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March 24, 2008

Study Backs Up General Joe's Pen Wishes

Steve Wang is a Swarthmore College statistician. I just this nugget from from a study of his:

A manager who prefers to stay with his starters might be best suited for a team with veteran starting pitching, whereas a team with fragile young arms might do best with a manager who uses his bullpen aggressively.

A hat tip to Alan Boyle for his blog entry "The science of baseball stats" which led me to Wang's study.

...a team with fragile young arms might do best with a manager who uses his bullpen aggressively...

Makes sense, no? And, it probably explains why Girardi wants a bullpen that's deep and flexible this season.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 24, 2008 03:23 PM

Comments

Thought you might like to know that the statistician in question -- me -- is a die-hard Yankees fan and a long-time reader of this site. In fact, this year's Yankees (and the Dallas Green-era Mets) was what I had in mind in that quote.

Thanks for the cite!

Steve Wang

Posted by: steve w. [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 25, 2008 01:57 AM