FenwayMac 2019 Pure Legend Sliders Meter/Zone

[Rmiok222]

Quote: Originally Posted by FenwayMac

Currently in hitting “recalibration” mode which is essentially working on my discipline by shortening up my zone coverage, identifying pitch type etc. I was flailing at far too many garbage pitches and the CPU has zoned in on that lately. No homers yet, but hit the ball much more squarely this morning and homers are sure to follow soon. Good new is that my pitching rotation and decisions have been spot-on lately and I have still getting W’s. Ultimately that should level off as well, so the sooner I correct my hitting the better!

I am also in recalibration mode! Had 1 run on 4 hits today vs Detroit. My approach was awful.

Game before that I scored 13 runs


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[FenwayMac]

Home run slump was broken by a two-run shot by Jackie Bradley Jr in the second inning of my Patriots Day game against Baltimore. Recalibration does work, as it retrains me to really watch the ball flight. Eventually it will feel natural again. Plus the walks are starting to come again.

Unfortunately Baltimore also chose this game to wake the bats up, and I lost 5-3. Gotta have a short memory...

[monica34]

nice i love this game.

[FenwayMac]

Game #2 of the Red Sox-Yankees series was a battle of the unbeatens, Eduardo Rodiguez (3-0) and Luis Severino (3-0). This game definitely delivered the goods as both pitchers dominated the strike zone and kept this to a pitching duel throughout.

Lot of fun here as I worked out of several jams against a very dangerous team. I was also able to homer for the third straight game, and also put an end to Aaron Judge's ridiculous 16-game hit streak.

On to Tampa! I wonder if the rabid Pedroia ***** ("Don't strike out Pedroooooia") will follow me down to St Pete. That fan is well travelled.

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
Jan 1,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (11-8)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
New York (14-3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
W: Rodriguez (4-0) L: Severino (3-1) S: Hembree (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	NYY
BOS	2	Martinez homers to deep center	1	0
BOS	3	Benintendi hit to left for a single. Bradley Jr scores	2	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BATTING: 2B: Bradley Jr. (5) HR: Martinez (6) RBI: Benintendi (6), Martinez (16)
BASERUNNING: SB: Bradley Jr. (3)

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BATTING: 2B: Sanchez (2) Tulowitzki (2) GIDP: Torres
BASERUNNING: CS: Gardner (2)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rodriguez (W, 4-0)	6.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	2.19
Workman (H,1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.79
Thornburg (H,2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32
Hembree (S,4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.08

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Severino (L,3-1)	5.1	6	2	2	1	7	1	2.00
Britton	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Kahnle	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1.00
Holder	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

[FenwayMac]

Plenty of fist-pumping moments in the opener with Tampa. I LOVE working out of jams, and there were several in this game. I am also glad I am taking the time to work on my hitting discipline as I had my first multi-homer game since the second game of the season! I feel much more in control of at-bats and end hit result/location. I hit an absolute bomb with Mitchy four-bags where I traced a slider all the way into the zone. Felt great.

20 games in the books. I will start to compile stats to see where the sliders are falling as the sample size grows.

Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays
Jan 1,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (12-8)	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	8	1
Tampa Bay (12-8)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	1
W: Eovaldi (2-1) L: Glasnow (2-2) S: Hembree (5)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TAM
BOS	3	Benintendi homered to right. Bradley Jr. scores	2	0
TAM	3	Pham hit sacrifice fly to Betts. Wendle scores	2	1
BOS	4	Moreland homered to right (436 feet).	3	1
BOS	5	Pedroia hit to right for a single. Benintendi scores.	4	1
BOS	5	Betts homere to left (383 feet). Pedroia scores	6	1
TAM	6	Duffy homered to left	6	2
TAM	7	Robertson homered to left	6	3

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BATTING: 2B: Benintendi (7) HR: Benintendi (1), Betts (2), Moreland (2) RBI: Benintendi 2 (8), Betts 2 (13), Moreland (8) HBP: Bradley Jr. GIDP: Swihart Nunez
BASERUNNING: SB: Bradley Jr. (4)
FIELDING: E: Pedroia (1)

