Two good articles over at BBTiA

Joey looks at Ogando facing teams the 2nd and 3rd time around.

And Pras has an excellent comparison of the TX, NY, and BOS offenses.

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Get thine ass over to BBTiA and read these.

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by t ball on Aug 24, 2011 1:25 PM CDT reply actions

I always do

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by Conjunction on Aug 24, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions

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by jam0152 on Aug 24, 2011 2:10 PM CDT reply actions

Oooh, interesting. Running with the stuff from Pras's article...

Red Sox: 9.3 BB, 17.0 K, 3.1 HR = 29.4% TTO
Yankees: 10.0 BB, 17.4 K, 3.5 HR = 30.9% TTO
Rangers: 7.5 BB, 15.0 K, 3.1 HR = 25.6% TTO

So with the Rangers’ .300 BABIP, the overall 4-to-5 extra times they put the ball into play per 100 PAs turns into an extra 1-to-1.5 non-HR hits per 100 PAs. And the Rangers are averaging 1.3 bases/non-HR-hit, so make that between 1.3 and 1.9 extra bases per 100 PAs, which closes the gap further (especially with regards to run scoring, since while outs end innings, walks rarely drive in runs).

by Closure GT on Aug 24, 2011 2:34 PM CDT reply actions