{"id":132,"date":"2008-02-05T19:49:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T02:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfooz.com\/bblog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2008-02-05T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T02:52:33","slug":"rating-for-the-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfooz.com\/bblog\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Rating for the draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the draft<\/a> I developed a rating based on linear weights<\/a>. The basic idea was to predict run production for batters & run surrender for pitchers. I did not use SB, CS, (AB-H), or GIDP. I simply tallied the ranges on each side for 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, & HBP. <\/p>\n

I computed ratings vs. each side, then combined them according to the average number of arms\/bats faced. This was not a very good choice, an opinion that the Commish shared. Next time I’ll use weights that also depend on the bat\/arm of the player. That is, instead of just saying that a pitcher faces a righty bat 59% of the time, I’ll take into account that a lefty pitcher faces a righty bat 73% of the time, while a righty pitcher faces a righty bat 54% of the time.<\/p>\n

Deeps and power were accounted for by using some of the Deep Engine work<\/a>. Pitcher symbols B, H, R, & L were taken into account.<\/p>\n

Things not<\/u> taken into account:<\/p>\n