Author Topic: The Bryce Harper Compendium (2013) (Read 50408 times)

blue911 · « **Reply #175 on:** March 21, 2013, 08:22:52 pm »

Quote from: tomterp on March 21, 2013, 07:58:54 pm

You have to compare that to others in the same situation. Of COURSE with 2 strikes you've already got two strikes against you.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King.

NJ Ave · « **Reply #176 on:** March 21, 2013, 09:29:26 pm »

Quote from: tomterp on March 21, 2013, 07:58:54 pm

You have to compare that to others in the same situation. Of COURSE with 2 strikes you've already got two strikes against you.

I think I did that, pretty much. I don't find a one year sample of something like "hitting with 2 strikes" particularly predictive. For his career, if anything, he's a smidgen better than an average hitter with 2 strikes. He's not a great 2 strike hitter or anything.

Since 2006, he ranks 51st in OPS out of 228 players with 1000 or more 2-strike PA. He ranks 66th in overall OPS out of 200 players with 200 or more PA during the same time period.

So like I said, he's a little better than average. He moves into the top 25% instead of being the top third. Minor improvement.

NJ Ave · « **Reply #177 on:** March 21, 2013, 09:35:11 pm »

IF you want a good two strike hitter, how about Marco Scutaro having a .666 OPS from 2006-2012, only 76 points less than his overall OPS? Crazy. 22nd best two strike hitter in baseball over that time period.

wpa2629 · « **Reply #178 on:** March 21, 2013, 10:21:49 pm »

mitlen · « **Reply #179 on:** March 21, 2013, 11:09:10 pm »

Quote from: wpa2629 on March 21, 2013, 10:21:49 pm

Slateman · « **Reply #180 on:** March 22, 2013, 07:32:44 am »

Ryan Zimmerman is the best two strike hitter in baseball. Fact in my mind

wpa2629 · « **Reply #181 on:** March 22, 2013, 08:27:07 am »

MIND FACT!

My favorite...

tomterp · « **Reply #182 on:** March 22, 2013, 09:19:20 am »

Quote from: mitlen on March 21, 2013, 11:09:10 pm

Don't encourage her.

wpa2629 · « **Reply #183 on:** March 22, 2013, 09:20:07 am »

Uh Oh

Stat Nazi is not pleased

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #184 on:** March 22, 2013, 09:30:34 am »

Quote from: wpa2629 on March 22, 2013, 09:20:07 am

Uh Oh

Stat Nazi is not pleased

Sentences require periods.

nats2playoffs · « **Reply #185 on:** March 22, 2013, 09:38:13 pm »

Someone with the user name BRYC SUCKS took Georgetown to win the Championship in the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, in a March Madness money pool. #2 Georgetown just lost their first match to #15 Florida Gulf Coast. One and done...

NEVER diss Bryce Hawpa!

madj55 · « **Reply #186 on:** March 28, 2013, 01:56:43 am »

#Harpgod

RL04 · « **Reply #187 on:** March 28, 2013, 04:36:05 pm »

Quote from: madj55 on March 28, 2013, 01:56:43 am

#Harpgod

Harper is the messiah.

imref · « **Reply #188 on:** March 28, 2013, 11:12:35 pm »

Awesome profile of him on mlb's 30 in 30.

imref · « **Reply #189 on:** April 01, 2013, 07:32:23 pm »

we were joking in the stands today that after his second AB, Harper was on pace for 648 Home runs, and he already had a OPS of 2.000.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #190 on:** April 01, 2013, 07:34:40 pm »

I called the second HR, checking on Twitter, I think that half that park called it.

mitlen · « **Reply #191 on:** April 01, 2013, 07:38:54 pm »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on April 01, 2013, 07:34:40 pm

I called the second HR, checking on Twitter, I think that half that park called it.

Blue and I would have called it but we were at the bar.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #192 on:** April 01, 2013, 07:42:25 pm »

Quote from: mitlen on April 01, 2013, 07:38:54 pm

Blue and I would have called it but we were at the bar.

Why? You had all off season to hit the bar. I was good and loaded up from the tailgate before getting to my seat, held my urine, and stayed put for the entire two and a quarter hours. Missing a Harper AB on OD is a crime.

mitlen · « **Reply #193 on:** April 01, 2013, 07:43:37 pm »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on April 01, 2013, 07:42:25 pm

Why? You had all off season to hit the bar. I was good and loaded up from the tailgate before getting to my seat, held my urine, and stayed put for the entire two and a quarter hours. Missing a Harper AB on OD is a crime.

Guilty ... one out of two ain't bad.

nats2playoffs · « **Reply #194 on:** April 01, 2013, 10:32:35 pm »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on April 01, 2013, 07:34:40 pm

I called the second HR, checking on Twitter, I think that half that park called it.

Photo by: ANDREW HARNIK, Washington Times - made my Signature

First of 2 homers on Opening Day 2013

Slateman · « **Reply #195 on:** April 02, 2013, 07:40:46 am »

On pace for 324 home runs

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #196 on:** April 02, 2013, 08:39:16 am »

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#Adjustment "@TMitrosilis: Bryce Harper saw 177 off-speed pitches down/in last season and homered once. Hit 2 out on Opening Day #Nationals"

imref · « **Reply #197 on:** April 02, 2013, 08:39:32 am »

when I logged into Facebook this morning, It showed "Phillies Nation" as a page I should like.

And it had this:

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Bryce Harper is 2-for-2 with 2 HR on Opening Day. The dislike level is off the charts. He's approaching Sidney Crosby territory.

zimm_da_kid · « **Reply #198 on:** April 02, 2013, 08:58:53 am »

They're just jealous.

tomterp · « **Reply #199 on:** April 02, 2013, 11:49:25 am »

Tater Trot Tracker

Trot Times for April 1

by Larry Granillo, Baseball Prospectus
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=20074

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Before Clayton Kershaw decided to take everything into his own hands, this home run from Harper seemed liked the obvious choice for Home Run of the Day. On the second pitch of the season to the 20-year old, Harper connected for his first home run, a long fly ball that carried over the right field wall. In typical Harper fashion, he sprinted it out to the tune of 17.61 seconds (so fast, in fact, that the MASN television cameras didn't know quite what to do). With Harper owning the two quickest trots of 2012*, though, we know that the trot could have been even faster. Harper's day continued in his second at-bat, when he hit his second home run of the season. At 18.96 seconds, that trot felt considerably slower than the first despite being the second quickest trot of the day.

Considering the red hot spring Bryce Harper had and his amazing performance on Opening Day, we might be in for a special season from the Nationals' phenom.

*Harper's fastest trot of 2012 was 16.2 seconds.