Blocking Balls (insert Bocock joke here)
There's an interesting article on Baseball Analysts using pitch f/x data to analyze ball blocking. The author uses pitch type and location data recorded to come up with an expected passed ball/wild pitch rate and compares it to the catcher's actual rates.
Long story short, Gregg Zaun and Kurk Suzuki tie at -32.1 PB/WP (fewer is better) over two and a half years, Bengie Molina is second to last with +30.2 PB/WP (for lack of a better term, Posada is last a +36.4). On the whole, these represent about one win above/below average over the last the two and a half seasons. Miguel Olivo, one of the names being kicked around to replace Molina, has a virtually identical +29.9.
about 2 years ago
Bhaakon
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Interesting
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Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Dec 7, 2009 8:45 PM PST reply actions
Needs more “musculature” to block balls
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Dec 7, 2009 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
That's because Nate killed them all.
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by multiphasic on Dec 7, 2009 10:10 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
That fits in with my anecdotal evidence that Bengie was terrible at preventing passed balls.
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