1. Shawn Chacon
Seemed like a good idea to do a recap of all the players on the roster. And so I started to look at each one, and realized it would take a while.
So I decided to do a little bit about all the pitchers - but that was still too much. Just starting pitchers? Too many for one post.
So here's a little bit about Shawn Chacon, alphabetically the first starting pitcher by last name:
I was born 12/31/77 - but he's made a bunch loads more money. He was born in Anchorage, AK.
Here's what struck me when looking at his stats: the Rockies and Yankees numbers looked very similar. There's a table with his stats compared, as listed by mlb - then a table arranged by percent change. A list of the stats is here (most of them you should know - AO means fly outs).
I should have just used normalized stats, such as K/BB, ERA, BB/9, SLG, WHIP, OBA, GO/AO, AVG, etc... but I'm too lazy to separate out the counting stats (W, L, H, K, BB, etc). But I did take out a couple of stats that didn't add to the conversation. Something I know that is lacking in these tables is the run support he received, but that's a nice sub 3.00 ERA.
And just what do these tables tell us? They say damn he did well for the Yankees - increasing his winning percentage 460% on the strength of a 7-3 record for the Bombers.
It also says, nice job Shawn on getting your walks down. His K/BB ratio was more favorable to the tune of a 36% increase (and importantly above 1.00). While he gave up the same number of home runs (7) in a comparable amount of innings (72.2 CR/79 NY), he also decreased his BB/9 total by 23% (4.46 CR/3.42 NY). Pair that with a slight increase in K/9 and it was a pleasure to watch him pitch.
Two notes on the previous paragraph: 1. How many of those HRs were at home w/ the Rockies? 2. I screwed up the % change for IP because "72.2" should be calculated as "72 2/3." D'oh.
Moving on.
My first opinion on Shawn Chacon? Goofy hat-wearer.
Second opinion on Shawn Chacon? Good first game. Pitched six solid innings against the Angels - who he would later pitch well against in the ALDS.
Then I kind of forgot about him, he pitched a few games, won most of them - but I didn't really follow him too much. For those of you who had a similar approach to Chacon, here's (another) table - showing some stats from each of his starts for the Yankees. I added a column in the first section labelled "DS," which stands for "Disaster Start." This is when the runs given up is greater than the innings pitched.
Chacon also pitched in relief twice - once against Texas, giving up no runs in 1 inning of work, and once against the Red Sux, giving up 1 earned run in 2/3 of an inning pitched. He didn't pick up a decision in either relief appearance.
Two disaster starts - against the Red Sux, which hurts but can be expected with their lineup, and against the Mariners, who just plain sucked this year.
It must have been a rough time for him in the beginning, as he went 0-1 with a 1.42 ERA in his first three starts, pitching 6, 6 and 7 innings in each, respectively. He went 7-2 the rest of the way, losing only the two disaster starts - and owning Toronto, picking up 3 wins in 3 starts. He gave up 2 ER through 7 IP in his first start against Toronto and then two straight starts of shutout ball through 8 innings. Fantastic.
In the post season against the Angels, he pitched 6 1/3 innings, giving up 2 ER while striking out 5 and walking 1 - not too shabby. He dueled John Lackey, but Leiter got the win in relief and Mo pitched 2 innings for the save. Most importantly he kept the Yankees in it to force Game 5. Huge.
Selected Links
Baseball Prospectus PECOTA Card - check out the 5 Year Forecast. Huge fluctuations the past 3 years (sucked, good, sucked) but should straighten out to be a decent pitcher.
Wikipedia entry - "He throws a 88-92mph sinker, a big curveball, a slider, and a changeup."
TSN.ca entry - "Colorado Rockies traded Shawn Chacon to the New York Yankees for Ramon Ramirez and Edwardo Sierra." "Assets: His mid-90s heat mixed with a slider and change-up help him particularly tough on right-handed hitters. Shows some pretty good poise with runners on."
I've been looking for a personal interest story about Chacon, but no luck. Anyone know anything interesting about him?
