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
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/statcast-wants-to-change-how-were-consuming-baseball-games-160500812.html
more changes afoot
― Karl Malone, Monday, 6 March 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
see also http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/statcast-and-the-future-of-war
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
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
https://deadspin.com/major-league-baseballs-statcast-can-break-sabermetrics-1820987737
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
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
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