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Originally Posted by blasek0
The pitcher's player page shows all pitches thrown in the last 5 days, and how many were thrown on each day.
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That is a small piece of the picture, giving me only one or two at most outing if they are a regular. If the pitcher goes bad on me after say 100 pitches, I cannot get that from just the last time out, too many other factors. I need several outings of info to get the trends.
That information is just not handy, ESPECIALLY if I want to do this for my entire staff.
And yes, that info is in the game log, but it means I have to comb through the game log data for every pitcher on staff (including minors if I have to call someone up) for every game, for about a month, to get useful info. That is the sort of stuff computers do best... its sort of like saying a batters average doesnt need to be presented as a stat because it is in the game log.
Its also one more factor I need to know about my opponent. If the opposing pitcher is nearing the limit of his arm, it may effect when and who I put in to pinch hit.