May 28, 2008
Evaluating Trades
Via USS Mariner, Paul DePodesta talks about the Baek/Wells trade on his blog.
We believe Baek is a very good strike-thrower with all of his pitches (Fastball, Curveball, Slider, and Change), which keeps hitters off balance and makes him effective. Our scouts also believe that he pitched a little better than his ERA would indicate from last year. According to the FIP statistic, a defense-independant statistic developed by Tom Tango and utilized by The Hardball Times, Baek had been getting better in each of his past three ML seasons (2004-2007), which goes hand-in-hand with our scouting evaluations.
All you internet sabermetricians, your work is not going to waste!
Posted by David Pinto at
04:47 PM
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