Sentences with phrase «walk rate»

Walk rates went up, fly ball and home run rates went up, and ground ball rates went down.

Although none of these numbers were astounding, it was fascinating to know that simply betting on every pitcher with an above average walk rate has been a profitable strategy.

As a daily workout would it be better to walk at the heart rate to burn fat or the power walking rate?

Walk rate doesn't need to be the only statistic that you examine before betting on a starting pitcher, but it's clearly one of the most important.

If you know of a website where walk rate is calculated I would love to know.

That, paired with a career minors walk rate of just 2.4 per 9 IP, gives hope that his breakout rookie season in 2017 is just the beginning, and that the 3.12 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 3.41 xFIP he produced last year is replicable in a larger sample going forward.

High strikeout rate High walk rates (as a proxy for plate discipline) High pitches / PA High balls / PA

In one of the more popular systems from the Think Tank, Bet Labs manager Travis Reed identified value by taking pitchers with high strikeout rates and low walk rates.

An article from earlier this year showed the importance of walk rate for starting pitchers, and I wanted to see whether this addition could be applied to when betting day games.

To be clear, this references the pitchers walk rate for the current season at the time the game was being played.

Conversely bettors should be wary of Francisco Liriano, Tom Koehler, Yordano Ventura and Danny Salazar — all of whom have walk rates in the double figures.

The spiking walk rate is worrisome, but it doesn't have to be proof of anything.

But he has good contact skills, a good walk rate, and a low strikeout rate.

According to Bet Labs, bettors would have gone 3,394 - 3,459 (49.5 %) with +194.45 units won by fading every home team with a starting pitcher whose walk rate is above 9 %.

Since the pitcher with the superior walk rate closed as the favorite in 55.5 % of their games, the return on investment (ROI) was only +1.3 %.

After that, I examined how decreasing walk rates impacted the return on investment.

Huge walk rate and obp with lots of doubles!!!

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Context Walkability is the most comprehensive and customizable walk rating solution on the market.

He's currently sporting a 2.84 xFIP despite his moderately high walk rate.

The return on investment increases when both pitchers have lower walk rates, but the sample size shrinks significantly.

As you can see, there's a direct correlation between lower starting pitcher walk rates and increasing returns for moneyline bettors.

My research found that pitchers with an above average walk rate had won 54.2 % of their games since 2005.

Hi lovely, well usually the power walking rate will keep you in the correct heart rate zone:) If not, try to stick to the upper end of the heart rate zone if you can xx

His walk rate is up.

The walk rate is most certainly up.

His walk rate is extremely encouraging... I'm just questioning the fact that many «experts» (they know a lot more than me and have perhaps given Sims the eye test) say his fastball flattens out.

In just his second full, healthy season in the majors, Kennedy has blossomed thanks to improved command, cutting his walk rate by 25 % to 2.4 per nine innings.

Marco Estrada has never been a paragon of consistency and his strikeout rate keeps dropping at the same time his walk rate goes up.

His walk rate is superb, particularly for the level at which he competes (SEC).

He maintained the walk rate in both the white sox and yankees last year, but his ISO on the sox was.225 and the yanks.201.

The bullpen is a concern — Cleveland has a lot of relievers with mediocre strikeout and walk rates — but that's a weakness that can be addressed in the trade market cheaply.

Fausto Carmona, Justin Masterson and Josh Tomlin have anchored the rotation by cutting their walk rates.

In fact, by eliminating all wild pitchers (defined by a walk rate of more than 9 %) I was able to improve the systems ROI from 11.8 % to 18.1 % with minimal impact to the overall units won.

He racked up a 9.8 % walk rate and 1.51 WHIP, and surrendered 25 homers in 133 innings, giving him the fifth - highest HR / 9 in the majors.

He hit.263 /.346 /.487, led the team with 152 games played, and set career highs in home runs (28), stolen bases (15) and walk rate (11.2 %), all while playing excellent defense in right field.

As we explained in an earlier blog post, walk rate is one of the most important statistics for MLB bettors and anything above 9 % is considered awful.

Shields has also struggled with control, currently owning a 9.4 % walk rate.

You would think the bullpen would have improved by excising the worst parts of it for the postseason, but things didn't work out like that: even the Astros» better relievers during the regular season had obvious flaws like high walk rates or an alarming number of homers allowed, and those were magnified in October.

Last week my coworker Andrew Fine explained why bettors should be fading San Diego Padres starting pitcher Edwin Jackson due to his past struggles, high walk rate, and steam on their opponent — the Cincinnati Reds.

Why, that's the kind of walk rate that would lead to think pieces and analyses.

With a sample size of over 4,000 games, I found that the under had produced a 3.8 % when both pitchers had a walk rate of 7.0 % or lower.

Pitchers with an «excellent» walk rate (less than 4.5 %) had produced a 3.2 % ROI.

One problem I have is finding a website that has walk rate.

It does not reference the walk rate for their career.

Since 2005, the over has produced a 9.5 % ROI when both pitchers have a walk rate of at least 10 %.