The Braves got in a full week of games despite the rain at home this week, splitting four with the Rockies before sweeping the former AL East-leading Blue Jays. The Phillies remain a game and a half up on the Braves in the division, but the Mets have fallen back into a tie with Atlanta […]
Month: May 2009
No Chart Today
I’ve been feeling under the weather for a few days. I think it’s allergies, but I really don’t know. Anyway, I felt pretty bad yesterday and still do this morning, so I haven’t had the chance to post a chart. We’ll pick things up again next week.
Braves Chart of the Day: May 21, 2009
At times, Javier Vazquez has looked downright filthy this year, and I mean that in the positive baseball pitcher sense. He mixes several pitches, throws them all for strikes, and misses plenty of bats in the process. Last night was no exception, when he struck out the side in the first and fanned six overall […]
Braves Chart of the Day: May 20, 2009
It should probably come as no surprise that the Braves are in the red in batting WPA, but below is a visual representation of their struggles so far. Stats are through Monday’s games. Basically one or two clutch plays could vault you to the top, as has been the case with Diaz, who has not […]
Braves Chart of the Day: May 19, 2009
Speed Score is a Bill James creation that’s been proven a fairly reliable indicator of performance in various aspects of baseball related to a player’s speed. Here’s the BP definition, but it’s essentially a zero to ten scale based on five components: stolen base %, SB attempts as a % of opportunities, triples, GIDPs as […]
Braves Check: May 18, 2009
After the rain washed away yesterday’s game, the Braves finished with only five games last week, winning two of three in New York and splitting two at home against Arizona. That raised their record to an even .500, 18-18, which is currently good enough for third place in the NL East. That’s 2.5 games behind […]
Braves Chart of the Day: May 15, 2009
He’s not up with the major league team anymore, but I figured I’d post this anyway since today is his birthday. Clint Sammons is seven months older than I am, so he’s turning 26 today. He’s not much of a hitting prospect, as you can see from the chart, so his ceiling is that of […]
Braves Chart of the Day: May 14, 2009
Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to get anything together yesterday or today. For today, I’m going to re-post an image from FanGraphs instead, the WPA graph from Tuesday’s game. Notice Carlos Beltran’s “stolen base.”
Braves Chart of the Day: May 12, 2009
What happens when the ball reaches the outfield off of an Atlanta bat? That’s what happens (at least in 2009, through Sunday). For Omar Infante, Jeff Francoeur, and Kelly Johnson, that’s a lot of fly outs. McCann is the king of the pop-up, but he and Ross manage to leave the yard more often than […]
Braves Check: May 11, 2009
The NL East has been an up-and-down mess for a couple of weeks now, but the Braves have stayed mostly on the “down” side. They stretched a two-game losing skid into four against the Mets last week before closing with 4 wins in 5 tries against the Marlins and Phillies. That wasn’t enough to pull […]
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