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Dan Meyer/PCL Hitters vs Pitchers parks

Dan Meyer is pitching for Sacramento in the PCL.  He has a somewhat severe home road split.  The stats courtesy of www.milb.com

      W L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG
Home 1 0 1.69 4 4 21.1 12 5 4 2 9 28 0.57 .164
Away 2 0 4.76 5 5 22.2 32 12 12 1 16 12 1.42 .364

I notice some big differences.  1st, the K/BB ratio is great at home, but terrible on the road.  H/IP is also greatly different.

The question I have, does anyone know if Sacramento is a pitchers park?  Or, are these results more flukey?  From what I have read, it seems the PCL is more of a hitters friendly league.

Additionally, the home starts are greatly influenced by his last 2 starts at home:
           W L ERA   IP  H ER BB K
May 31 ALB 1 0 3.60  5.0 3 2 3 9
Jun 05 ROU 0 0 1.50  6.0 3 1 1 11
his last road start
Jun 11 @FRE 1 0 5.40 5.0 7 3 3 4

Any thoughts on Meyer would be appreciated.

 

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Struggling, what do you mean? He is
2-0 on the road, and we all know wins are the only thing that matter.

by theblackpearl on Jun 12, 2007 4:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

not too worried...
i;d expect some struggles after 2 yrs with injuries. most important he's healthy, increased velocity 91-93mph, even with some added movement. no idea on the quality of his breaking stuff so far. he was fine through the first 3 innings last night, then his team had to score 8 runs in an inning. he came out in the 5th after sitting awhile and gave up some runs. not ideal, but his control could've been better, maybe lost some focus after a 11 run lead, who knows. but there's definitely progress so far.

by rayver723 on Jun 12, 2007 4:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Watched Meyer last night
His fastball topped out at 91 mph, was in the high-80s for most of the night.  He did a good job of spotting his fastball early in the game and getting ahead of hitters.  His slider made a few Grizzlies look silly as an outpitch, and his changeup was nothing special other than a pitch used to keep hitters honest.  Most of Meyer's problems during the fourth and fifth innings stemmed from him mislocating his fastball.  He turns 26 next month, at this point in the game, the Athletics should be pleased if he's able to come up and help them win a few games as a backend starter.  
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=farmsystem&p=r

by sdbaseballfan on Jun 12, 2007 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

SAC is a fairly heavily leaning pitchers park
i still like meyer, but my enthusiasm has been tempered.  

by overlord on Jun 12, 2007 6:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Really?
I'm not disagreeing, but I have been to half a dozen games there and I remember it playing fairly even. Do you have any stats/other info pertaining to its "pitcher park" status?
Curtis Granderson fan

by jrose643 on Jun 12, 2007 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it probobly plays pretty fair, but
the rest of the PCL leans fairly heavily towards hitters, so compared to the average PCL stadium, sacramento leans heavily towards pitchers.  

by overlord on Jun 12, 2007 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

by the way, this is the exact reason why
sabermetric ideas are shunned by the mainstream.  the numbers make sense if they're explained correctly, but there are very few people around that are devoted to translating moderately advanced statistical theory for the mainstream.  

by overlord on Jun 12, 2007 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sacramento Park Factors
2004 - 955
2005 - 951
2006 - 945

At this point I'm just glad Meyer is throwing.  I'm not reading much into his splits at this point, as the first few starts were coming back from the extended time away from pitching.

If he can make it back to where he was at the time of the trade it will be huge for Oakland.

by chri5 on Jun 12, 2007 7:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

haha
just what I was asking for...can you explain what those numbers mean please
Curtis Granderson fan

by jrose643 on Jun 12, 2007 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

correct me if i'm wrong...
but i think 1000 would be a neutral park, and above 1000 a hitter's park and below 1000 a pitcher's park? I'm not well (read: at all) versed on the subject, and it's just a guess really

by mroak89 on Jun 13, 2007 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

one more thought on meyer
because of the significant differences between meyer's H, K, BB, and GB/FB ratio when pitching at home, versus on the road, i am inclined to believe that he relies on his changeup much more heavily on the road, while sticking to his FB/slider combination when at home.  

by overlord on Jun 12, 2007 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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