Game Ova!!

Sox win 3-1

Great win!

sox win, Lindstrom still sucks

Finally goodness

lmao at Rajai pimping a 280 ft flyball

 

that was awesome, but that bastard scared me.

 

this ball game is ovvaaa

.500

Sox win !!! And I have a heart attack.. sheesh

Let's sweep these suckers!

Sox win !!! And I have a heart attack.. sheesh

Take an aspirin, quick! We need you around to witness the sweep!

It's cool that we have a new Matt The Bullpen Guy Who Everyone Abuses Constantly Despite His Statistical Decency so soon after Thornton left.

Take an aspirin, quick! We need you around to witness the sweep!

Lol

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 31s

Stay tuned for Chris Sale news.

Let's sweep these suckers!

 

 

We have a closer----Lights Out Lindstrom

Matty Ice era down to 3.00.

 

His FIP (Whatever that it, I just wanna feel cool) is 3.08....Much lower than Daniel Webbs 4.48.

Well hope Sale can pitch Wednesday

Matty Ice era down to 3.00.

 

His FIP (Whatever that it, I just wanna feel cool) is 3.08....Much lower than Daniel Webbs 4.48.

Forgive me, what's FIP?

It's cool that we have a new Matt The Bullpen Guy Who Everyone Abuses Constantly Despite His Statistical Decency so soon after Thornton left.

What numbers are you looking at that makes him look decent? He's blown 3 saves, his WHIP sucks, and his K rate is terrible.

@CST_soxvan: Chris Sale going on 15-day disabled list. Flexor muscle strain left arm.

@CST_soxvan: Chris Sale going on 15-day disabled list. Flexor muscle strain left arm.

 

This doesn't need to be posted on 3 different threads dude

Forgive me, what's FIP?

 

I actually have no clue but I see it talked about quite a bit....Perhaps feeky or someone can explain.

We have a closer----Lights Out Lindstrom

<!--quoteo(post=2961894:date=Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:17 PM:name=Feeky Magee)-->

<!--quotec-->It's cool that we have a new Matt The Bullpen Guy Who Everyone Abuses Constantly Despite His Statistical Decency so soon after Thornton left.

What numbers are you looking at that makes him look decent? He's blown 3 saves, his WHIP sucks, and his K rate is terrible.

Well, I was more talking about his last few years, but if we're talking about the year, he's not been great, but he's not been awful either. Hasn't walked many. Very low sample-size to be reading too much into. Plus he's coming off an injury.

 

Forgive me, what's FIP?

Fielding independent pitching. It attempts to show what an ERA should look like over a period of time. Accounts for guys with artificially low/high ERAs because of bad/good luck that they don't control. It's a better predictor of future performance than ERA. Fangraphs uses it over ERA to calculate pitcher WAR.

 

Matty Ice era down to 3.00.

 

His FIP (Whatever that it, I just wanna feel cool) is 3.08....Much lower than Daniel Webbs 4.48.

It was actually 3.08 before tonight. Now 3.41.

Forgive me, what's FIP?

 

Fielding Independent Pitching. It takes Ks, BBs, HBPs, and HRs into account, four things that pitchers have almost total control over. It basically assumes that over small sample sizes, there's too much luck involved and that the pitcher does not have total control over where the ball is hit. Therefore, runs that aren't home runs are not counted against the pitcher. While ERAs may vary year in and year out, FIPs usually stay fairly constant for any given player.

 

There are outliers in the stat (Javy Vazquez and Ricky Nolasco are two examples), but usually, it's pretty accurate in giving a snapshot of a pitcher's true talent.

Edited April 22, 201411 yr by chw42

Well, I was more talking about his last few years, but if we're talking about the year, he's not been great, but he's not been awful either. Hasn't walked many. Very low sample-size to be reading too much into. Plus he's coming off an injury.

 

 

Fielding independent pitching. It attempts to show what an ERA should look like over a period of time. Accounts for guys with artificially low/high ERAs because of bad/good luck that they don't control. It's a better predictor of future performance than ERA. Fangraphs uses it over ERA to calculate pitcher WAR.

 

 

It was actually 3.08 before tonight. Now 3.41.

What's the better stat, FIP or xFIP?

 

Also, we couldn't even get a lottery ticket prospect for Lindstrom last year. I'm not saying he's a horrible reliever, but he's not a closer and that's not just based on his performance so far this year.