2037 Defense Through Mid-May
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:54 pm
After chatting with Ted the other day, I decided to get out the old defense script, just to take a gander at how the league is doing overall. The older-timers know the deal, but basically, I use a script to run through every game log and parse out defensive plays made in each ball hit in each zone--then I compare how a team is doing vs. the overall league. I can't get down to individual players, but ultimately, the script calculates the number of plays each team has made relative to the number they would have made if they had a league average defense.
Bottom line: right now, Omaha has the leageu's best defense, having made 19 plays more than they would have had they been fielding an average defense. San Antonia, New Mexico, and a Vancouver are a tick behind. The three on the top are doing it heavily with their infield, Vancouver is more of an "around the horn" kind of approach.
On the bottom side, we've got four teams having made 30 fewer plays than if they'd fielded an average club.
Ultimately, these are really early data, and of course, they'll change as personnel moves him and out of each roster.
Still, I thought you all might find it interesting to glance at this stuff again, Maybe compare it to ZR and Eff, and think about what it means--if anything.
BBA PERFORMANCE BY PLAYS MADE ABOVE AVERAGE
Bottom line: right now, Omaha has the leageu's best defense, having made 19 plays more than they would have had they been fielding an average defense. San Antonia, New Mexico, and a Vancouver are a tick behind. The three on the top are doing it heavily with their infield, Vancouver is more of an "around the horn" kind of approach.
On the bottom side, we've got four teams having made 30 fewer plays than if they'd fielded an average club.
Ultimately, these are really early data, and of course, they'll change as personnel moves him and out of each roster.
Still, I thought you all might find it interesting to glance at this stuff again, Maybe compare it to ZR and Eff, and think about what it means--if anything.
BBA PERFORMANCE BY PLAYS MADE ABOVE AVERAGE
| TEAM | GB | FB | LD(IF) | LD(OF) | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Hawks | 13.92 | 5.74 | -0.94 | 0.27 | 18.99 |
| San Antonio Outlaws | 14.59 | 7.56 | -0.25 | -5.00 | 16.91 |
| Mexico City Aztecs | 23.26 | -7.45 | 2.55 | -1.47 | 16.89 |
| Vancouver Mounties | 7.37 | 6.66 | 1.48 | 1.01 | 16.52 |
| Louisville Sluggers | 9.14 | 4.17 | 0.57 | -1.13 | 12.75 |
| Phoenix Talons | 16.80 | -4.08 | -0.17 | -0.01 | 12.54 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 5.82 | 7.37 | -0.03 | -0.77 | 12.40 |
| Charm City Jimmies | 9.29 | 0.79 | -0.25 | 1.82 | 11.66 |
| Calgary Pioneers | 2.71 | 6.05 | -1.24 | 3.67 | 11.19 |
| Hawaii Tropics | 2.17 | 11.55 | -0.03 | -2.96 | 10.74 |
| Twin Cities River Monsters | 1.07 | 7.59 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 10.10 |
| Las Vegas Hustlers | 7.88 | 1.75 | -1.21 | 1.11 | 9.53 |
| California Crusaders | 9.24 | -0.51 | -0.09 | -0.14 | 8.50 |
| Jacksonville Hurricanes | -3.29 | 8.07 | 0.33 | 3.20 | 8.32 |
| Des Moines Kernels | 4.17 | 4.48 | -0.18 | -1.79 | 6.68 |
| New Orleans Crawdads | 9.24 | -3.34 | 0.46 | 0.29 | 6.65 |
| Nashville Goats | 7.93 | -2.94 | -0.18 | 1.07 | 5.88 |
| Long Beach Surfers | -7.49 | 3.82 | -0.25 | 7.71 | 3.80 |
| Rockville Pikemen | -0.87 | 3.98 | -0.27 | 0.94 | 3.78 |
| Huntsville Phantoms | -1.47 | 3.16 | -1.14 | 1.61 | 2.15 |
| Edmonton Jackrabbits | -2.66 | -7.35 | 1.67 | 4.09 | -4.26 |
| Seattle Storm | -4.76 | -2.73 | -0.13 | 1.73 | -5.89 |
| San Fernando Bears | -9.33 | -0.44 | -0.12 | -1.60 | -11.49 |
| Boise Spuds | -13.20 | 1.67 | -0.89 | 0.18 | -12.25 |
| Yellow Springs Nine | -9.45 | -8.73 | -0.08 | -2.03 | -20.30 |
| Valencia Stars | -14.77 | -3.17 | -0.10 | -2.43 | -20.47 |
| Madison Wolves | -28.74 | -4.18 | -0.37 | 3.18 | -30.12 |
| Montreal Blazers | -11.99 | -10.23 | -0.18 | -8.35 | -30.76 |
| Altantic City Gamblers | -9.23 | -23.79 | 0.75 | -2.47 | -34.74 |
| Wichita Aviators | -27.36 | -5.46 | -0.43 | -2.42 | -35.66 |