BengalszoneBilly Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Yeah, I had to read the article to understand what the hell they were talking about, but evidently it's some new stat that the Reds pitcher rendered null and void...From CBS Sports.For those who don't know, FIP is Fielding Independent Pitching, a stat that attempts to measure pitchers by looking at those things a pitch can control -- strikeouts, walks, hit by pitches and home runs. And then there's xFIP, which takes those numbers and neutralizes the ballpark effect. So, that's the short version -- and here's the fun outlier, Chapman's FIP for July is -0.99 -- that's right, that little mark in front of what would be an impressive FIP means it's silly good. (His xFIP is a slightly less -- but still completely certifiable -- crazy -0.73.) I'd seen this somewhere and looked it up myself -- it's true. And to try to figure out what that meant, I emailed one of the smartest baseball stat folks I know (and who will return my emails), Dave Cameron of FanGraphs.com. Here's what he had to say about it.Basically, he's been so good he broke the formula. Obviously, it's not possible for a pitcher to have an ERA lower than 0, so a negative FIP just means that based on his walk rate, strikeout rate and home run rate, the formula expects him to have given up zero runs this month.What does the real world think about this theory? Chapman's appeared in 12 games this month, throwing 11 1/3 innings and allowed no runs. So it works!To be fair last month wasn't so stellar, but he's getting the job done now, and that's what counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Jesus Billy, I thought Chapman broke a bone or some sh*t.Don't do that to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Jesus Billy, I thought Chapman broke a bone or some sh*t.Don't do that to me...Me too. I think a temporary ban is in order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsbengalsbucks Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 I have to admit, I was already in Oh Crap! mode after reading the title. Glad to see it is good news after reading the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Bengal Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Yeah same here I pooed myself !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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