Later.
So I decided to do a little bit about all the pitchers - but that was still too much. Just starting pitchers? Too many for one post.
So here's a little bit about Shawn Chacon, alphabetically the first starting pitcher by last name:
| Pitchers | B/T | Ht | Wt | DOB | ||
| 39 Shawn Chacon | R/R | 6-3 | 220 | 12/23/77 |
I was born 12/31/77 - but he's made a bunch loads more money. He was born in Anchorage, AK.
Here's what struck me when looking at his stats: the Rockies and Yankees numbers looked very similar. There's a table with his stats compared, as listed by mlb - then a table arranged by percent change. A list of the stats is here (most of them you should know - AO means fly outs).
| TEAM | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | IP | H | R | ER | HR | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Rockies | 1 | 7 | 4.09 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 72.2 | 69 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 8 | |
| New York Yankees | 7 | 3 | 2.85 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 79.0 | 66 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 6 | |
| TEAM | BB | SO | WPCT | TB | BK | WP | IBB | SB | CS | PK | GO | AO | GO/AO |
| Colorado Rockies | 36 | 39 | .125 | 114 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 96 | 0.89 |
| New York Yankees | 30 | 40 | .700 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 100 | 1.01 |
| TEAM | WHIP | SLG | OBA | AVG | NP | P/IP | K/BB | BB/9 | K/9 | H9 | |||
| Colorado Rockies | 1.44 | .430 | .361 | .260 | 1187 | 16.33 | 0.98 | 4.46 | 4.83 | 8.55 | |||
| New York Yankees | 1.22 | .348 | .309 | .225 | 1309 | 16.57 | 1.33 | 3.42 | 4.56 | 7.52 |
| W | WPCT | L | K/BB | ERA | SB | HBP | ER | BB/9 | R | SLG | BB | ||
| +/- | + | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Percent Change | 600% | 460% | 57% | 36% | 30% | 25% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 19% | 17% | |
| GO | WHIP | OBA | GO/AO | AVG | H9 | TB | G | K/9 | H | AO | SO | GS | |
| +/- | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | + | Nada |
| Percent Change | 16% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 0% |
I should have just used normalized stats, such as K/BB, ERA, BB/9, SLG, WHIP, OBA, GO/AO, AVG, etc... but I'm too lazy to separate out the counting stats (W, L, H, K, BB, etc). But I did take out a couple of stats that didn't add to the conversation. Something I know that is lacking in these tables is the run support he received, but that's a nice sub 3.00 ERA.
And just what do these tables tell us? They say damn he did well for the Yankees - increasing his winning percentage 460% on the strength of a 7-3 record for the Bombers.
It also says, nice job Shawn on getting your walks down. His K/BB ratio was more favorable to the tune of a 36% increase (and importantly above 1.00). While he gave up the same number of home runs (7) in a comparable amount of innings (72.2 CR/79 NY), he also decreased his BB/9 total by 23% (4.46 CR/3.42 NY). Pair that with a slight increase in K/9 and it was a pleasure to watch him pitch.
Two notes on the previous paragraph: 1. How many of those HRs were at home w/ the Rockies? 2. I screwed up the % change for IP because "72.2" should be calculated as "72 2/3." D'oh.
Moving on.
My first opinion on Shawn Chacon? Goofy hat-wearer.
Second opinion on Shawn Chacon? Good first game. Pitched six solid innings against the Angels - who he would later pitch well against in the ALDS.
