Comments on: Totally Werth It

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:15:42 +0000

Doesn’t this site often work by highlighting players or teams on hot or cold streaks and try to figure out if those streaks are sustainable? Yet it seems like every time, no matter the conclusion, the authors get bashed.

By: BS

BS — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:39:34 +0000

Nice analysis on Werth. Now could you do one on Moyer too? Is he totally cooked? Is it retirement time? Or is that HR rate just a fluky stat right now?

By: Ryan M

Ryan M — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:48:24 +0000

I’ve been rooting for Werth since his Dodger days. Anyone pause to think how strange of a career this guy had? What would he look like if he had been able to stay at catcher and hit as he has? Most people know how weird it was for Brandon Inge to be able play both catcher and centerfield. Anyone think about Werth doing the same type of thing (minus the faking it at short part)

By: Eric Seidman

Eric Seidman — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:12:59 +0000

Rowen, yeah, pretty much. The ten points was just an arbitrary number but what I meant is that the inflation occurring with Werth isn’t to the tune of a .385 wOBA player vs. a .335 wOBA player but rather something like .385 to .365-.375, still very very solid.

By: Rowen

Rowen — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:08:45 +0000

Hey Eric…. In the next-to-last paragraph, I think what you’re saying is that if you were to go back to Werth’s 2006 & 2007 seasons and mix-adjust his splits, in order to see what his numbers would have been (hypothetically) if he had faced a more normal proportion of RHP, then his wOBA would have only dropped by about 10 points. Is that in fact that you were trying to say in that paragraph?

By: Dick

Dick — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:33:30 +0000

Big Baby is a big baby after all. Thanks for spewing a totally worthless opinion whose sole purpose was to inflame and agitate people…Oh please shower me with some more mean-spirited, counter-constructive comments, can’t wait for you to join us again!

No seriously i want to punch you in the face.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:32:48 +0000

Small nitpick: Adam, not Alex, Lind.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:49:59 +0000

Gee, what a stretch it is to write about a guy who pulls off the rare stealing-around-the-bases feat.

Also, I thought that the fangraphs guys had been on the Werth bandwagon for a while (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/werth-the-extension).

By: McExpos

McExpos — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:48:39 +0000

Great minds and all that jazz.

By: Joe Trinsey

Joe Trinsey — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:37:18 +0000

Beat me to it by a couple minutes there. My thoughts exactly.