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Zack Greinke Is So Damn Awesome
Written by Daniel Moroz   
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 12:15

Zack Greinke won the AL Cy Young award, with 25 of 28 first-place votes. It should have been unanimous, but I won't quibble with that. Instead, I'd like to bring attention to a few quotes from this article from the NY Times.

Greinke considered that Felix Hernandez might have been awarded by the voters, but it looks like he knew what the correct decision was.

"“I thought that could push him over the top, because his won-loss record was way better than mine,” Greinke said. “But I’m also a follower, since Brian Bannister’s on our team, of sabermetric stuff and going into details of stats about what you can control.”" 

Good ol' Banny, helping out a guy who already has great stuff.

"Bannister said Greinke has learned to adjust his pitching based on the advanced defensive statistics. Because of the size of the outfield at Kauffman Stadium and the strength of the Royals’ outfielders, relative to their infielders, it sometimes made more sense to induce fly balls."

Since they pay attention to UZR, I'm sure they're thrilled to pitch in front of Yuniesky Betancourt (-20.5 UZR in 2009).

"To that end, Bannister introduced Greinke to FIP, or Fielding Independent Pitching, the statistic Greinke named Tuesday as his favorite. It is a formula that measures how well a pitcher performed, regardless of his fielders. According to fangraphs.com, Greinke had the best FIP in the majors."

And finally:

"“That’s pretty much how I pitch, to try to keep my FIP as low as possible,” Greinke said."

I don't have much to add, though when I read the above quote yesterday (as referenced by others) I thought it was a joke. Inroads are being made - however slowly - and in Kansas City of all places.


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written by Padman Jones, November 18, 2009
Don't worry, Dayton Moore will stomp out this advanced statistical nonsense soon. It's not part of The Process.

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