From Andrew Simon:
His batting average on balls in play—any ball he hits fair that doesn’t go for a home run—is .251, one of the lowest marks in baseball for a player with as many plate appearances as Soto. It’s also more than 80 points worse than his mark last season, even though his percentages of ground balls, fly balls and line drives have stayed relatively stable.
It’s really nice to see a site as generic as cubs.com bring up an advanced metric like BABIP.
h/t to IIAM
2. MB21 (view all comments) — Aug 26, 2009 @ 11:58 PM
I didn’t realize Soto’s BABIP was so low. Another reason to keep him around next year
I agree. I haven’t gotten around to looking into that stuff yet.
Did Andrew Simon take over the cubs.com writing? I noticed he’s written the last several articles. He included a few of Bradley’s actual quotes this morning rather than the abbreviate ones.
3. Weapon X (view all comments) — Aug 26, 2009 @ 11:59 PM
Is BABIP really still out of the mainstream though? I’m an uneducated dumbass and have understood BABIP for quite a while. Pretty sure I first heard about it through FJM and understood it rather immediately.
4. Weapon X (view all comments) — Aug 27, 2009 @ 12:03 AM
Also, I was beginning to think CalCalendar was a Shawn creation, but I don’t see how he has enough time to do all the regular posts/comments that he does and also carry on with a whole other line of conversation through Shawn. Seeing as to how he also has actual work to do and all.
Cal linked to ACB at least once that I saw and it is obviously someone who is also here, this is going to be an interesting reveal when it comes about. Probably not for a while but after today’s free-for-all there may be bannings on the horizon.
5. Weapon X (view all comments) — Aug 27, 2009 @ 12:04 AM
Also…. 6’ / 170 with undetermined percentage of body fat.
6. berselius (view all comments) — Aug 27, 2009 @ 12:10 AM
Also, I was beginning to think CalCalendar was a Shawn creation
I have my own suspicions…
8. berselius (view all comments) — Aug 27, 2009 @ 12:17 AM
It’s tyger.
(dying laughing), I thought it might be you
9. shawndgoldman (view all comments) — Aug 27, 2009 @ 01:46 AM
I’ve always suspected oog. Could be a lurker.
1. berselius (view all comments) — Aug 26, 2009 @ 11:56 PM
I didn’t realize Soto’s BABIP was so low. Another reason to keep him around next year