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Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 2:25 pm
by the ghost of roger maris
In a 12 team league...you can build rotation heavy on the K's ...I had a team that struck out over 1750 batters...which given the innings pitched meant 40% of the outs collected were Ks.....and 30% of the rolls resulted in K's....
as K's go up
about 1/3 of the rolls were ground balls.... and who knows how many of those (and of course the hits) came off the x charts....
the point is as Ks increase the value of the defense decreases as they aren't involved in as many plays...
I just wonder how significant that decline is.

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 2:40 pm
by STEVE F
Not sure I agree with this, as the X chances remain the same (sort of like the song)

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:08 pm
by paul8210
I'd say if the x fielding chances remain the same over a full season, but, strikeouts replace other types of outs, then, the decline in "productive outs" means the same weak fielding that results in bad x fielding results would not be as much of a detriment over an entire season of play.

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:22 pm
by STEVE F
OK, I get it. I'll buy that. :)

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:19 pm
by Hittmens
By the same token a gb pitcher will get more double plays

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:21 pm
by milleram
I kind of see both points of view.

My take on pitchers with a lot of Ks (or hitters) is -- generally -- the lack of FlyB, or GB where the runner advances effects the game more than I expected--with a runner on third and less than two outs you want a high K pitcher in there, like Green--I haven't had Green very often, but amazing how many times he leaves those runners stranded with three straight Ks, as opposed to a pitcher with similar WHIP but with FLYB and GB all over his card.

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:54 pm
by joethejet
While, this is, of course, true, there is no difference in this game between a K, a popout, lineout, foulout or FlyC.

These all have ZERO impact on the effect of the X-Chart on the game. As Steve points out, the X chances are fixed.

That said, it would be great if SOM gave us Fly B and GB B stats on the data download. Or, conversely, included the above results (which are exactly the same as a K) in the K numbers.

Re: Rise in Ks devalues Defense

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:18 pm
by the ghost of roger maris
paul8210 wrote:I'd say if the x fielding chances remain the same over a full season, but, strikeouts replace other types of outs, then, the decline in "productive outs" means the same weak fielding that results in bad x fielding results would not be as much of a detriment over an entire season of play.


exactly....the decline of productive outs encourages teams to counter with home runs which usually means more Ks it is a vicious cycle which imo contributes to the decline in the "real" game....