Abreu seeing almost 3000 pitches…Maybe a one year deal?

So, it’s similar to the pitching version in terms of having a 100P rate, but that’s where the similarities end since it sheds the context of a per game basis.

I think this is where I’m getting tangled up.

~~Help me understand this because I’m confused.~~

It just shows you something above K/PA or K/AB. It shows you if guys who take a lot of pitches whiff a lot or not. And, it shows you if guys who don’t see a lot of pitches whiff a lot or not.

Pretty hard to end an inning/rally with a GIDP when there are two outs.

Pretty hard to hurt an inning/rally with a GIDP when there’s runners on second and third and no one on first.

But, a whiff will end/hurt them every time.

I’ll take a strikeout over a GIDP anyday.

“Interestingly, the average starter’s workload has been roughly 100 pitches per start for the past several years. As such, K/100P gives us additional insight as to the approximate number of strikeouts per start.”

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So, approximate number of strikeouts per start? Gotcha.
That’s the point of K/100P for pitchers.

Now, what’s the point of K/100P for hitters?

Individual hitters don’t see 100P/G on average, or anywhere near the vicinity.

Why the arbitrary 100P for hitters?
Is it just because 100P is a nice round number?

Help me understand this because I’m confused.

What I think K/100P for batters shows you is who has a hole in their swing and who does not – but, it doesn’t tell you that the guy without the hole is a good hitter. It just tells you that he’s got good eye-hand coordination. And, maybe, with better pitch selection, he could be a good hitter.

Andt, maybe, just maybe, for the guy with the high K/100P rate, the guy with the hole in his swing, it tells you that you can get him out – even if he is a good hitter – if you make the right pitch.

I’d like to see Manny’s K/100P rate. Maybe I’ll look at that later.

It seems as though there’s not a whole lot of correlation here between having a good K/100P and actually being good. After all, Cano and Melky rank well by this measure, and we all know how they did last year. So this is sort of interesting, but not terribly useful.

Though, it might be more useful for comparing individual seasons for individual players, as A-Rod’s numbers seem to indicate.