The Braves are flat-out struggling. The rotation has held up very well and is certainly playoff-caliber, but they can’t seem to put anything together offensively. This week was especially frustrating, with a 3-4 record against the Pirates and Orioles, two teams that really don’t have playoff aspirations. The Braves are now fourth in the NL […]
Month: June 2009
Braves Chart of the Day: June 12, 2009
Today’s chart doesn’t need a lot of explanation. We’re looking at the type of pitches each Braves hitter has seen (through Sunday). Francoeur has seen the most fewest fastballs, followed by Anderson and Diaz, presumably because opposing pitchers know they will swing at virtually anything. Schafer, on the other hand, was probably seeing the most […]
Braves Chart of the Day: June 11, 2009
Relief WPA is the name of the game today. The bullpen has been fairly strong all year, and these have been the six most active pitchers in the Braves’ relief corps. Keep in mind that WPA is heavily dependent on the manager’s usage pattern. A pitcher who doesn’t often pitch in crucial situations isn’t going […]
Braves Chart of the Day: June 10, 2009
It’s been a while since I looked at Win Probability Added, since I’m not really keeping my own stats like I have in past years (I use Excel web queries of FanGraphs to get my data). No one would likely be surprised by the Braves’ leaderboard, which is topped by Jair Jurrjens and Chipper Jones. […]
Braves Chart of the Day: June 9, 2009
Last night was one of those games that really messes with your WPA totals, since there were so many crucial situations from the 8th inning on. We’ll get to that later this week, but today I want to look at two batting stats: line drive percentage (LD%) and batting average on balls in play (BABIP). […]
Braves Check: June 8, 2009
Eventually, the rain-outs are going to make things hard on the Braves. They only finished 5 of 6 games last week against the Cubs and Brewers, losing three of them. The two-game Cubs split saw both games decided in extra innings, but the Brewers were fairly dominating until the late innings on Sunday. The Cubs […]
Braves Chart of the Day: June 5, 2009
I can’t seem to get over the Nate McLouth acquisition today. Here’s a look at his career Runs Above Replacement by season. Fielding runs are based on UZR, but I’m not sure that any of the defensive metrics really like McLouth. Then again, he seems to be getting to more balls this year, which has […]
Whirlwind Wednesday for the Braves
Forgive me, but I think yesterday’s barrage of news warrants postponing today’s chart. Sometimes it seems like the Braves just decide to pack as much news into one day as possible. Back in 1993, the Braves dealt for Fred McGriff on the same day that Fulton County Stadium caught on fire. That day’s events (pardon […]
Braves Chart of the Day: June 3, 2009
This has nothing to do with today’s chart, but Melissa and I have been married for three years today. Obviously she’s pretty special, since she puts up with all my sports stuff. The chart below in no way represents anything related to our anniversary, so don’t read too much into it. What it does represent […]
Braves Chart of the Day: June 2, 2009
After a rough start, Kenshin Kawakami had a strong enough May to fend off several potential challengers to his rotation http://74.222.134.170/stats.php?id=2 spot, at least for now. I’m still not sold on him as anything more than a typical #4 starter, which probably makes him roughly the sixth-best Braves starter. Below, you can see how he […]
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