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Subject: Daily Blurb - April 21, 2011
Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Thu, Apr 21, 2011, 10:31
Quote of the day
"It's a little late, but it feels good. If we bog ourselves down with what we did two weeks ago, that's what we're going to do: bog ourselves down. We need to try to stay in the moment and win." -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona, after the team won its first road game of the season in OaklandDaily blurb
The most popular report on DailyBaseballData.com is the Pitcher vs Batter report, showing career records of each of a given day’s starting pitchers against batters on the opposing team. In the past week, that report has been viewed more than 1000 times per day. That’s about the same as the total number of pages viewed each day across the entire RotoGuru site. So what does that report tell us today? Here are a few observations: - Johnny Damon is 11/19 (.579 avg, 1.442 OPS) in his career vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
- With a small sample size, Wilson Betemit is 3/7 with 2 home runs vs. Indians starter John Tomlin
- Bobby Abreu apparently has trouble getting his bat on Josh Beckett’s pitches. More than half of his 95 plate appearances have resulted in either a walk (20) or a strikeout (25), while just 14 have fallen in for hits. That makes his batting average a dismal .187, but his OPB is a very respectable .358 – a full 50 points higher than his slugging percentage.
Is this data useful? For daily contests or bench/active decisions, it can point out some potential opportunities in both directions. But, of course, everything has to be taken in context. For example, Damon is day-to-day and has missed the last three games since being hit by a pitch on the hand on Sunday. Even if he does return to start today, there might be more reliable options elsewhere.In GuruGolf, diversity reigns this week. The most widely owned golfer is Ricky Barnes, but he’s only on 23% of active foursomes. |