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Old 12-07-2015, 03:57 PM   #4752
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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead View Post
Yeah it tells you if a guy is useful in a spot. It doesn't telll you everything but it tells you enough.

However a guy cam be great with just 70 rbis in the middle of the order and it could have to do with the rest of the team and that is when the analytics come into play. They compliment the intangibles, they don't eliminate them.
Well yeah, then you need to dig a little bit, which is why I brought up average w/RISP (I guess BABIP works there too, but I don't know a whole lot about that so I could be wrong).

It also helps (somewhat) to have an RBI guy - or just a generally "feared hitter" (for lack of a better term) - in the order to make the pitcher sweat a bit and change the plan. Because with two on in a tie game, he's going to pitch Josh Donaldson differently than Ryan Howard.

Maybe a bad example, but seeing Howard K 3-5 times a game in key spots starts to wear lol
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