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Originally posted by remangiii
I hope this means that MLB Replay won't be converting anytime soon.
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At least not until BOSI
is updated and if possible I would like to use the old engine although we may ve no choice to go with the new one
As far as defense, you'll notice when I studied Alexander I compared him to the rest of the pitchers on his team. I found the rest of the pitchers were very close to the league average for BABIP while Alexander was way below it.
I simply think DIPS over-estimates the role of defense and consequently devalues the pitcher's ability to control to some extent his own destiny with ground balls. Obviously a great defensive team will help any pitcher and a groundball pitcher more than a strikeout pitcher. BUT if the pitcher is inducing ROUTINE ground balls [and I define routine by plays that if they were not made would lead to an error].
The fielder *should* make those plays, if he doesn't he isn't doing his job [hence the error]. It's over-simplifying to a huge extent to say that every non-strikeout pitcher who has ever had low BABIP has a great defense working behind him. The way in which the hitter makes contact with the ball has a lot to do obiously with how hard and where it's hit. How many broken-bat homers have you seen?
And the pitcher is at least partially responsible for inducing the batter to hit the ball the way he wants it rather than the way the batter wants to hit it. Maybe that is less true today but I certainly believe it was very true for a large portion of baseball history.