Bloomberg’s player-evaluations a match for the Mets? [Quote]

Bloomberg L.P. will be entering the player-evaluation market for baseball on Monday.  And guess who’s interested…

For Jeff Wilpon, the chief operating officer of the Mets, the value in the software will be in evaluating free agents.

“If you take X player on another team who’s around a great cast of players,” he said, “we want to look at him in our ballpark with different players around him to see how he will fit in.”

This makes me happy.

Can they have the software shipped to Indianapolis for the start of the winter meetings tomorrow?  I’ll personally install whatever needs to be installed onto Omar Minaya’s computer.

(H/T Jeremy Schilling)

Two problems

Here are two things that troubled me with the Mets box score from last night’s 11-3 loss to the Braves.

First, of course, is the pitching lines, specifically the first two…Pat Misch and Lance Broadway didn’t have good nights, did they?

Secondly, not so much from the box score, but still a troubling sight…When Daniel Murphy, who we all complain about not having enough power, is leading your team in home runs (with only 11, no less), something is seriously wrong.

Remember home runs?

Have you seen this apple lately? It used to pop out when the Mets hit home runs.  Crazy, right?

The Mets have hit only 42 home runs this season, with Gary Sheffield leading the team.  Sheffield had only 307 plate appearances for the Mets, good for sixth most on the team.

18 different players hit home runs for the Mets this season.  They are…

Player	Home Runs
Gary Sheffield	10
Daniel Murphy	9
David Wright	8
Carlos Beltran	8
Jeff Francoeur	7
Fernando Tatis	7
Omir Santos	6
Angel Pagan	6
Carlos Delgado	4
Ramon Castro	3
Brian Schneider	3
Cory Sullivan	2
Jose Reyes	2
Ryan Church	2
Nick Evans	1
Luis Castillo	1
Alex Cora	1
Fernando Martinez	1

Yeesh.  That’s a sad list.

Startling numbers from Thursday’s Mets win

17 hits.

5 doubles.

2 home runs.

10 runs scored.

3 double plays.

And take a look at the box score…Woah.

Tracking David Wright [Day 34]

David Wright, 8/12: 3-5, 2 R, K

AVG: .325 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: -.001)

OBP: .415 (Change from previous game: +.001, Change from Game 81: +.001)

SLG: .468 (Change from previous game: +.002, Change from Game 81: -.002)

Tracking David Wright [Day 29]

David Wright, 8/7: 3-4, 2B, R, RBI

AVG: .330 (Change from previous game: +.004, Change from Game 81: +.004)

OBP: .422 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: +.008)

SLG: .479 (Change from previous game: +.005, Change from Game 81: +.009)

Tracking David Wright [Day 24]

David Wright, 8/2: 0-4

AVG: .322 (Change from previous game: -.003, Change from Game 81: -.004)

OBP: .413 (Change from previous game: -.004, Change from Game 81: -.001)

SLG: .468 (Change from previous game: -.004, Change from Game 81: –.002)

What do these dates have in common?

May 11, May 24, June 14, June 29, July 7?

How about if you add April 13 and May 18?

The first group of dates are the only days on which Brian Stokes has given up an earned run.  

The other two?  Unearned runs.

In 39 games (41 2-3 innings), Stokes has only given up earned runs five times.  Adding in the two times unearned runs scored against him, that’s only seven outings where Stokes has allowed runs.

Of the 23 inherited runners that Stokes has been charged with dealing with, 23% have scored.

When Stokes allows runs, though, they come in bunches.  Here are the earned runs he allowed…

• May 11: 1 ER
• May 24: 5 ER
• June 14: 4 ER
• June 29: 4 ER
• July 7: 2 ER

Hence his 3.46 ERA in 2009.

Tracking David Wright [Day 17]

David Wright, 7/27: 2-3, 2 R, BB, K

AVG: .321 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: -.005)

OBP: .412 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: -.002)

SLG: .458 (Change from previous game: +.002, Change from Game 81: –.012)

Tracking David Wright [Day 16]

David Wright, 7/26: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI

AVG: .318 (Change from previous game: +.001, Change from Game 81: -.008)

OBP: .409 (Change from previous game: .000, Change from Game 81: -.005)

SLG: .456 (Change from previous game: -.002, Change from Game 81: –.014)

A tale of two teams

7/21/09, Nationals Park

Mets hits: 7 | Nationals hits: 4

Mets walks: 0 | Nationals walks: 6

Mets strikeouts: 1 | Nationals strikeouts: 4

Mets GIDP: 2 | Nationals GIDP: 0

Mets runs: 0 | Nationals runs: 4

Mets GB: 10 | Nationals GB: 27

Tracking David Wright [Day 10]

Oops.  Missed a few days.  Let’s pick this up again.

