The logic in baseball

[Brees#1]

This is for DFS purposes but what is the logic? What predicated a hitter showing up and a pitcher having a bad game?

 

[TKOSpikes]

Huh?

 

[Brees#1]

A lot of unpredictability is happening now. Suddenly Wainwright can pitch a good game in Arizona. Volquez can shut out Arizona. Suddenly Kris Bryant hits a grand slam last week in Miami after not doing such for a while and Rizzo had bvp against said pitcher and was a supporter for Bryant. It's just complicated really.

How does this happen? Is baseball really based on more luck than matchups?

 

[The Derski]

this is the most confused I've been in a long time.

 

[The Derski]

The more I try to understand what you're asking the more I come to the conclusion that you watch very little baseball.

 

[Brees#1]

I don't have cable so I do watch very little baseball. But you don't really have to watch baseball to know it. You're not going to know what pitch one is throwing without looking at the gamecast.

 

[TKOSpikes]

I don't have cable so I do watch very little baseball. But you don't really have to watch baseball to know it. You're not going to know what pitch one is throwing without looking at the gamecast.

A great hitter fails 70% of the time. Baseball is about ups and downs. Always has, always will.

 

[navamind]

A great hitter fails 70% of the time. Baseball is about ups and downs. Always has, always will.

and even the worst players can have very good games

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I don't have cable so I do watch very little baseball. But you don't really have to watch baseball to know it. You're not going to know what pitch one is throwing without looking at the gamecast.

the first thing I like to do is look at lefty/righty splits... Not the stats, just whether an offense is heavy lefty or righty, and whether the pitcher is lefty/righty... the second thing I like to look at is strike out rates... If the offense is prone to strike outs and the pitcher is a good strike out guy, then you are in great shape...

Just because you are pitching in an offensive stadium vs a good offense doesn't mean that the offense has a good matchup...