Comments on: Beimel Has Landed http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/beimel-has-landed/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bradley Rottinghaus http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/beimel-has-landed/#comment-182808 Bradley Rottinghaus Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:20:40 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=3635#comment-182808 Good wordpress post, I will save this in my Diigo account. Have a great evening. Good wordpress post, I will save this in my Diigo account. Have a great evening.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/beimel-has-landed/#comment-67170 Chris Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:03:42 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=3635#comment-67170 "The improving FIP is misleading, however, as it has much more to do with Beimel’s home run prevention “skills” than anything else." This allows me to bring up a point that's bothered me for awhile. Since Fangraphs seems to pride itself on its use of metrics that take out the luck factor, why does it use FIP to rate players rather than xFIP? Has Fangraphs found xFIP to be a less accurate guage of true talent than FIP? The quotation above would suggest otherwise. Is it simply that HR/9 does have a lot of luck in it but that normalizing it by league HR/FB is the improper way adjust it? I would love to hear the answer. Why does Fangraphs use FIP rather than xFIP (or an equivalent) when evaluating pitcher talent? “The improving FIP is misleading, however, as it has much more to do with Beimel’s home run prevention “skills” than anything else.”

This allows me to bring up a point that’s bothered me for awhile. Since Fangraphs seems to pride itself on its use of metrics that take out the luck factor, why does it use FIP to rate players rather than xFIP? Has Fangraphs found xFIP to be a less accurate guage of true talent than FIP? The quotation above would suggest otherwise. Is it simply that HR/9 does have a lot of luck in it but that normalizing it by league HR/FB is the improper way adjust it?

I would love to hear the answer. Why does Fangraphs use FIP rather than xFIP (or an equivalent) when evaluating pitcher talent?

]]> By: Will http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/beimel-has-landed/#comment-67056 Will Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:25:07 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=3635#comment-67056 All in all, this is a very good signing for the Nats. After those five RPs mentioned, the Nats bullpen talent really drops off a lot, not to mention Beimel is the only lefty in the bunch. It's refreshing not to have Bowden running things anymore. All in all, this is a very good signing for the Nats. After those five RPs mentioned, the Nats bullpen talent really drops off a lot, not to mention Beimel is the only lefty in the bunch.
It’s refreshing not to have Bowden running things anymore.

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