Chompsky wrote:I often get a negative number on my pitchers, but this is driven by merciless exploitation of my better pitchers.
If a manager uses "slow" settings for some pitchers, and/or the do not relieve before X setting, then that can be one driver for negative pitching rolls.
On the hitting side I am usually pretty even, typically with a tiny favorable tilt (presumably because other managers are also stretching out their star pitchers).
This makes a lot of sense. My pitchers often have a slight negative tilt: about a 45 PA lean to the hitters. And I often have a similar tilt in favor of my hitters.
Steven's result, by contrast, seems like an extreme example of a bad-luck outlier.