Stathead in the mainstream

by mendelbob on Mar 31, 2006 2:48 AM PST

Hi all,

This diary is only indirectly A's related, but I suspect some of you will find it at least mildly curious.

Check out Jacob Luft's latest column at SI.com (or yahoo sports if you prefer. Here's the link for yahoo http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=cnnsi-bestofthebunch&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns, a video at SI froze up my browser).

He's writing specifically about Bagwell, but check out the metrics he looks at:

"WARP (Wins Above Replacement Player), RCAA (Runs Created Above Average), Adjusted-OPS+ (OPS index adjusted for park and league difficulty; 100 is average) and Bill James' Win Shares"

I found it interesting to see this sort of statistical analysis in a mainstream publication like SI/CNN/Yahoo.

BTW, can anyone teach me how to make one of those cool grey boxes for long quotes? My HTML skills are pretty good, but I suspect all you box creators are using some blogspeak as opposed to HTML. Thanks!

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Take out the $s, and it should work. Lets see:

The Royals are just horrible. It's one thing to claim Tony Graffanino on waivers when you already have almost an identical player in Mark Grudzielanek. It's another thing entirely to designate your second- or third-best outfielder for assignment so you can do so. The Royals DFAd Chip Ambres to make room for Graffanino, one of the most ridiculous pieces of roster management in recent memory.
I apologize to Royals fans who would like to read analysis of their pitching staff, maybe see some nice words for Ambiorix Burgos and Andy Sisco. There's no point; this organization would gladly swap out a 26-year-old outfielder with some upside who was clearly good enough to start for them in exchange for a 34-year-old backup second baseman. Why should I show more interest in their season than they do?

That from Joe Sheehan at BP.

The Higher Pie

by HigherPie on Mar 31, 2006 7:55 AM PST reply actions