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Player spotlight: Ben Sheets
hardballtimes.com - 10/9/2008
Player spotlight: Ben Sheets
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 Player spotlight: Ben Sheets Posted by Derek Carty at 12:01am On Monday, Victor Wang went over Ben Sheets' risk profile . Today, I'd like to discuss his specific skills and check out a little PITCHf/x data. Numbers ...
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  • Derek Carty Derek Carty
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    A quick, additional note about Sheets' 2007 and 2008 LIPS ERAs.  Looking a little deeper, Sheets induced more infield flies in 2007.  Since infield flies are essentially the same as strikeouts (98% out percentage), we can check the combined effect of the two.  In 2007, Sheets' Strikeouts+Infield Flies per 9 was 8.21.  In 2008, it was 8.12.  This accounts a good deal for the similar LIPS ERAs.
    Posted 10/15/2008 respond (flag)
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