tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post699302479088096818..comments2024-01-08T03:16:18.602-05:00Comments on Baseball Views from the North: Three Days of Thomson: On Day 3, he bashed New York PlayersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-18494571465071346342007-01-11T15:42:00.000-05:002007-01-11T15:42:00.000-05:00yeh, I'm sure they have their own stats guys figur...yeh, I'm sure they have their own stats guys figuring this out...with much more sophisticated software that any of us have.Dan Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502407933883909819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-15892039922697964992007-01-11T15:36:00.000-05:002007-01-11T15:36:00.000-05:00It's probably just coincidence because the stats t...It's probably just coincidence because the stats that JP mentioned aren't terribly hard to calculate but it's just exactly what Sackmann's shit was about recently. That's what originally caught my attention. WordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-55250074200708787352007-01-11T15:21:00.000-05:002007-01-11T15:21:00.000-05:00I'm sure you're both right in a way that like any ...I'm sure you're both right in a way that like any executive you try to get your hands on the most literature you can but I'm sure they take it with a grain of salt because it's independent research. It may be used to double check or cross-reference but obviously will never be the basis for decisions. If it were these people wouldn't be writing, they'd have in MLB team offices.Dan Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502407933883909819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-27126592950190356852007-01-11T14:49:00.000-05:002007-01-11T14:49:00.000-05:00Yeah good answer Miker. Way to get the discussion...Yeah good answer Miker. Way to get the discussion going. It's not at all what I said though. Of course any GM SHOULD use information available to them, the question is do they? Do they trust third party information such as BP enough to factor into their discussions/decisions or do they take it with a grain of salt and dismiss it in favor of internal studies etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-68932211709477243902007-01-11T14:39:00.000-05:002007-01-11T14:39:00.000-05:00Duh...any GM should read everything he can about b...Duh...any GM should read everything he can about baseball...even if he hates sabrmetricsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-89108794422321254432007-01-11T11:28:00.000-05:002007-01-11T11:28:00.000-05:00Jules, how likely do you think it is that FO’s loo...Jules, how likely do you think it is that FO’s look at the same stuff as we do (meaning fans), like THT or BP? I’m not name dropping or anything so don’t get the wrong impression but I was asking the same types of questions a while back to Keith Law via email and he basically said that most teams already know most of the information like Sackmann’s articles at THT. I didn’t call him on it but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33900687.post-41447222099784136122007-01-11T10:20:00.000-05:002007-01-11T10:20:00.000-05:00More Comments from J.P. Courtesy of Buster Olney
"...More Comments from J.P. Courtesy of Buster Olney<br />"We had our [staff] look at it, and what we found is that No. 5 starters have an ERA of about 6.25, and No. 4 starters are at about 4.60," said Ricciardi. "We just need guys who can hold the fort down."<br /><br />"I was telling [the front-office staff], 'You're going to think I'm nuts, but there will be a day soon when a 5 ERA is considered Dan Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502407933883909819noreply@blogger.com