Evaluating Baseball Statistics with Sam Miller of ESPN
Episode 23 · May 17th, 2018 · 1 hr 14 mins
About this Episode
Sam Miller joined us to talk about his recent article about evaluating Statcast's new Pop Time metric. Surprising exactly no one, we also talk about Shohei Ohtani, again. And take a look at Robinson Cańo's Hall of Fame candidacy.
- 'Pop' science: Your guide to learning a new MLB stat by Sam Miller
- Usain Bolt playing baseball by Sam Miller
- A big step forward in measuring command by Eno Sarris
- CMD from Baseball Prospectus
- What Makes a Good Change Up? Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 by Harry Pavlidis
Below is a table showing the comparative ratings of some of the pitchers with the best command scores.
| Command+ | CMD | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Kyle Hendricks |
| 2 | 19 | Jordan Zimmermann |
| 3 | 21 | Alex Wood |
| 4 | 10 | Jeremy Hellickson |
| 5 | 64 | Masahiro Tanaka |
| 6 | 86 | Josh Tomlin * |
| 7 | 25 | Aaron Nola |
| 8 | 12 | Tyler Mahle |
| 9 | 6 | Jacob deGrom |
| 10 | 3 | Zack Greinke |
| 12 | 4 | Corey Kluber |
| 20 | 2 | Marco Gonzales |
| 23 | 1 | Kyle Davies |
| 53 | 8 | Doug Fister |
| 101 | 5 | Marco Estrada |
| 122 | 7 | CC Sabathia |
| Data pulled a few days apart, 151 total pitchers in COMMAND+ rankings and 130 in CMD | ||
| * Tomlin ranked sixth in CMD in 2017 | ||
Shohei Ohtani is flexible
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