Here’s another way to use yesterday’s NL team OPS+ and ERA+ numbers. I divided ERA+ by OPS+ to describe how heavily each team relies on its offense and defense. Numbers higher than 100 mean a team has a better defense than offense.
Tm ERA+ OPS+ P/H ARI 114 89 128 SDP 118 96 123 LAD 110 94 117 SFG 105 90 117 CHC 110 95 116 WSN 96 89 108 COL 106 103 103 CIN 96 96 100 PIT 92 92 100 NYM 105 108 97 HOU 93 96 97 ATL 103 110 94 STL 91 99 92 MIL 97 108 90 PHI 95 114 83 FLA 88 114 77
It still boggles my mind that Arizona is the most pitching-heavy team in the NL. If their young hitters improve like they should, the Diamonbackss will be the team to beat for long time.
San Francisco’s an extreme pitching-dependent team with some talented pitchers. And Barry Bonds. To me, that’s the biggest crime committed by Brian Sabean over the past few years — not getting Bonds any help on offense. A Molina brother is his protection, for crying out loud.
Seeing Colorado in the top half of the list makes me wonder how many seasons their strength has actually been pitching even though their hitting gets all the attention. Sounds like another blog entry to me.
When was the last time Atlanta’s strength has obviously been their hitting?
Philadelphia and Florida are making their case to join Arena League Baseball.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.
August 17th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I don’t get it. Why is “Pitching Heaviness” a sign of a good potential team (your somehow beloved D-backs)?
Couldn’t I flip this analysis and say that when Florida’s injured riddled pitching staff comes back next year, and their young pitchers improve like they should, the Marlins will be the team to beat for a long time?
Or do you assume that hitting is easier to improve on than pitching?
(I guess I would tend to agree with that…)