Comments on: Stat: Reyes unlucky in September

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:29:47 +0000

I know you’re joking, but Murphy has 15 strikeouts in 83 at-bats. If he batted as often as Wright, he’d have over 100 strikeouts too.

By: Joseisbetter

Joseisbetter — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:57:25 +0000

This is a panic post…the subject shouldn’t even be brought up. He’s had a few bad games and it happens to be September. He’ll be fine…

Geek…

By: metsftw

metsftw — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:46:14 +0000

wishful thinking, my friend.

By: jectalo

jectalo — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:45:53 +0000

Ugh. How about an article on how David Wright strikes out 100+ times every year? Did you know Gary Sheffield has never struck out even 90 times in a year? Wright should be batting 8th as far as I’m concerned. Wade Boggs Murphy will be the #3 hitter for years to come.

By: ikickdogs

ikickdogs — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:44:11 +0000

I read the same thing over at metstailgate.com last night. It was in the comments under “Jose Reyes – Week 1, Sept. 2008 – Stats Alert” entry.

Coincidence?

By: hjhjhjhjhj

hjhjhjhjhj — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:41:20 +0000

ummm…. because their not the 27 yanks…..

By: hjhjhjhjhj

hjhjhjhjhj — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:39:33 +0000

NO IT BELONGS ON THE ENTIRE TEAM!!!!! LAST I CHECKED THIS IS A TEAM SPORT…..

By: nyr2k2

nyr2k2 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:29:44 +0000

Pretty awesome to see someone on this site using any type of advanced statistical analysis. People that talk BABIP and LD% and the like are usually pegged as geeks or numbers guys; hopefully some more exposure to advanced yet simple measures such as BABIP can go some ways toward eliminating the stat stigma.

By: gomets6091

gomets6091 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:12:58 +0000

while I tend to agree with you, I do know that last September, Reyes popped up a TON and I’ve been hearing complaints about that the past week (I haven’t been able to watch the last few games), and pop outs count against your BABIP. So, in theory, his BABIP could look unlucky, but actually be a result of him not getting good swings and popping up a lot of balls he normally hits line drives on. This would especially be true over such a small sample size.

By: MetsFan1976

MetsFan1976 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:08:52 +0000

Absolutely. Typically, the people who say that you can’t rely on stats, and watching the games is much more useful, are those who do not understand the stats.

Now, the person who brought up “small sample size” as a reason for not putting too much emphasis on this stat…he/she is on to something.

That being said…thanks for posting this, Ted. Small sample size or not, it does make me feel somewhat better about Reyes’ lack of production lately.

Oh, and enjoyed seeing you selling peanuts on Mets Weekly. :)