Maybe The AL Really IS Superior

A month into the season, most of the new AL players are experiencing a dramatic decline in performance versus their NL statistics last season, including Los Angeles Angels reliever Brian Fuentes and Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Holliday, teammates last year with the Colorado Rockies. Before last night, Mr. Fuentes's ERA (7.88) was up a full five runs versus last season, despite moving from hitter-friendly Coors Field. Mr. Holliday was bound to be hurt by leaving Coors, but his .638 OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage) in road games this season is significantly worse than his .892 road mark last year.

(Small sample size, anyone?)

6 months ago winningugly 1 comment 0 recs |

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small sample size be damned

i would have more respect for an analysis that: included ALL (notable, how does one characterize notable?) players with at least 3 years MLB service time (the last three years in the NL to be more specific), compared 1st month of average April performance from 2006-2008 to this years 2009.

and fuck ERA, FIP!!!

but i’m not surprised a right wing paper such as WSJ to be sloppy when it comes to drawing conclusions with little evidence ;-)

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on May 5, 2009 9:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs