pen next year? The pen might need more work than just one lefty; I don’t know, especially with the possibility of regression from JP/Balfour.
4. Defense. It is sexy.
""Bobby Crosby’s Release" - Sounds like a good title to Mr. Crosby’s first work in his next career now that we know he can’t play baseball." - Joey C.
by Blicks on Nov 15, 2008 10:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Just for the sake of the right-brained people in the audience...
There will be non-math-related snarky fun to be had, yes?
by ReasonableDoubt on Nov 16, 2008 9:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

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