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
BATTING: 2B: Choi (2), Wendel (4) HR: Robertson (3), Duffy (2) RBI: Pham (18), Robertson (9), Duffy (12) SF: Pham GIDP: Wendle
FIELDING: E: Wendle (2)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Eovaldi (W,2-1)	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	2	3.42
Brasier (H,4)	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.76
Barnes (H,2)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.27
Hembree (S,5)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.86

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Glasnow (L,2-2)	4.1	4	5	5	2	3	2	5.31
Font	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	1	10.80
Kolarek	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	7.27
PITCHING: WP: Glasnow (2), Font, (1)

[FenwayMac]

20 games have come and gone! I really am enjoying how this set is playing out and I find myself less scrutinizing the sliders and more just getting lost in the season storylines, which is a great thing. Thank you to everybody who is giving these a shot!

Here is the breakdown through 20 games:

2019 MLB Averages
1B: 61.8%
2B: 20.6%
3B : 1.9%
HR : 15.7%

HUM Averages (% difference)
1B: 67.4% (+5.6%)
2B: 21.4% (+0.8%)
3B : 2.2% (+0.3)
HR : 9.0% (-6.7%)

Summary: My hitting "recalibration" has taken a toll on my hitting, mainly for power. This is definitely on the upswing though, as I have hit six homeruns in the last four games as my discipline is continuing to improve.

CPU Averages (% difference)
1B: 58.4% (-3.4%)
2B: 23.5% (+2.9%)
3B: 4.2% (+2.3%)
HR: 13.9% (-1.8%)

Summary: I am doing a pretty good job of keeping the CPU hits in the park with good pitching. Legend hitting demands power though, and the CPU is making up for lack of HR's with a slightly elevated doubles and triples. I expect these to drop over the next 10 games.

MLB AVG: .244
HUM AVG: .252 (+0.8%)
CPU AVG: .241 (-.03%)

Summary: I am less one percent on the high side, and the CPU is less than .5% on the low side. Right in the ballpark considering I sit at 12-8.

MLB K's per game: 8.8
HUM K'S per game: 8.7 (-0.1)
CPU K's per game: 8.3 (-0.5)

Summary: I really like this number as K's seem to garner a lot of conversation this season. Both of these stats are right there with league average. Feels very realistic.

MLB BB per game: 3.4
HUM BB's per game: 2.8 (-0.6)
CPU BB's per game: 1.7 (-1.7)

Summary: HUM is running just a tick low as I ran through my hacking phase. I have averaged 3.75 since recalibration, so these are back on the climb. As for the CPU, this is largely a result of how I attack the strike zone. Especially when I am leading by several runs I really attack the zone and challenge the CPU to beat me. As a result I am walking less batters. IF this continues, I might consider lowering control another tick, but for now I am chalking this up to my pitching strategy.

MLB BABIP per game: .292
HUM BABIP per game: .310 (+.18)
CPU BABIP per game: .280 (-0.12)

Summary: Both of these are in reasonably good range, with mine a little on the high side due to lack of homeruns lately.

MLB hits per game: 8.2
HUM hits per game: 8.9 (+0.7)
CPU hits per gam: 8.3 (+0.3)

Summary: I am really happy with both of these numbers. Part of the reason I went to legend hitting was because of my elevated hit totals on HOF. Both offenses are right in realistic range and feel great.


MLB runs per game: 4.6
HUM runs per game:4.1 (-0.5)
CPU runs per game:4.0 (-0.6)

Summary: Both a little low, but nothing too alarming. I have only shut out my opponent twice in 20 games, and been shut out only once. The great variety of games has allowed for both high and low scoring affairs.


Just a handful of stats that I track. If you are looking for any other team stats or individual player stats, just let me know what you would like to see. In my next post I will also cover the scoring play type percentages, as these (so far) have spread the scoring plays out pretty nicely.

[Rmiok222]

I’ve played probably over 100 games and have yet to see an injury in this years game, anybody else having this issue or no?


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[FenwayMac]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rmiok222

I’ve played probably over 100 games and have yet to see an injury in this years game, anybody else having this issue or no? Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I have had a few, but they never turn out to be as serious as the description of the injury.