http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/02/19/new-york-yankees-spring-training-how-to-use-the-stats/ A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 08:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/02/19/new-york-yankees-spring-training-how-to-use-the-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-26032 Yankees: You got to calm down about Spring Training Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:49:50 +0000 http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=10428#comment-26032 [...] New York Yankees Spring Training: How to Use the Stats [...] [...] New York Yankees Spring Training: How to Use the Stats [...]

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/02/19/new-york-yankees-spring-training-how-to-use-the-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-26029 YANKEES NEWS AND NOTES 2/20/13 | SD Yankee Report Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:31:46 +0000 http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=10428#comment-26029 [...] How to Use Spring Training Stats: Sometimes people take Spring Training statistics too seriously. Good players play poorly and bad players play well, but due to small sample size, pitchers experimenting, weaker competition, and relaxed play, all those stats aren’t very reliable. Statistics that can be interesting to watch are fastball velocity, strikeout rates, and walk rates, though they certainly aren’t definitive truths when trying to evaluate a player. Keep this in mind when Spring Training games start this weekend, otherwise you’ll drive yourself nuts thinking CC Sabathia is broken or Chris Stewart is going to be amazing. [...] [...] How to Use Spring Training Stats: Sometimes people take Spring Training statistics too seriously. Good players play poorly and bad players play well, but due to small sample size, pitchers experimenting, weaker competition, and relaxed play, all those stats aren’t very reliable. Statistics that can be interesting to watch are fastball velocity, strikeout rates, and walk rates, though they certainly aren’t definitive truths when trying to evaluate a player. Keep this in mind when Spring Training games start this weekend, otherwise you’ll drive yourself nuts thinking CC Sabathia is broken or Chris Stewart is going to be amazing. [...]

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