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messenjah · 12-13-2008, 04:29 PM

Suggestion

Batted ball statistics such as LD%, GB%, and FB% for all plays, not just outs and have it actually be important to a players abilities.

Reason

There are a few situations where these Batted Ball Statistics would be helpful: a) when your hitter is not hitting for a high average but his LD% is great, you'll know that he is going to bounce back most likely. b) the GB% should replace movement rating or close to it, because GB% will tell you if your pitcher should be keeping the ball in the park more. Most studies done on the topic show a HIGH correlation to GB% and HR/9. c) It would make it easy to create so many more statistics like xBABIP, xOPS, HR/FB, IF/FB.

I think all of these reasons can be summed up in the idea of wanting to be able to assess your players from more than just a scouts perspectice, but also from a statistical perspective.

Priority

High; right now you are too reliant on your scouts to assess your players. I think that a team should be able to assess their players based off of more statistical information and scouting and this would be huge in the player evaluation process.

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messenjah All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lakeside, MT Posts: 565 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Suggestion Batted ball statistics such as LD%, GB%, and FB% for all plays, not just outs and have it actually be important to a players abilities. Reason There are a few situations where these Batted Ball Statistics would be helpful: a) when your hitter is not hitting for a high average but his LD% is great, you'll know that he is going to bounce back most likely. b) the GB% should replace movement rating or close to it, because GB% will tell you if your pitcher should be keeping the ball in the park more. Most studies done on the topic show a HIGH correlation to GB% and HR/9. c) It would make it easy to create so many more statistics like xBABIP, xOPS, HR/FB, IF/FB. I think all of these reasons can be summed up in the idea of wanting to be able to assess your players from more than just a scouts perspectice, but also from a statistical perspective. Priority High; right now you are too reliant on your scouts to assess your players. I think that a team should be able to assess their players based off of more statistical information and scouting and this would be huge in the player evaluation process.