tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post5349381161684148081..comments2024-02-13T06:56:14.486-05:00Comments on Walk Like a Sabermetrician: Runs Anythingphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-7571249939144124872010-03-03T15:54:10.388-05:002010-03-03T15:54:10.388-05:00And of course the analysis ignores the difference ...<i>And of course the analysis ignores the difference in fielding value between the two. Even if ANY captures the true offensive value of the two players, the slick-fielding second baseman is going to come out on top when defense is taken into account.</i><br /><br />Some moron on BTF read this and is accusing me of ignorning positional scarcity. A) that's part of "defense being taken into account" and B) what kind of idiot do you think I am? And you obviously didn't RTFA, because comparing Howard and Utley is not the purpose, it's an example. "Think" Factory indeed.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-15898091707019931392010-03-03T14:48:51.562-05:002010-03-03T14:48:51.562-05:00Interesting. I wonder if converting runs or RBI t...Interesting. I wonder if converting runs or RBI to wins first wouldn't be a better way to introduce WAR to a casual fan than the standard way, which is to first introduce your runs created metric and later convert it to wins.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-56952314847692812422010-03-03T12:10:45.889-05:002010-03-03T12:10:45.889-05:00P,
Ironically I was just discussing a metric as s...P,<br /><br />Ironically I was just discussing a metric as simple as this one as an "easy" offensive output stat that people can use in WAR. Of course, I was using it just to illustrate that any sort of offense number can be used in WAR so long as it's in runs.<br /><br />I like the outs idea, I myself used PA, but I know that that isn't as good as using outs as the denominator/opportunities part.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993149554069073023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-31456074583555458402010-03-03T09:33:55.661-05:002010-03-03T09:33:55.661-05:00BTF posted a link to this post, quoting only the H...BTF posted a link to this post, quoting only the Howard/Utley comparison at the end that makes it seem as if I'm actually advocating the use of Runs Anything. Great.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.com