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hattersgonnahate
Armchair Sabermetrician
I'm glad that Feldman got the job done today... but just in case, here's a note to Buck for the 2nd half of the season.
"Here's why you should consider warming up a reliever after the 5th inning no matter what:
Stats from the first five innings: 4.36 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
6th Inning: 6.73 ERA, 1.60 WHIP
7th inning or later: 3.71 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
The implication is very clear: Unless the starter is doing very well and the team has a large lead, you should almost always burn the bullpen starting with the 6th inning. After all, unless you have 7 Strops in the bullpen (specifically, the August 2012 - July 2012 version of him), surely they can do better than 6.73 ERA / 1.60 WHIP as a group."
[Note: How much difference would that make? I would put the estimate at 3-4 wins over an entire season. Applying this strategy even for just the remainder of the 2013 season would result in an extra win or two.]
"Here's why you should consider warming up a reliever after the 5th inning no matter what:
Stats from the first five innings: 4.36 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
6th Inning: 6.73 ERA, 1.60 WHIP
7th inning or later: 3.71 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
The implication is very clear: Unless the starter is doing very well and the team has a large lead, you should almost always burn the bullpen starting with the 6th inning. After all, unless you have 7 Strops in the bullpen (specifically, the August 2012 - July 2012 version of him), surely they can do better than 6.73 ERA / 1.60 WHIP as a group."
[Note: How much difference would that make? I would put the estimate at 3-4 wins over an entire season. Applying this strategy even for just the remainder of the 2013 season would result in an extra win or two.]