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It’s the biggest moment in the game, the opponent’s best slugger is at the plate and the pitcher needs to come up with his best offering. What does he throw? Pitchers and catchers have binders full of scouting reports telling them that answer. But with a handful of baseball’s best
Your 2021 Career Year Diamondbacks Share this story When I was 11 years old growing up on Long Island I was introduced to the board simulation game Strat-O-Matic Baseball. The son of one of my Mother’s friends, Michael, was into the game and once while visiting their house he showed it to me. Michael was a bit of a loner, didn’t play sports, and was more or less nerdy. I played sports all day, every day, every season, and was just so-so in school. Baseball was of course my favorite sport. I played little league at the time, and was obsessed with the Mets. But I was also getting into stat...
Diamondbacks’ Lineup Protection Share this story Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images Does the Diamondback batting order have spots with lineup protection? Lineup protection means that the next batter is a power hitter who is respected by the other team’s pitcher. In theory, because of that next batter the pitcher gives the current batter pitches that are easier to hit. If I was a pitcher, the Diamondback power batters who would concern me most are Kole Calhoun and Christian Walker. This AZ SnakePit article concludes that those two, plus Seth Beer are the team’s power hi...
Will the Diamondbacks Have a Power Hitter Next Season? Share this story Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Although trades and free agent acquisitions could change the answer, the keys to finding an answer are: Define ‘power hitter.’ For this article, the key measure is homers per plate appearance. Nevertheless, two other measures could help define a ‘power hitter:’ barrel %, and hard hit %. These measures can be found at Baseball Savant. Project how well the Diamondbacks will bat. Good projection systems reflect player skills and are understandable. Although there are many pr...