If the BABIP on all balls in play is around .300, how can this be true?

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he would say being mr slappy lowers babip way down and only marginally reduces chance of striking out. I mean why not just be mr slappy all the time if its such a good idea. how's that work for darwin barney?

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That lucky son of a bitch Miguel Cabrera had a .346 Bapip coming into this year



Bapip is useful just to check if there's an extreme situation above 400 below 220

supports sheehan's argument. if you crush the ball your babip will be higher.

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I'm not sure that's true. I think BABIP is very high on bunt attempts. Of course, it probably wouldn't be if every guy bunted every time. But yeah, a guy who hits a lot of hard line shots is going to have a higher BABIP than a guy who pops up a lot.

Anyway, unless the percentage of safe on dropped third strikes is higher than 30%, Sheehan is just wrong. It's a case of simply spouting one SABRmetric argument while ignoring another. Very bernsteinian. No wonder li'l danny likes him so much.

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I think he made a flippant comment which may or may not be true. He should back it up with evidence. However, I could easily believe it IS true. Do you want Abreu gripping and ripping 0-2 or do you want him slapping a grounder to second?

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I think that's situational. I'm sure you would agree with that.

Anyway, I don't really think that your elite power hitters are the issue here. Those types have always struck out at relatively high rates. The fact that they didn't is what made guys like Williams and DiMaggio so special.

The fact that pretty much nobody has a two-strike approach that is a big factor in the huge strikeout totals we're seeing currently. Wouldn't you like to see Beckham or Alexei choke up and put the ball in play rather than flailing away at a two strike pitch?

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I don't know the answer to that question. If there's a man on third, one out, yes, just slap the ball. Otherwise (??) I dunno.

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Matt Carpenter earned himself a shiny new contract worth a lot of paper, due in large part to his two-strike approach...