Posted April 13, 20159 yr Only career outing in 2013: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K. :mellow At least he had a good spring, I guess?
April 13, 20159 yr Phelps is a fly ball pitcher, which sucks at Yankee Stadium. Regardless, he put up decent numbers as a Yankee. Marlins Park (and our outfielders) are awesome for fly ball pitchers, so Phelps might actually fare really well.
April 13, 20159 yr Author Phelps is a fly ball pitcher, which sucks at Yankee Stadium. Regardless, he put up decent numbers as a Yankee. Marlins Park (and our outfielders) are awesome for fly ball pitchers, so Phelps might actually fare really well.
April 13, 20159 yr But that game is on the road, Song. Dumbass. You dumbass. Your ass is dumb. The gluteus maximus of which you are the sole owner of is unintelligent.
April 13, 20159 yr Author But that game is on the road, Song. Dumbass. You dumbass. Your ass is dumb. The gluteus maximus of which you are the sole owner of is unintelligent. Citi's park factor favors pitchers more than our park does. So maybe that's good news?
April 13, 20159 yr Citi's park factor favors pitchers more than our park does. So maybe that's good news? Hmm.
April 13, 20159 yr But that game is on the road, Song. Dumbass. You dumbass. Your ass is dumb. The gluteus maximus of which you are the sole owner of is unintelligent. Hey...umm...he'll probably have more than one start. Also, who says I'm the sole owner?
April 13, 20159 yr Hey...umm...he'll probably have more than one start. Also, who says I'm the sole owner? STOP BEING LOGICAL, NOT SMART BUTTOCKS!
April 13, 20159 yr Author Does Citi Field still favor pitchers? They moved the walls in again Slightly, yes.
April 13, 20159 yr What is Phelps' FIP? I am still trying to figure out what that is. His career FIP is 4.21, which actually isn't great. FIP is fielding independent pitching, it basically tries to make pitchers responsible only for what they can control. ERA is tricky in that relievers can give up inherited runners and not get charged for them, bad defenders can not get to a ball which ends up as a hit where it wouldn't have otherwise and so on. FIP loves strikeout pitchers because it doesn't require fielders at all, and groundball guys tend to have low FIPs as well, especially those who induce weak contact with cutters or two-seamers. Basically, it works the way ERA would if all teams had the same fielders and all parks were built the same. It is a normalized stat, like WAR or OPS+
April 13, 20159 yr Phelps is a good pitcher. It's nice the first outing he ever had, which happened to be a bad outing, is going to make people think he sucks.
April 13, 20159 yr Author Groundballs have nothing to do with FIP. Doesn't it just assume the pitcher has league average defense behind him and base ERA off that? Or do I understand it wrong?
April 13, 20159 yr Groundballs have nothing to do with FIP. Not directly, but they are preferable to line drives and outfield fly balls in calculating a pitcher's value while taking out the variations in defense.
April 14, 20159 yr @Admin [uSER=5078]@pollyvonwog[/uSER] you guys heading to the Friday game? I'm not, I know he's going to one and I think its that one
April 14, 20159 yr FIP just looks at K, BB, and HR. Nothing else. It doesn't assume league average defense or anything like that (that's specifically in it's name - Fielding Independent Pitching). What it does is look at what a pitcher can control and ignore what it can't control (K, BB, HR), and then adds variable that changes year-to-year to put it inline with ERA. It has no preference in batted balls. GB pitchers generally allow less HR, but that's no guarantee. eg Matt Cain gave up FB nearly double the rate Sergio Mitre did. Cain HR/9: 0.82. Mitre: 1.07.
April 14, 20159 yr Woohoo can't wait to watch him live. Its Matt Harvey Tshirt night at least His tshirt can pitch better than most major leaguers...
April 14, 20159 yr I'm not, I know he's going to one and I think its that one I am and not to pleased I have to deal with a Phelps start now lol
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