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.
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Interesting
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 8:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Posey, Buster = PB.
/takes off glasses
…my god….
by Grant on Dec 7, 2009 9:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
We’ll just have t call him Gerald from now on.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
by Bhaakon on Dec 7, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I am not liking where this is going.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
by scout6 on Dec 7, 2009 9:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've never heard of any Chinese catchers.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
by Bhaakon on Dec 7, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's because Nate killed them all.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Spacebat of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
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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The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Dec 7, 2009 11:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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