Top Dog: Adam Lind, 29.2%
The Worst: Kelly Johnson, -9.8%
Top Arm: Jason Frasor, 10.7%
Impact AB: Lind 3-run HR, Bot 4th, 26.2%
Impact Pitch: Bourgeois RBI 3B off Cecil, Top 3 -17.9%
Highest Leverage AB: Davis 2-run single, Bot 4, 3.66
Highest Leverage Opp. AB: Bourgeois RBI 3B, Top 3, 2.00
Lineup Contribution: 40.9%
Pitching Contribution: 9.1%
Average Leverage Index: 0.89
Chart explanation
How about a hand for Staff Ace Brett Cecil and Major League First Baseman Adam Lind? It was a great day for second chances.
(WPA data courtesy Baseball Reference)
(Idea for a post game graph courtesy Lookout Landing)
Jose’s arm was tested, but i think i watched Mathis cover the plate upwards of 15 times in a row. That was a great sequence.
Please continue to compile these Post game graphs.
+1. Great analysis
I’ll be compiling these bad boys every morning around 10:30.
This will make DJF doubly awesome. I’m looking forward to these.
Thank you! And here’s to second chances! Even Lind made me proud last night.
I much prefer a visual over stand-alone stats, thank you.
Woohoo! I like ‘em. I find it hard to get a game-load of WPA info for a whole team in one place.
Awesome!
This is the best addition to any site short of pornography. Thank you.
Interesting that Frasor is the arm – when Bautista’s toss and Mathis’ tag were the keys to that inning.
Kelly Johnson is the worst right now.
WPA doesn’t take defense into account, so Frasor gets credit for the 8% increase in WE on that play. Indeed, Jose’s arm and Mathis’ tag helped immensely.
Does baseball reference have a means to show a running total of a player’s WPA as the season progresses? KJ’s would look sad indeed.
This article had about 98% more analysis than the 5,000 words of crap that made up the Fangraphs power rankings. Jesus Christ those are a pile of shit. If that’s how fWAR evaluates teams then its kind of a waste of everyone’s time.
Yes I realize Mathis is one of the worst hitters in the game, but I just love when he is catching. He makes all the plays, all the throws and watching him frame pitches is a thing of beauty. They need his receiving skills for guys like Cecil and Laffey who will only succeed by throwing to the black or wider.
How many times have we seen JP miss or drop a throw from the outfield? Mathis catches everything and is excellent at blocking the plate. Even though he can’t hit I’m really happy he is on the team this year. Hoping they sign him for the backup role again next year when d’Arnaud is the starter.
All it would take is for Mathis to figure out how to hit a baseball more often than not, and he would be some kinda catcher. The guy has the power to hit a ball hard and far, he just looks like he doesn’t have either the eye, or the confidence, or both.
Power example…hella line drive that he took for a single off the top of the fence.. I don’t care who you are that is power.
When he actually makes contact the ball jumps off his bat. Trouble is he make Davis look likes Bonds on sliders down and away.
If I’m Murphy I make real simple. If the ball is spinning (curve/slider) don’t swing
Free Jeff Mathis.
I think that’s basically what the Angels were offering this offseason.
hahaha
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer’s lease hath all too short a date
yep, Cecil and Lind. Good Job, now if they could only settle down and show us the magic then ya I will be happy.
Great post Archie!
Quick question: Forgive me if this is stupid (I haven’t had my coffee yet), but why are impact pitch and impact AB different?
Impact AB is the highest change in WPA% with the Jays hitting, Impact Pitch is the highest change in WPA% with the Royals hitting.
Thanks!
Forgive me for asking, but what is the y-axis? Is that a happiness meter?
Win Expectancy %
I think it is cumulative WPA. But yes, very closely correlated to happiness for a jays fan
This is great. Very cool.