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Swan · 02-22-2004, 04:17 PM

The one player I keep thinking of who has had great Velocity and "stuff", but seems to have terrible "poise" is Armando Benitez.

He has had a career of fantastic k/9 rates and k/bb rates, and and cosistently being stingy with avg against. Yet, he is legendary for being a choker and not having much composer in pressure situations (Just ask any Mets fan when they needed him to come through against the Yankees or Braves).

I am a big time subscriber to sabermetrics, Bill James and the like However, I am inclined to think that as much as the analysis of stats has been neglected for far too long by GM's in building teams, it would be wise to still take a look at how a player handles pressure situations still.

02-22-2004, 04:17 PM	#20 (permalink)
Swan Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 315	The one player I keep thinking of who has had great Velocity and "stuff", but seems to have terrible "poise" is Armando Benitez. He has had a career of fantastic k/9 rates and k/bb rates, and and cosistently being stingy with avg against. Yet, he is legendary for being a choker and not having much composer in pressure situations (Just ask any Mets fan when they needed him to come through against the Yankees or Braves). I am a big time subscriber to sabermetrics, Bill James and the like However, I am inclined to think that as much as the analysis of stats has been neglected for far too long by GM's in building teams, it would be wise to still take a look at how a player handles pressure situations still.