This season, I have done in-depth analysis on three slumping pitchers -- Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander and Randy Johnson. Following each post that I wrote praising patience and better waters ahead, each respective pitcher immediately turned their luck around. Take a look at their pre/post DME blogging splits:
Verlander (5/1):
Pre: 28.0 IP, 1 W, 6.75 ERA, 3.22 FIP, 34 K, 1.54 WHIP
Post: 70.0 IP, 7 W, 1.93 ERA, 2.44 FIP, 84 K, 1.00 WHIP
Beckett (5/4):
Pre: 28.2 IP, 2 W, 7.22 ERA, 4.04 FIP, 31 K, 1.81 WHIP
Post: 62.2 IP, 6 W, 2.15 ERA, 2.98 FIP, 57 K, 1.00 WHIP
Johnson (6/1):
Pre: 52.0 IP, 4 W, 5.71 ERA, 4.68 FIP, 54 K, 1.62 WHIP
Post: 30.2 IP, 3 W, 2.93 ERA, 3.80 FIP, 21 K, 1.08 WHIP
Also, since I did my early season analysis of Dan Uggla, he's hit .035 points higher in batting average (from .198 to .233) and 11 of his 15 home runs. Uggla's BABIP is still way low (.236) given his 16.5 lD% and career .298 BABIP, so expectations for a .250-.260 BA rebound in the second half are not unreasonable.
Perhaps major leagues team should hire me to blog more.
WOW you predicted past all-stars to rebound from slow starts. Amazing
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