Comments on: Getting a return on a wasted investment

By: Spring Training Stats Lie | Bronx Baseball Daily

Spring Training Stats Lie | Bronx Baseball Daily — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:03:04 +0000

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Bronx Baseball Daily » Spring Training Stats Lie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:42:21 +0000

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By: Open Thread: Recapping an early weekend marathon | River Avenue Blues

Open Thread: Recapping an early weekend marathon | River Avenue Blues — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:00:35 +0000

[...] that much happened in that game. Brett Tomko threw 3.1 strong innings while Kei Igawa chipped in another scoreless frame. Xavier Nady doubled while Cody Ransom tripled, and Angel Berroa picked up two hits to raise his [...]

By: toad

toad — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:28:30 +0000

The sample size argument doesn’t work at all. The reason the sample is small is that he was lousy. Are you going to leave him in for the sake of statistical purity, so you can be sure, at a 1% significance level, that he’s lousy?

By: RollingWave

RollingWave — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:43:20 +0000

I think what he means to say is the reverse is true. in that if you have a guy that has had success in the past but sucked in the last two year, but suddenly looks decent in ST again and isn’t particularly old, then you would usually think he might be worth a look, except that it’s Kei Igawa and you automatically write it off.

By: jsbrendog

jsbrendog — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:43:17 +0000

its all fun and games til someone dies of a heroin overdose

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504354,00.html

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:35:50 +0000

That’s why we should trade him if anyone will bite.

By: Bob Meusel Batting 5th

Bob Meusel Batting 5th — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:43:42 +0000

You guys are too harsh re: Igawa (obviously the worst example of the numerous pitching gambles/failures of the Cashman – and/or Billy Eppler in tow – administration).
If Brett Gardner needs a few pairs of hitting gloves Igawa might be useful in a trade!

By: MattG

MattG — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:33:41 +0000

Sorry, I meant HR/9 and HR/FB rates, not K.

By: MattG

MattG — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:32:57 +0000

I might be interested to learn that Igawa has had his eight innings of success by pitching down in the zone. Then I would be interested to know that he continued that success through the rest of spring, April, and May while pitching at AAA (all while pitching down in the zone). I might be interested in seeing a good ground-ball rate over all that time, and improved K/9 and K/FB rates.

And after all that, he might move up to 8th or 9th on my bullpen depth chart, a couple of injuries away from the major leagues.

He’s a long ways away.

In other news, why does any team, especially this one, thinks it needs a long man? Note to skipper: you do not have to remove your good relievers after one inning.