Comments on: Angels’ pitchers in WBC a concern?

By: Three Arms « Three Days of Cryin’

Three Arms « Three Days of Cryin’ — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:52:46 +0000

[...] Miller did a nice job researching and explaining the effect on both starters and relievers pitching in the WBC during 2006. His research suggested [...]

By: marty

marty — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:33:38 +0000

hopefully once the world baseball classic gains prestige players will want to play for their country. kinda like in soccer.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:47:03 +0000

That is too funny about Pecota. This is really good research by the way. Does Baseball Prospectus breakdown how the WBC effected hitters stats as well? I’d like to know why someone like Chipper Jones is playing…

By: sammiller

sammiller — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:42:43 +0000

Earl: It is! It’s named after him, for real. The acronym stands for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, but I believe Nate Silver, who developed it, has acknowledged the acronym was forced to fit the name.

By: World Baseball Risk « Three Days of Cryin’

World Baseball Risk « Three Days of Cryin’ — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:23:24 +0000

[...] Angels’ pitchers in WBC a concern? - Angels blog - OCRegister.com January 8, 2009 at 3:58 pm [...]

By: Earl Bloom, staff writer

Earl Bloom, staff writer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:17:25 +0000

Sam: When Dave Winfield hit for the cycle as an Angel in Kansas City — a 5 for 5 performance at age 40 — he got the triple in the 8th off infielder turned mopup pitcher Bill Pecota. Is this the PECOTA you refer to? He was a decent reserve infielder but not much of a pitcher. … BTW covering Winfield in his too-brief Angels days was one of my career highlights, and I will never forget that night in KC.