OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - With Pitcher BABIP now a thing, FIP and Pitcher WAR are kind of pointless

md40022 · 08-09-2023, 04:26 PM

The best part about this is exit velocity factors into critiquing how an opposing defense affects BABIP as well (speaking IRL)...... and just a few threads down on this very same message board exit velocity has been written off by many as meaningless.

Ball coming off bat and going from point A to point B at a faster speed between Hitter 1 and Hitter 2 = Defender not getting to point B quickly enough to field hitter 1's ball, equaling a base hit for hitter 1. As where the same defender fields hitter 2's ball, which was hit to the exact same spot in the field, and throws him out = Higher babip for Hitter 1.

08-09-2023, 04:26 PM	#14
md40022 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 740 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	The best part about this is exit velocity factors into critiquing how an opposing defense affects BABIP as well (speaking IRL)...... and just a few threads down on this very same message board exit velocity has been written off by many as meaningless. Ball coming off bat and going from point A to point B at a faster speed between Hitter 1 and Hitter 2 = Defender not getting to point B quickly enough to field hitter 1's ball, equaling a base hit for hitter 1. As where the same defender fields hitter 2's ball, which was hit to the exact same spot in the field, and throws him out = Higher babip for Hitter 1. Last edited by md40022; 08-09-2023 at 04:30 PM.