David Wright, 7/19: 0-3, BB, K

AVG: .322 (Change from previous game: -.002, Change from Game 81: -.004)

OBP: .411 (Change from previous game: -.002, Change from Game 81: -.003)

SLG: .457 (Change from previous game: -.004, Change from Game 81: –.013)

Tracking David Wright [Day 5]

David Wright, 7/10: 0-4, K

AVG: .324 (Change from previous game: -.004, Change from Game 81: -.002)

OBP: .412 (Change from previous game: -.004, Change from Game 81: -.002)

SLG: .462 (Change from previous game: -.006, Change from Game 81: –.008)

Tracking David Wright [Day 4]

David Wright, 7/9: 2-3, BB, R

AVG: .328 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: +.002)

OBP: .416 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: +.002)

SLG: .468 (Change from previous game: +.002, Change from Game 81: –.004)

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The black lines on the strikeout chart represent the overall trend line (the thick line) and the moving average over 10 game periods (the thin line).

Tracking David Wright [Day 3]

David Wright, 7/8: 2-4, RBI, 2 R

AVG: .325 (Change from previous game: +.003, Change from Game 81: –.001)

OBP: .413 (Change from previous game: –.001, Change from Game 81: –.001)

SLG: .466 (Change from previous game: +/-.000, Change from Game 81: –.006)

  Click for full size.

The black lines on the strikeout chart represent the overall trend line (the thick line) and the moving average over 10 game periods (the thin line).

Tracking David Wright [Day 2]

David Wright, 7/7: 0-3, BB

AVG: .322 (-.004)

OBP: .412 (-.002)

SLG: .466 (-.004)

Click for full size.

The black lines on the strikeout chart represent the overall trend line (the thick line) and the moving average over 10 game periods (the thin line).

Sobering statistics

Innings played: 27

Mets hits: 18

Mets runs: 3

Mets walks: 10

Mets XBH: 3

Mets HR: 0

Mets GIDP: 3

Mets LOB: 18

Mets strikeouts: 20

Mets wins: 0

Mets losses: 3

Some sobering Subway Series stats

Inning played: 27

Mets hits: 9

Mets runs: 3

Mets walks: 9

Mets XBH: 2

Mets HR: 1

Mets GIDP: 1

Mets LOB: 15

Mets strikeouts: 28

Mets wins: 0

Mets losses: 3

The Mets can hit, just not in the clutch

I’m just going to present you with a few statistics, sans commentary, for you to take a look at and make your own informed decision on.

	#s	MLB Rank	NL Rank
AVG	.279	2nd	1st
OBP	.359	2nd	1st
SLG	.409	14th	4th
	#s	MLB Rank	NL Rank
RISP AVG	.278	4th	1st
RISP OBP	.386	2nd	1st
RISP SLG	.421	10th	4th
	#s	MLB Rank	NL Rank
RISP+2 out AVG	.232	24th	11th
RISP+2 out OBP	.364	14th	8th
RISP+2 out SLG	.324	27th	13th
	#s	MLB Rank	NL Rank
Bases Loaded AVG	.211	28th	15th
Bases Loaded OBP	.256	28th	15th
Bases Loaded SLG	.342	28th	14th

First base has been a black hole since Delgado went down, right?

Carlos Delgado last played in a game on May 10.  Since then, Fernando Tatis and Daniel Murphy have taken over at the bag. 

At the bag, they have been able to hold together the infield and perform well above expectations.

At the plate, let’s just say they’ve been pretty awful.  Or have they?

Tatis, since May 11: 16-75, 6 BB, 6 K, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI … .213 AVG / .302 OBP / .307 SLG

Murphy, since May 11: 11-73, 11 BB, 11 K, 1 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI … .151 AVG / .259 OBP / .205 SLG

I can’t get beyond Murphy’s slugging percentage since May 11.  .205?  Wow.

Combined: 27-148, 17 BB, 17 K, 5 2B, 2 HR, 19 RBI … .182 AVG / .280 OBP / .256 SLG

That’s 30 combined games at first base.  Delgado, through 28 games before going down with injury, had 28 hits, 12 BB, 20 K, 7 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI … .298 AVG / .393 OBP / .521 SLG.

Delgado got off to a quick start, slowed down, but was coming on before the injury.  Surprisingly, the RBIs are quite close between Delgado and his replacements.  For all the struggles we’ve seen at first, the run production has been quite close. 

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such terrible numbers drive in as much.  It could be a lot better, but I guess it could be a lot worse, too.