Two Week Stat Review - Pitching is tops
The more things change the more they stay the same. Despite losing two great pitchers the A's are still one of the top pitching teams in the AL.
-#1 in batting average against
-#2 in ERA
-#2 in WHIP
- - the one downer is a high percentage of unearned runs....A's make costly errors - not many but we yield almost a run per error.
Alot of scouts claim this team is the most pure Moneyball theory offensive team - if so it is a Titanic looking for a chunk of ice. The A's offense is BAD.
-last in team OPS
-2nd to last in OBP
-last in SLG
-2nd to last in AVE
-last in stolen bses of course
-2nd to last in runs scored - the A's have scored 67% fewer runs than the Tigers.
It is only two weeks but statistical trends are difficult to reverse. Going in I would never have guessed the A's pitching would maintained its now traditional position.
I also would not have guessed trading Miller and Melhuse for Kendall and Swisher for Dye and the forced substitution of Ellis for Crosby would have deflated the offense so much. I know others aren't performing - but those are the personnel changes which is all you can manage.
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SSS!!!!!
by ohad on Apr 20, 2005 6:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hitting Coaches
-Billy Beane
by kaweahkaweah on Apr 20, 2005 7:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hudgens
by Colorado Fan on Apr 20, 2005 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm...
-Billy Beane
by kaweahkaweah on Apr 20, 2005 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
starters
by matthias on Apr 20, 2005 8:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Enjoy it while you can
-Billy Beane
by kaweahkaweah on Apr 20, 2005 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moneyball offense
So, let's see what happens when things start to avergae out.
by Donner on Apr 20, 2005 8:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Its "pure" b/c it disproves Moneyball
by Captain on Apr 20, 2005 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I Love That ...
by Eck on Apr 20, 2005 8:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
offense. we forget
by oakath on Apr 20, 2005 12:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Statistics.
In one sentence you have proven that you know very little about statistics (read: you don't know what the hell you're talking about).
The "statistical trends" show that the hitters are far better than they have performed thus far. So if by "difficult to reverse" you mean "it's hard for them to keep hitting so poorly because throughout their careers they have hit a whole lot better" then yes, you'd be right. But you didn't mean that. So you are wrong.
Sorry, I hate to be harsh, but it's starting to get old. Numbers have been popping up everywhere to support every argument, and 95% of the time the people are presenting numbers that don't say what they think they say, or even worse, say the exact opposite.
by Inquisitor on Apr 20, 2005 2:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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