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<blockquote data-quote="JacketOff" data-source="post: 783543" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>Because if Colin isn’t getting enough ABs his slow streak will either extend further into the season, or he’ll never get out of it all. The team is 6-1 and 3-0 in conference, averaging over 8 runs a game. I think the offense is fine how it is for now.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I’m not sure why you would think looking at box score totals would tell you anything about how an individual player’s plate appearances affect the opposing team’s pitch totals. Like I said, pitches/plate appearance is not tracked at the college level (at least it’s not available for public viewing.) Thats the stat that matters. If you just watch the games and watch Colin’s at bats it’s fairly obvious he’s seeing more pitches on average than basically everyone else in the lineup. If you watch the lineup roll through a couple of times, you’ll notice that this is a consistent trend from AB to AB and game to game. I have no way of knowing or showing you the hard data to back that statement up unless I went back and watched every pitch from every game which I won’t be doing. But just by watching the games it’s easy to see how/why this statement is much more true than it is false.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you may have forgotten that Nick Wilhite is no longer on the team, which I guess could’ve been the cause of some of your confusion re: the best outfielder. You seem to want to use hard data to back everything your saying up, even when that data has a tendency to be flawed given the small sample sizes. But since you did provide last year’s fielding stats that I couldn’t find (thank you, btw) I took a look at them. Colin made 1 error last year in 24 chances. Guldberg and Turley were the only 2 players to have more than 20 fielding chances without an error. You cannot base your determination on who is a better fielder based on fielding percentage, especially in the outfield. There aren’t enough stats tracked in college baseball to analytically determine who a better fielder is. This is possible in MLB when you have stats like DRS, fWAR, RZR, and the whole host of metrics that are tracked by places like Fangraphs. This sort of data simply isn’t available at the college level so you have to rely mostly on the eye test. I’ve seen all of our current outfielders enough to know that Colin is easily the best available. Tres is a somewhat close second as far as tracking fly balls, but Colin’s arm gives him the edge. Deleo is a superior OF talent than Reid, but Reid’s bat ensures he’s going to be in the lineup. Taking Colin out of the lineup means you have a worse OF with little to no extra upside at the dish. </p><p></p><p>I also can’t quantify what he brings as far as energy and leadership goes. It’s something that only the guys in the dugout and on the field can tell you about how it affects them. But I can promise you that it’s impossible to bring that level of energy if you aren’t in the lineup. Like I said, it’s not necessarily what Colin says that brings energy, but what he does in the field. Look at that Waddell quote. Look the team reacts when Colin makes a big play or gets a big hit. Look how much energy Colin brings to the team after said moment. It’s unquantifiable, but it’s important, and it’s obvious to everyone on the team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacketOff, post: 783543, member: 4572"] Because if Colin isn’t getting enough ABs his slow streak will either extend further into the season, or he’ll never get out of it all. The team is 6-1 and 3-0 in conference, averaging over 8 runs a game. I think the offense is fine how it is for now. I’m not sure why you would think looking at box score totals would tell you anything about how an individual player’s plate appearances affect the opposing team’s pitch totals. Like I said, pitches/plate appearance is not tracked at the college level (at least it’s not available for public viewing.) Thats the stat that matters. If you just watch the games and watch Colin’s at bats it’s fairly obvious he’s seeing more pitches on average than basically everyone else in the lineup. If you watch the lineup roll through a couple of times, you’ll notice that this is a consistent trend from AB to AB and game to game. I have no way of knowing or showing you the hard data to back that statement up unless I went back and watched every pitch from every game which I won’t be doing. But just by watching the games it’s easy to see how/why this statement is much more true than it is false. I think you may have forgotten that Nick Wilhite is no longer on the team, which I guess could’ve been the cause of some of your confusion re: the best outfielder. You seem to want to use hard data to back everything your saying up, even when that data has a tendency to be flawed given the small sample sizes. But since you did provide last year’s fielding stats that I couldn’t find (thank you, btw) I took a look at them. Colin made 1 error last year in 24 chances. Guldberg and Turley were the only 2 players to have more than 20 fielding chances without an error. You cannot base your determination on who is a better fielder based on fielding percentage, especially in the outfield. There aren’t enough stats tracked in college baseball to analytically determine who a better fielder is. This is possible in MLB when you have stats like DRS, fWAR, RZR, and the whole host of metrics that are tracked by places like Fangraphs. This sort of data simply isn’t available at the college level so you have to rely mostly on the eye test. I’ve seen all of our current outfielders enough to know that Colin is easily the best available. Tres is a somewhat close second as far as tracking fly balls, but Colin’s arm gives him the edge. Deleo is a superior OF talent than Reid, but Reid’s bat ensures he’s going to be in the lineup. Taking Colin out of the lineup means you have a worse OF with little to no extra upside at the dish. I also can’t quantify what he brings as far as energy and leadership goes. It’s something that only the guys in the dugout and on the field can tell you about how it affects them. But I can promise you that it’s impossible to bring that level of energy if you aren’t in the lineup. Like I said, it’s not necessarily what Colin says that brings energy, but what he does in the field. Look at that Waddell quote. Look the team reacts when Colin makes a big play or gets a big hit. Look how much energy Colin brings to the team after said moment. It’s unquantifiable, but it’s important, and it’s obvious to everyone on the team. [/QUOTE]
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