Comments on: Are the Cardinals Properly Using Franklin? http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/03/13/are-the-cardinals-properly-using-franklin/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Liam http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/03/13/are-the-cardinals-properly-using-franklin/#comment-224 Liam Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:00:27 +0000 http://playahardnine.wordpress.com/?p=1035#comment-224 That September wasn’t all bad luck: his LD% in September supported a .410 BABIP (as meaningful as these sample sizes are.) He was unlucky, but there’s also evidence that he was throwing “hittable” strikes.

]]> By: erik http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/03/13/are-the-cardinals-properly-using-franklin/#comment-223 erik Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:57:43 +0000 http://playahardnine.wordpress.com/?p=1035#comment-223 Monster good luck became monster bad luck. I don’t really know without looking at all of his pitch f/x stuff, maybe there’s something to it other than velocity, like movement on his pitches or what.

I’m using ZiPS, installing Smoltz as the closer using Sky’s sheet and I get Smoltz adding an extra win.

]]> By: FlimtotheFlam http://gashousegraphs.com/2010/03/13/are-the-cardinals-properly-using-franklin/#comment-222 FlimtotheFlam Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:16:10 +0000 http://playahardnine.wordpress.com/?p=1035#comment-222 Some splits for Ryan Franklin for the 2009 season

Fastball Velocity by month:

April May June July August September
90.4 91.0 91.1 91.3 91.5 91.4

BABIP by month:

April May June July August September
.154 .207 .241 .281 .171 .536

Now he might of gotten tired in Sept. But his fastball was the same speed and he just had monster bad luck with BABIP also.

I am not so sure it is worth it to add John Smoltz or anyone else to the bullpen when I did some spreadsheet math

http://bit.ly/aK0d25

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