I don't have the breakdown, but it seems like an awful lot of those balls in play have been pop ups and shallow fly balls, not line drives.
Steve O On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > That .220 on balls in play is an interesting stat because it's essentially > luck. Teams get hits by putting more balls in play, not by putting better > balls in play. If we're really that low then we're due for a snap back to > normal numbers. > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> A good read, and I think this one is free: >> >> http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13499 >> >> Includes this hopeful paragraph: >> >> "Note that through Wednesday, our playoff odds simulation still gave >> the Red Sox an 84 percent chance to reach the postseason (in >> comparison, the Rays are bleeding out at 11 percent, but there was >> little reason to think that this year’s edition was of the same >> quality as last year’s to begin with). Despite their winless start, >> they retain the highest predicted chance of making it to the big >> October hoedown of any team in baseball, including the 6-0 Rangers (77 >> percent). There is simply too much that’s good about the Red Sox to >> believe that their offense will continue to hit .220 on balls in >> play—even last year’s Mariners, an offensive aggregation that would >> have been chased off the sandlot by such slugging juggernauts as the >> 1912 St. Louis Browns, were better than that. Nor will their pitchers >> unite behind their current 7.13 ERA; not even the 1930 Phillies were >> capable of that." >> >> Steve O >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Author of Robot Haiku : Poems for humans to read until their robots decide > it's kill time. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
