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not as quickly, but given action/reaction, inevitably so

lotsa Statcast-related talk at the Saberseminar; tons of analysis via exit' velocity and launch angle. it's not just Tampa Bay for sure.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link

surely scouting and developing players with route efficiency and other defensive metrics is in place.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 01:17 (seven years ago) link

there's no statcast in the minors -- although there are mysterious proprietary systems at certain home fields, the extent of which is unknown.

recognizing a fly ball and adjusting one's route accordingly *seems* like a god-given talent to me, but certainly the stats can't hurt

mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link

timely! NYT Mag article on Statcast, mostly as it relates to defense (and Kiermaier, J Bradley Jr)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/magazine/can-new-technology-bring-baseballs-data-revolution-to-fielding.html?_r=0

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link

five months pass...

see also http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/statcast-and-the-future-of-war

mookieproof, Monday, 6 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link

four weeks pass...

watch out for those velocity numbers

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/about-all-these-velocity-spikes/

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link

eight months pass...
two years pass...

if baseball ever plays again, statcast is moving from a radar-based tracking system (good for velocity) to an optical ('hawkeye') system, which purportedly is better for most everything else

intersting developments:

- will track bodies on the level of limbs rather than center of gravity

- beyond exit velocity & launch angle, bat path/speed will be trackable (who swings the hardest? who transfers energy to the ball most efficiently?)

- beyond pitch speed & spin rate, the axis of a pitch's spin and the arrangement of the seams moving around that axis can be tracked, which should reveal a lot more about why some pitchers get more movement

a further disheartening development in taylorism, of course, but also neato

mookieproof, Friday, 24 April 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link

five months pass...

expected batting average on luis robert's 487-foot homer yesterday was .990; i'd be very interested in hearing more about the 1% where that's an out

mookieproof, Friday, 2 October 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link

i don't know, but i really like that version of a boxscore and i'm going to start using it more often

idkwtf (Karl Malone), Friday, 2 October 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link

fire emojis a worthy addition to the format

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 October 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link

it's awesome! you can just glance at a player with 3 fire emojis and no hits and have an understanding of their luck in that game, and same deal on the pitching side

idkwtf (Karl Malone), Friday, 2 October 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link

(for those who didn't click the link, fire emojis are used to designate "hard-hit" balls during a plate of appearance

idkwtf (Karl Malone), Friday, 2 October 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link


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