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Post by cardinalnation on Aug 29, 2014 18:50:30 GMT -6
Molina has only a AR -1 rating on his stat sheet in 2011. Seriously? Molina should rate a -15 cause he has the best arm of all catchers in baseball. Am I write? The more negative the catchers rating, the stronger his arm.
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Post by James on Aug 29, 2014 20:45:56 GMT -6
Even though Molina's career throw out percentage is 17 higher than league average, in 2011 it was only 1% above average. There are certain ratings that take several seasons into account, but catcher arm rating only considers the current season. The caught stealing rate for individual pitchers is used together with the catchers AR rate. Using just that seasons ratings ensures that the proper % of base runners are thrown out. You may already be aware of this site. You can see Molina's CS stats by season and career at this link. Molina's 2011 page The link above is safe. Anytime you click a link that goes outside the forum, a warning popup appears. Just to alert you that your leaving the forum. That's to make users more careful if they ever click on erroneous spam that was posted.
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Post by cardinalnation on Aug 30, 2014 15:27:50 GMT -6
He may not have thrown out so many in 2011 only because no one dared run on him. Is that factored into game?
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Post by James on Aug 30, 2014 17:12:28 GMT -6
That is a good point. I did consider having a modifier that would add a variable to how often a runner may attempt to steal. It would have been based on exactly what you describe, the respect that base runners have for a catchers arm, thus limiting their steal attempts. I just felt that I already have a fair number of optional rules, and at some point extra rule sets become cumbersome.
Molina tends to be the exception. I decided against adding an additional variable that might only apply to 3 or 4 catchers in the league.
If you want you could add the 'Molina Rule' to your Cardinal games. Here it goes: When Molina is catching, divide any base runners SBR value by 2 and then round up. This would reduce steal attempts off Molina by 50%, which would be closer to real life.
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