Feliciano!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

How does he do it? Feliciano vs. First Batters:
Thanks for the fix

Numbers thru 7/5: 15-38, 3 HR, 7 BB, 1 HBP
395 BAA, 605 OBAA
only 1 blown save

Date	Opponent	Batter	Result
4/2	FLA	Hoover	1B
4/9	PHL	Bruntlett	1B
4/10	PHL	Werth	BB
4/13	MIL	Fielder	K
4/17	WAS	N. Johnson	BB
4/18	PHL	Utley	K
4/19	PHL	Dobbs	1B
4/20	PHL	Feliz	HR
4/22	CHC	Soto	i-BB
4/24	WAS	Kearns	lineout-3
4/25	ATL	K. Johnson	1B
4/26	ATL	Texiera	K
4/27	ATL	McCann	groundout-3
4/29	PIT	LaRoche	popup-6
4/30	PIT	Doumit	6-3
5/2	ARI	Montero	5-3
5/4	ARI	Burke	E-1
5/6	LAD	Hu	1B
5/10	CIN	Ross	1B
5/11	CIN	Patterson	lineout-9
5/14	WAS	Rauch	K
5/20	ATL	K. Johnson	HBP
5/21	ATL	K. Johnson	BB
5/22	ATL	McCann	K
5/24	COL	Holliday	5-3
5/26	FLA	Cantu	BB
5/29	LAD	Loney	1B
5/30	LAD	DeWitt	1B
6/1	LAD	Martin	foulout-3
6/3	SF	Bowker	popout-2
6/5	SD	Gerut	flyout-9
6/6	SD	B. Giles	4-3
6/7	SD	Hairston	HR
6/10	ARI	Drew	K
6/11	ARI	Burke	BB
6/15 (1)	TEX	R. Vasquez	1B
6/15 (2)	TEX	R. Vasquez	K
6/16	LAA	Figgins	1B
6/20	COL	Helton	BB
6/24	SEA	Cairo	1B
6/27	NYY	Abreu	K
6/28	NYY	Betimit	K
6/29	NYY	Christianson	lineout-9
7/1	STL	Ankiel	flyout-7
7/2	STL	Duncan	HR
7/5	PHL	Werth	1B

[Zvon]

That chart hurts my brain.

[nymr83]

7 walks and a hbp to 46 batters isn't good,
9 k's doesnt quite cut it
the real problem is that the 24 guys that neither struck out, got on base via balls (or hbp), or homered are 12-24 (with one reaching via error). and they've all been singles. that BABIP will come down.

[Guest AG/DC]

I think I'm reading about BABiP way too much. The notion that it's a factor beyond a pitcher's control is still one I don't buy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nymr83 wrote: 7 walks and a hbp to 46 batters isn't good, 9 k's doesnt quite cut it the real problem is that the 24 guys that neither struck out, got on base via balls (or hbp), or homered are 12-24 (with one reaching via error). and they've all been singles. that BABIP will come down.

Well, if it were much higher he wouldn't be employed anymore; but in the bigger picture, I'm not sure if it's a BABiP issue -- considering guys hit only 260 against him overall.

[nymr83]

AG/DC wrote: I think I'm reading about BABiP way too much. The notion that it's a factor beyond a pitcher's control is still one I don't buy.

i would expect pitcher A's babip to conform to pitcher A's historical babip, even if i were to reject the notion that babip will regress to a league average

i think feliciano has been unlucky with leadoff singles this year

[smg58]

AG/DC wrote: I think I'm reading about BABiP way too much. The notion that it's a factor beyond a pitcher's control is still one I don't buy.

I don't think it's entirely beyond a pitcher's control, but there is an element of randomness involved in getting hits (particularly singles), plus the defense behind you plays a role. One factor I'd like to see get more attention in this regard is the isolated power (slugging-BA) that batters have against a pitcher. As a measure of extra-base hits, that should tell you how hard he's being hit, and that's a factor of BABIP that a pitcher generally does control.

[metsmarathon]

for those balls in play, is he getting a lot of ground balls that are finding holes, fly balls that outfielders aren't catching up to, or are they line drives?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nymr83 wrote: ="AG/DC"]I think I'm reading about BABiP way too much. The notion that it's a factor beyond a pitcher's control is still one I don't buy. i would expect pitcher A's babip to conform to pitcher A's historical babip, even if i were to reject the notion that babip will regress to a league average i think feliciano has been unlucky with leadoff singles this year

But that's the whole point. He's brought in to face specific batters, so these are situations in which he's meant to succeed.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This would be a good time to improve these figures, doncha think?

[Guest AG/DC]

Gameday shows Howard standing out there in the batter's box, getting soaked while everyone else has left the field. Advantage Feliciano, I think.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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