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Ausmus play at the plate
« on: June 09, 2006, 12:27:40 am »
Wow.  How many other catchers bobble that, allow a run to come in while the ball squirts off who knows how far, and consequently extend the inning with Giles?  Not because of a bad play they would have made, but because of a great play they didn't make.

Huge play.  And yes, nice throw by Berkman.
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Re: Ausmus play at the plate
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2006, 12:46:18 am »
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Wow.  How many other catchers bobble that, allow a run to come in while the ball squirts off who knows how far, and consequently extend the inning with Giles?  Not because of a bad play they would have made, but because of a great play they didn't make.

Huge play.  And yes, nice throw by Berkman.




it's weird with officer brad because he usually appears to be one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate, but he's one of the best when it comes to blocking pitches.  the throw by berkman had a definite "blocking pitches" kind of bounce to it.
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2006, 12:52:08 am »
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Wow.  How many other catchers bobble that, allow a run to come in while the ball squirts off who knows how far, and consequently extend the inning with Giles?  Not because of a bad play they would have made, but because of a great play they didn't make.

Huge play.  And yes, nice throw by Berkman.




it's weird with officer brad because he usually appears to be one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate, but he's one of the best when it comes to blocking pitches.  the throw by berkman had a definite "blocking pitches" kind of bounce to it.

You think he's one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate?  I think he's solid, more than solid.
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2006, 01:01:22 am »
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Wow.  How many other catchers bobble that, allow a run to come in while the ball squirts off who knows how far, and consequently extend the inning with Giles?  Not because of a bad play they would have made, but because of a great play they didn't make.

Huge play.  And yes, nice throw by Berkman.




it's weird with officer brad because he usually appears to be one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate, but he's one of the best when it comes to blocking pitches.  the throw by berkman had a definite "blocking pitches" kind of bounce to it.

You think he's one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate?  I think he's solid, more than solid.



According to my Blocking Plays At the Plate metric (BPAP), Officer Brad rates at a 3.726, which ranks him 21st in the league among regular catchers over the past five years.  Of course, this figure is not calibrated for the quality of  the throws, or the weight of the opposing baserunner.
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2006, 01:04:34 am »
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Wow.  How many other catchers bobble that, allow a run to come in while the ball squirts off who knows how far, and consequently extend the inning with Giles?  Not because of a bad play they would have made, but because of a great play they didn't make.

Huge play.  And yes, nice throw by Berkman.




it's weird with officer brad because he usually appears to be one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate, but he's one of the best when it comes to blocking pitches.  the throw by berkman had a definite "blocking pitches" kind of bounce to it.

You think he's one of the worst when it comes to plays at the plate?  I think he's solid, more than solid.



According to my Blocking Plays At the Plate metric (BPAP), Officer Brad rates at a 3.726, which ranks him 21st in the league among regular catchers over the past five years.  Of course, this figure is not calibrated for the quality of  the throws, or the weight of the opposing baserunner.



Is that on all throws, or just throws from RF?


With that short hop, it was almost impossible for him to set up in front of the plate and do the sweep tag he likes to do.
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2006, 01:17:24 am »
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According to my Blocking Plays At the Plate metric (BPAP), Officer Brad rates at a 3.726, which ranks him 21st in the league among regular catchers over the past five years.  Of course, this figure is not calibrated for the quality of  the throws, or the weight of the opposing baserunner.

I don't know anymore when people are kidding about this kind of stuff, it's gotten so ridiculous.  Who needs to watch the game?  Just run a query or download a spreadsheet.  You can find a spouse that way now too.  Try it.
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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2006, 01:31:55 am »
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According to my Blocking Plays At the Plate metric (BPAP), Officer Brad rates at a 3.726, which ranks him 21st in the league among regular catchers over the past five years.  Of course, this figure is not calibrated for the quality of  the throws, or the weight of the opposing baserunner.

I don't know anymore when people are kidding about this kind of stuff, it's gotten so ridiculous.  Who needs to watch the game?  Just run a query or download a spreadsheet.  You can find a spouse that way now too.  Try it.



I would think that was a fake stat (a joke), although I bet Barzilla will try to use those numbers to explain why the Astros need to trade Ausmus for Robert Fick.
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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2006, 03:00:35 am »
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I don't know anymore when people are kidding about this kind of stuff, it's gotten so ridiculous.  Who needs to watch the game?  Just run a query or download a spreadsheet.  You can find a spouse that way now too.  Try it.



Obviously that's a joke.  But Ausmus is not particularly good at plays at the plate, at least in my opinion.  It's not that he's bad, it's that he tries to tage like an infielder, and doesn't block the plate well.  It's the only real gripe I have about his defense.  Tonight, he kind of had no choice as the throw took a hop up on him.  It was a good job of hanging on to the ball while being bulldogged.  The irony is, if the runner slides, he's easily safe without so much as a tag.
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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2006, 12:48:57 am »
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I don't know anymore when people are kidding about this kind of stuff, it's gotten so ridiculous.  Who needs to watch the game?  Just run a query or download a spreadsheet.  You can find a spouse that way now too.  Try it.



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Obviously that's a joke.

Obviously I was fairly sure that it was.
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« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2006, 01:05:47 am »
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...But Ausmus is not particularly good at plays at the plate, at least in my opinion.  It's not that he's bad, it's that he tries to tage like an infielder, and doesn't block the plate well.  It's the only real gripe I have about his defense...



Well, I'm really not qualified to judge the defensive performance of a MLB catcher, but since when has that stopped anyone?  

I never thought much about it until I read someone on OWA lamenting Ausmus' poor plate-blocking ability.  Since then I've tried to pay more attention, and after the last few weeks I have to say that I concur.
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