What a beautiful day (as Millsy would say) here in Pittsburgh! Only 5 days until baseball's Opening Night. Hopefully the weather is like this 10 days from now at Comerica for the Tigers' home opener.
As I promised here are my top 5 pitchers and their VORP totals from last season:
1) Tim Lincecum 72.3
2) Cliff Lee 76.5
3) Johan Santana 73.6
4) Roy Hallsday 70.6. (hopefully the Tabs light his tits on opening day)
5) Jon Lester 59.6
This would be one hell of a rotation and all five are bonafide aces. The reason I have Lincecum ahead of Lee on my list is not cause he plays for the hated Tribe but because his VORP is almost as good as Lee and Santana's despite batters having a .312 BABIP (batting average on balls in play). This means Lincecum was extremely unlucky last season and still posted the third highest VORP in the majors. It is likely he will catch a bunch of breaks this year and thus have an even better year.
A quick update on my leadoff batter study:
In innings where the leadoff batter gets on with nobody out, teams are scoring 80% of the time. In innings where the batter gets on with 1 out, the team scores 29% of the time. And in innings where the first baserunner is with 2 outs, teams score 0% of the time. It's early in the study but it is definitely apparent how important it is to get the leadoff guy on. Holla back to see how this study unfolds throughout the season.
Butta Lewis!
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