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Old 05-23-2016, 12:34 PM   #4
gfas
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I'll try on a couple of these.

1) Depends what you're doing really. If you're comparing players to each other then the adjusted stat is the way to go, especially if the players in question have a similar number of PA's or IP. I mainly use straight FIP just to compare to ERA to see if a result is likely sustainable or not.

2) You could use it if you want to incorporate that into who wins league awards, but other than that it just kind of tells a story rather than being predictive of future results in any way.

5 and 6 are sort of tied together. If you have a good defensive outfield then a FB pitcher is not a bad thing to have. Plus a FB pitcher should naturally allow a lower BABIP than an equally talented GB pitcher over a longer period of time. And yea you should see if a pitchers BABIP was really high with a bad defense and it's not an unreasonable expectation to expect it to drop when switching to better defense, but it's far from the only factor.
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