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This is consistent with the premise of how Colby defined the league, in that scoring will only reflect what an individual player can control. A pitcher has some effect on whether the ball is his in the air or on the ground, but after that he has no control with what the defense does. Hitters do have control, and thus whether it becomes a hit or an out does matter for their scoring. There are some studies out there on hard hit balls using things like PitchF/X, but we obviously don't have access to use that with Fantrax.I guess I'm missing why this is such a huge issue, even if it were an inconsistency (as opposed to intentional, which it is).
Hitters do have control, and thus whether it becomes a hit or an out does matter for their scoring.
If we are to believe Howie's comment, the only difference between all hitters other than the amount of home runs they hit is just luck. Does anybody here really believe that? Tell that to Pete Rose, Wade Boogs, Rod Carew, and Tony Gwynn. God, they were damn lucky ball players!
Hitters do not control whether they can get a hit or not unless they hit a home run. Otherwise, there is always a chance that someone can make a diving catch/nice defensive play. Hitters have no control over whether they get a hit or not; they do have control over how many groundballs/line drives/fly balls/pop ups they hit. The more line drives that are hit, the greater the chance the hitter will end up with more hits.
This is not true, hitters have control over how hard a ball is hit, while pitchers do not.
Batters have control in terms of LD/GB%, they can't control whether they get a hit in a given AB. Once the ball leaves the bat, the hitter is powerless, much like pitchers.
His comparison is an example of one pitcher who got lucky with poor peripheral stats and one who got unlucky with better peripherals ... this is a pretty common argument against things like FIP, tERA, xFIP, etc., but there's just so much data out there on luck and pitching that you can't ignore it. Again, this is part of the premise of the league...