*** VD 13 Commentary Thread ***

[Kevin Seitzer]

Posted the spreadsheet updates in a separate thread so they don't get lost.

[Ken]

Mookie is out for this draft?

My performance in VD13 is already guaranteed to be better than VD12. I feel like I've accomplished something already.

[The Feral Slasher]

1.12 Alex Rodriquez SS 2007

54 HR 515 OBP

One of us needs to fix our OBP calculation, hoping its you

[Ken]

One of us needs to fix our OBP calculation, hoping its you

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Well he had a .422 OBP in 2007, so I'm thinking Hacko was just a bit too optimistic.

[hacko]

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Well he had a .422 OBP in 2007, so I'm thinking Hacko was just a bit too optimistic.

for some reason on my revo sheet it had the 515 obp I thought it seemed high but didn’t check - oh well I still stick with ARod

[Ken]

Given that we don't have SH in the hitting stats in the spreadsheet, how are we supposed to calculate OBP?

There are a lot of borked-up career stats in the 2000s and especially 2010s hitters, and I'm not sure how to fix them, and now I realize I don't know how we've calculated OBP in these spreadsheets in the past, either.

Edit to answer my own question. I guess not using the PA column.
i.e.
(H+BB+HB)/(AB+BB+HB+SF)
not (H+BB+HB)/PA

I'm not following you on this question. Why wouldn't you just use PA? It looks like you have PA in the spreadsheet.

[Kevin Seitzer]

I'm not following you on this question. Why wouldn't you just use PA? It looks like you have PA in the spreadsheet.

Because sacrifice bunts (SH) are excluded from the denominator of OBP, but they are included in PA. I wondered why my calculations (using the PA column) weren't matching BB-Ref OBP numbers, and it turns out that's why.

[Kevin Seitzer]

for some reason on my revo sheet it had the 515 obp I thought it seemed high but didn’t check - oh well I still stick with ARod

It's a good pick. I likely would have taken him if he'd made the turn back to me.

[The Feral Slasher]

It's a good pick. I likely would have taken him if he'd made the turn back to me.

I considered him with my first pick as well

[revo]

for some reason on my revo sheet it had the 515 obp I thought it seemed high but didn’t check - oh well I still stick with ARod

I only entered new players from the last two years! I take no credit for that blunder!

[mjl]

weird, didn't get an email notification from hacko sending me a message. anyway. busy a bit with meetings (since I got promoted my days in the office are a bit more packed) but will try to have an opinion, but it might not be until tonight. at least this delay will only happen every two rounds!

[mjl]

btw, not that I think it's worth changing (though if we do I demand a recount for VD12), but bbref now has Radbourn with 60 wins in 1884, not 59.

[Ken]

Because sacrifice bunts (SH) are excluded from the denominator of OBP, but they are included in PA. I wondered why my calculations (using the PA column) weren't matching BB-Ref OBP numbers, and it turns out that's why.

Ahhh - gotcha

[heyelander]

It's a good pick. I likely would have taken him if he'd made the turn back to me.

it was bonds, xxx, arod or mays for me... guess I picked the worst.

[heyelander]

I'm glad someone else aldi stunt cares as much as I do.

missed this... ha!