Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
I'm pretty sure I argued:
*He has similar skill to Mike Leake but Cueto and Latos are better
*There are much less noisy measures than ERA for evaluating pitchers
**Those same peripherals will measure him much more worse for this game than ERA
*His peripherals indicate he's average
And yes, it's one game.
What I do know is this. In 2011, the average ERA of an NL team was 3.81.
That means in a typical nine-inning game an NL staff usually allowed about four runs.
Homer tonight allowed the average number of runs/nine (four runs) in the top of the first. Put another way, before their first AB, the Reds were already required to score at least five to win.
I guess this early deficit impacts different players in different ways. But it can't be a plus to allow four in the first inning.
I'm sure there will be someone on RedsZone to argue that it's ok to allow four in the first. I think it is a bad thing.
Some of these posts have got to be baits.
I would imagine that any team's record while allowing 3 runs in any inning in a game is likely to lose.
Of course it's a bad thing.
But I don't think the batters go cry in their sandbox because it happend in the first inning.... but continue with the misrepresentation of position.
Too many people are still stuck on the 1996-2008 type of baseball that we were used to seeing....and 5-6 innings and 3 runs was actually great.
Now 5-6 innings and 3 runs is barely average ...when you have ERA's going down below 4 all over the place....but it seems not in Cincinnati.
Its not a misrepresentation of the position. Arguing whether or not hitters are more likely to give up when the team is down by a bunch of runs in the first misses the point.
Giving up a bunch of runs in the first is likely to lead to a lose. Nothing else is really relevant.
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No, it doesn't mean that.
It means the run prevention unit allowed four funs.
No, it doesn't mean that either. The other team doesn't automatically normalize their run total to 9 innings just because of one bad inning.Homer tonight allowed the average number of runs/nine (four runs) in the top of the first. Put another way, before their first AB, the Reds were already required to score at least five to win.
It is but it doesn't excuse making up things that weren't actually said to fulfill one's confirmation bias.I guess this early deficit impacts different players in different ways. But it can't be a plus to allow four in the first inning.
I'm sure there will be someone on RedsZone to argue that it's ok to allow four in the first. I think it is a bad thing.
162 games. Long season. A long way to go.
It's not football.
Ask any player who has played the game. Being down a bunch if runs after the first inning is demoralizing. Sure, teams can bounce back, but it makes the game harder and forces a bunch of new issues that don't exist if the score is close.
I have no stats to back me up, but I would imagine that three or more runs scored in the first, is more likely to lead to a lose than in any other inning.
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Wow, that is about as far as a reach as I've seen in awhile for a bright spot in an ongoing dismal performer: "they keep on letting him start." He is a poster child for Chris Welsh's first round draft pick theory. He's gotten more rope than he deserves, and the main reason is because of sunk costs.
Since Volquez is gone and Masset is on the DL, I'll have to take out my frustrations on Homer for now and dub him the new full count king. He's just not going to be a solid contributor for the Reds. It's hard to watch.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
Oh nevermind. I know better.
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