SB Nation User Blog: cwyers

Simple Zone Rating source code

cwyers — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:51:08 -0000

Simple Zone Rating source code

A peek at outfielder ratings in Simple Zone Rating. Oh, and the SQL source code used to generate Retrosheet SZR. Have fun!

Creating A Retrosheet Database, Part I

cwyers — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:54:10 -0000

Creating A Retrosheet Database, Part I

If you thought RJ was dangerous before...

Brewers frontrunner for Sabathia?

cwyers — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:15:22 -0000

Brewers frontrunner for Sabathia?

So sayeth a SF beatwriter, of all people.

2009 Brewers ZiPS Projections

cwyers — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:36:13 -0000

2009 Brewers ZiPS Projections

In case you were curious. I must say, I like Szym's new format.

Marmol injured

cwyers — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:33:22 -0000

Marmol injured

Carlos Marmol injured in a car accident. Doesn't seem too serious, from the text.

Baseball!

cwyers — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:24:37 -0000

Baseball!

I can has sneaky power?

cwyers — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:38:40 -0000

I can has sneaky power?

Question about Bill Hall's defense

cwyers — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:15:08 -0000

This is probably a moot point right now - seeing as Hall is no longer an outfielder - but I was doing some graphing this morning and I had a question.

Here's a graph of Bill Hall in the outfield last year:

Compared to, say, Jim Edmonds:

Color-coding indicates frequency of plays made at that location - blue means a lot of plays, red means fewer plays.

(If you're curious - I'm looking at Edmonds for obvious reasons; Hall had similar RZR/OOZ numbers in a similar amount of opportunities and so I thought it might be an interesting one-on-one comparison.)

The larger number of blue "clusters" in the Hall graph indicates (to me, at least) a larger number of starting positions for Hall than Edmonds. Does that match up well with your experience watching Hall last season?

How much does gazing at home runs hurt a team?

cwyers — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:02:21 -0000

Let's start a little project here. We have a few hitters (Soriano and Ramirez come to mind) that like to appreciate their work at the plate a little more than some might appreciate.

So let's start a thread here (I'll keep a link to it available as much as I can, so that it doesn't get lost - if you need a link to it later, just ask me) to keep track of just how often Cubs players sit there and admire a hit that isn't a home run. Then at the end of the season, we can take a look at how often it happens, and what the "cost" is to the team in runs/wins/etc.

I'll start us off, with an example of how to specify it:

04/11/2008 @ Philadelphia - Aramis Ramirez gazes at a fly ball in the ninth inning; ends up with a double to deep center off So Taguchi

Your participation in this project is greatly appreciated, and you have my thanks in advance. Have I missed any plays so far this season?

Do Not Read This Diary

cwyers — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:26:34 -0000

You were warned.

The Baltimore Sun is still talking about a Gallagher/Outfielder for Roberts trade.

We're the "most likely landing spot" for Roberts. It seems like MacPhail would like to get a deal done before spring training if a deal gets done at all.

Side note: oh for the love of God just make it stop. Thank you.