Re: Classic Pitching Questions and Discussion 2012
Well, to really do it right might require crunching some numbers, which is not really my specialty, but I guess it would go something like this: looking at this year's numbers, Tommy Hanson has struck out 46 in 51.2 innings, for an 8.01 k/9. Looking at his starts (9 so far) he has struck out 8 once and 9 once, other than that no more than 7. So that would tell me that when pitching with him, if he goes 9, I should average 8 Ks, if he goes 6, I should average 5. But note that his high games, 8 & 9, were in games in which he pitched 5.0 innings; the longest he's gone so far is 7.0, 3 times, with k totals of 4, 7, and 3. So really, if I do get a CG out of him, it would probably be a low-K game; if I get 8-9 Ks out of him, he's probably gone by the 6th. Now, how go my results line up with that? I don't know, exactly, but I guess that's the direction we could head. Look not just at overall numbers but how each pitcher lines up--I really should get more Ks with Hanson and Minor than with Hudson and Jurrgens, etc.
Looking at it another way, counting up the Braves RL stats, in 42 games, the starter has topped 8 Ks 4 times--Hanson twice and Minor twice. Obviously you'd want to look at the Yankees, but by those numbers I'd extrapolate the Braves to have like 6-7 times at/over 8Ks through 55 games, so 9 might be high? Don't know exactly, CC can strike some dudes out.
I'm pretty happy with dropping both control and consistency sliders (both at 6 for me now, I think--I thought 7 was helping me, but I don't know that it really was--if they're TOO high, it makes it too hard NOT to throw a strike), like the results. If I continue to not give up enough walks I MIGHT knock one of them down again, but really I'm happy with it just happening moderately frequently. I swear if I walked 5 guys with Hanson in 3 innings, like I've seen him really do, I might just have a stroke, and that's just not worth it!
I will certainly think more about this and keep track of my numbers, but now I gotta go actually play the game to make all this strategic discussion pay off! I'm in the playoffs!
Well, to really do it right might require crunching some numbers, which is not really my specialty, but I guess it would go something like this: looking at this year's numbers, Tommy Hanson has struck out 46 in 51.2 innings, for an 8.01 k/9. Looking at his starts (9 so far) he has struck out 8 once and 9 once, other than that no more than 7. So that would tell me that when pitching with him, if he goes 9, I should average 8 Ks, if he goes 6, I should average 5. But note that his high games, 8 & 9, were in games in which he pitched 5.0 innings; the longest he's gone so far is 7.0, 3 times, with k totals of 4, 7, and 3. So really, if I do get a CG out of him, it would probably be a low-K game; if I get 8-9 Ks out of him, he's probably gone by the 6th. Now, how go my results line up with that? I don't know, exactly, but I guess that's the direction we could head. Look not just at overall numbers but how each pitcher lines up--I really should get more Ks with Hanson and Minor than with Hudson and Jurrgens, etc.
Looking at it another way, counting up the Braves RL stats, in 42 games, the starter has topped 8 Ks 4 times--Hanson twice and Minor twice. Obviously you'd want to look at the Yankees, but by those numbers I'd extrapolate the Braves to have like 6-7 times at/over 8Ks through 55 games, so 9 might be high? Don't know exactly, CC can strike some dudes out.
I'm pretty happy with dropping both control and consistency sliders (both at 6 for me now, I think--I thought 7 was helping me, but I don't know that it really was--if they're TOO high, it makes it too hard NOT to throw a strike), like the results. If I continue to not give up enough walks I MIGHT knock one of them down again, but really I'm happy with it just happening moderately frequently. I swear if I walked 5 guys with Hanson in 3 innings, like I've seen him really do, I might just have a stroke, and that's just not worth it!
I will certainly think more about this and keep track of my numbers, but now I gotta go actually play the game to make all this strategic discussion pay off! I'm in the playoffs!
I probably always sucked, but now I know it too!
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