Comments on: Zack Greinke: Stathead

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By: Tyson F. Gautreaux

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By: twinstalker

twinstalker — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:09:50 +0000

Put zack in the AL east and see how he does when he has to face those teams.
Awesome comment. I mean, he got to pitch in the AL Central against the likes of KC and…oh, wait a minute…

By: joeiscool12

joeiscool12 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:23:43 +0000

Two stolen bases?

By: Church of the Perpetually Outraged

Church of the Perpetually Outraged — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:02:58 +0000

Put zack in the AL east and see how he does when he has to face those teams.

You mean like when he faced the Red Sox, went 6IP, 2H, 0ER and 5K’s? Or does that not count since it defeats the purpose of your argument?

By: hop

hop — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:47 +0000

Put zack in the AL east and see how he does when he has to face those teams.

By: TMW

TMW — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:02 +0000

I’ve always wanted to commission a ‘Freak Anamoly Stat’ fantasy baseball league. Ideas for categories were 2 IP or more saves, No Hitters (double points for Perfect Games), 4 HR games, Cycles, Unassisted Triple Plays, 20 pitch or more at-bats, and I’ll add Johnny Damon double steals and 2-base walks while we’re at it.

By: evilempire2009

evilempire2009 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:44:35 +0000

you could be right, but he stole two bases on one pitched ball, do you have any other stat or category beside the “stolen base”

By: evilempire2009

evilempire2009 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30:44 +0000

awesome…..

By: TMW

TMW — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:24:28 +0000

Dear Zack,
I hope you’re reading this blog post and comments section. Great season. You’re a weird guy. You live a dream that millions of boys and men can only imagine living, yet you are about as happy as a Dunder Miflin paper salesman because you don’t like people cheering your on. You also have a hot fiancee who I read wants to invite too many people to your wedding. What a drag. I hope you didn’t invite Bannister because he’ll probably just feed you the statistics on failed marriage of right-handed pitchers vs. left-handed pitchers or something. Can I be invited to your wedding?
Sincerely,
TMW

By: SethSpeaks

SethSpeaks — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:02:23 +0000

“WHAT IS THE STAT FOR JOHNNY DAMON STEALING TWO BASES WHILE THE
PITCHER IS DAY DREAMING …….”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it falls into the “Stolen Base” category.

By: Jberardi

Jberardi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:01:45 +0000

TALK STATS ALL YOU WANT, YOU STILL HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME………
WHAT IS THE STAT FOR JOHNNY DAMON STEALING TWO BASES WHILE THE
PITCHER IS DAY DREAMING …….

Winning Percentage Added; .056.

Source: http://www.fangraphs.com/plays.aspx?date=2009-11-01&team=Yankees&dh=0&season=2009

By: Rick2009

Rick2009 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:37:38 +0000

Congratulations Zack. I just looked at your stats and they look great. Certainly good enough to win. I don’t know anything about sabermetrics. It seems to me that a pitcher and his pitching coach should analyze everything it takes to win. A pitcher usually has a few good pitches that work for them. Then that pitcher pitches up or down, in or out, depending on the batter they are facing. And depending on the batter on which pitches to throw. And depending on the situation whether you want a groudball, doubleplay ball, or if you are going for the strike out. There are a lot of people that overthink these things. Keep in shape, have a good diet, have confidence in yourself, don’t party to hard, and these things will take you much farther than thinking about some new stat.

By: TMW

TMW — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:27:58 +0000

He had 242 strikeouts and 255 groundball outs. He had over 100 more fly ball outs than groundouts. I find Bannister’s quote hard to believe in praxis, but the numbers support that this is possible. If he was playing to the park, it worked out for him since he only gave up 4 HR in KC, 7 on the road.
So much for keeping the ball down.

By: evilempire2009

evilempire2009 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:22:08 +0000

TALK STATS ALL YOU WANT, YOU STILL HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME………
WHAT IS THE STAT FOR JOHNNY DAMON STEALING TWO BASES WHILE THE
PITCHER IS DAY DREAMING …….

By: Nick N.

Nick N. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:52:24 +0000

Kevin Slowey strikes me as a guy who might take sabermetric stats into consideration as well, although I don’t think I’ve ever heard him quoted as saying so.