Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

[snepp]

Though I should apologize to Brian, he will likely have a longer and more successful playing career.

Royals’ Bannister unafraid to do the math

[Bigtonyclark]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

Yeah, I read this after it was linked at FJM(I'm guessing that's where you saw it, hehe), though I had read his interviews at MLBrumors.

This is really interesting, and the guy seems to take advantage of all of the knowledge he's gained. Also, has anyone tried to mess around with the pitch/fx data?

I attempted to, but I'm terrible with computer stuff, so I quit.

[snepp]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

Yeah, I saw it at FJM.

I haven't messed with the pitch/fx data myself, but it is definitely interesting. Every park will have the cameras installed this year, so there will finally be a full set of data for all pitchers. A couple of the contributors at baseballanalysts.com use the data quite a bit, as does ussmariner.com (and many other blogs I would assume).

[Bigtonyclark]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

Yeah, I saw it at FJM.

I haven't messed with the pitch/fx data myself, but it is definitely interesting. Every park will have the cameras installed this year, so there will finally be a full set of data for all pitchers. A couple of the contributors at baseballanalysts.com use the data quite a bit, as does ussmariner.com (and many other blogs I would assume).

Yeah, Joe Sheehan has done a lot of great stuff with it. There's actually a blog that has player cards for basically every pitcher that pitched last year in the majors with the pitch/fx data. I lost the link when I reformatted my system.

[snepp]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...pitchf-x-tool/ - Web based PITCHf/x tool

http://baseball.bornbybits.com/plots/players.html - Player cards

[Bigtonyclark]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...pitchf-x-tool/ - Web based PITCHf/x tool

http://baseball.bornbybits.com/plots/players.html - Player cards

Ah, there it is. Thanks.

[CMH]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

Bannister's definitely a smart one. He actually realizes how much (or little) he affects balls after they are put in play. How many pitchers in the league do you think will admit that?

Another smart one is Chris Young of the Padres. He actually realizes that pitchers are more successful worrying about the hitter than being concerned over a base-stealer. Someone has to drive them in so who cares what they do so long as you can keep hitters from making solid contact.

That's why those two guys are probably two of my favorite pitchers to watch and pay attention to.

[Alliball]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

Bannister's definitely a smart one. He actually realizes how much (or little) he affects balls after they are put in play. How many pitchers in the league do you think will admit that?

Another smart one is Chris Young of the Padres. He actually realizes that pitchers are more successful worrying about the hitter than being concerned over a base-stealer. Someone has to drive them in so who cares what they do so long as you can keep hitters from making solid contact.

That's why those two guys are probably two of my favorite pitchers to watch and pay attention to.

The same could be said about every Padre pitcher. Maddux has spent his career going about things this way and has helped pass it on to the younger guys in San Diego.

Young has also let PETCO work in his favor. He's a flyball pitcher in a park where HR's go to die.

Heck, maybe Towers knows what he's doing every once in a while.

[CMH]

Re: Brian Bannister, the next Billy Beane?

I think Towers has always known what he was doing. The Padres have been one of the most competitive teams in baseball over the last decade. Not many teams fit that bill.