quote:Originally posted by J H:
I couldn't disagree with this statement more. ERA is one of, if not the most important statistic for a pitcher that exists. I've never heard a single baseball person, sabermetrician or not, say otherwise. As they look further into the category itself in different comparative ways (Ie. DIP ERA or ERA+), the premise remains the same. How many runs are earned towards the pitcher?
Its ok. Disagreeing doesn’t make you a bad person.
quote:I said it may be nearly impossible because most HS scoring systems are flawed. There are, of course, exceptions to that rule.
But what is it you’re saying is impossible to compute?
quote:My assumption was that OOPS would be more beneficial to an analyst than WHIP when looking at a pitcher in the same light...effectiveness of keeping runners off base and thus, from scoring. I assume there will always be a direct correlation between OOPS and WHIP and OOPS and ERA, just as there usually is between ERA and WHIP. I just think it may be even more accurate.
It sounds as though you’re assuming every analyst is looking for the same things you are, and that’s not true. Not everyone is looking for predictability for college or the pros. On any given team, there’s prolly only 1 headed for the pros, and if lucky 3 or 4 headed for college ball. That leaves one heck of a lot of players left to have to work into the equation for putting a team on the field.