by qksilver69 » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:25 pm
I think the ratings are telling me that my RA is doing much better than it should be. Do these still assume a neutral park environment? I interpret the stats to say that I should have a high-powered offense that is performing to spec, but that my pitching/defense has been lucky so far....
With a team ERA of 4.77 & WHIP of 1.42 in a pitcher`s park, I think we can sustain those numbers the rest of the way. The 43 errors bother me, but I think some of them are offset by my team`s high SB numbers. If we take away 15 SBs I`d still lead the league in that stat, and if we take away 15 one-base errors my D would rank near the top, at least in terms of errors, not X% chances.
The offensive analysis I`d have to agree with - my team is doing exactly as I had hoped, with a high BA & OBP & a very marginal SLG. The flip side is that my pitching staff is giving up a lot of baserunners, but HRs in my park seem abnormally high, so I think the pitching could actually improve slightly if the home HRs allowed normalize a bit & the WHIP stays even. Time will tell...