Then I kind of forgot about him, he pitched a few games, won most of them - but I didn't really follow him too much. For those of you who had a similar approach to Chacon, here's (another) table - showing some stats from each of his starts for the Yankees. I added a column in the first section labelled "DS," which stands for "Disaster Start." This is when the runs given up is greater than the innings pitched.
| DATE | GAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | R | DS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | N |
| 4-Aug | @CLE | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | N |
| 9-Aug | CWS | 0 | 1 | 1.42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | N |
| 14-Aug | TEX | 1 | 0 | 2.16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | N |
| 20-Aug | @CWS | 1 | 0 | 1.64 | 8 | 4 | 0 | N |
| 25-Aug | TOR | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | N |
| 30-Aug | @SEA | 0 | 1 | 3.13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | Y |
| 4-Sep | @OAK | 1 | 0 | 3.08 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | N |
| 10-Sep | BOS | 0 | 1 | 3.72 | 3 | 6 | 5 | Y |
| 17-Sep | @TOR | 1 | 0 | 3.25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | N |
| 23-Sep | TOR | 1 | 0 | 2.89 | 8 | 3 | 0 | N |
| 28-Sep | @BAL | 1 | 0 | 2.76 | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | N |
| ER | HR | BB | SO | NP-S | GO-AO | K/BB | ||
| 30-Jul | LAA | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 104-56 | 5-9 | 1.33 |
| 4-Aug | @CLE | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 104-62 | 8-6 | 2.00 |
| 9-Aug | CWS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 120-69 | 7-10 | 1.33 |
| 14-Aug | TEX | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 88-53 | 6-4 | Infinite |
| 20-Aug | @CWS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 127-78 | 7-12 | 1.67 |
| 25-Aug | TOR | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 119-66 | 8-7 | 1.50 |
| 30-Aug | @SEA | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 113-62 | 8-7 | 0.75 |
| 4-Sep | @OAK | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 113-70 | 10-6 | 1.00 |
| 10-Sep | BOS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 77-42 | 5-3 | 0.33 |
| 17-Sep | @TOR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 109-68 | 8-14 | 1.00 |
| 23-Sep | TOR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 111-73 | 9-12 | 3.00 |
| 28-Sep | @BAL | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 91-56 | 11-7 | 0.33 |
Chacon also pitched in relief twice - once against Texas, giving up no runs in 1 inning of work, and once against the Red Sux, giving up 1 earned run in 2/3 of an inning pitched. He didn't pick up a decision in either relief appearance.
Two disaster starts - against the Red Sux, which hurts but can be expected with their lineup, and against the Mariners, who just plain sucked this year.
It must have been a rough time for him in the beginning, as he went 0-1 with a 1.42 ERA in his first three starts, pitching 6, 6 and 7 innings in each, respectively. He went 7-2 the rest of the way, losing only the two disaster starts - and owning Toronto, picking up 3 wins in 3 starts. He gave up 2 ER through 7 IP in his first start against Toronto and then two straight starts of shutout ball through 8 innings. Fantastic.
In the post season against the Angels, he pitched 6 1/3 innings, giving up 2 ER while striking out 5 and walking 1 - not too shabby. He dueled John Lackey, but Leiter got the win in relief and Mo pitched 2 innings for the save. Most importantly he kept the Yankees in it to force Game 5. Huge.
Selected Links
Baseball Prospectus PECOTA Card - check out the 5 Year Forecast. Huge fluctuations the past 3 years (sucked, good, sucked) but should straighten out to be a decent pitcher.
Wikipedia entry - "He throws a 88-92mph sinker, a big curveball, a slider, and a changeup."
TSN.ca entry - "Colorado Rockies traded Shawn Chacon to the New York Yankees for Ramon Ramirez and Edwardo Sierra." "Assets: His mid-90s heat mixed with a slider and change-up help him particularly tough on right-handed hitters. Shows some pretty good poise with runners on."
I've been looking for a personal interest story about Chacon, but no luck. Anyone know anything interesting about him?
Later.
posted by Matthew at 7:31 PM
4 Comments:
Damn tables.
Later.
Good old googlenews turned up this Q&A with him from the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/29188.htm
I think he might be the most endearing guy on the pitching staff after reading stuff like this:
Q: The first time you put on the Pinstripes?
A: It was that morning that I was gonna pitch, 'cause when I came in Friday, the night before, they didn't have my jersey ready. But the next day, when I put it on, I went and looked at myself in the mirror and I was like: "Wow. Real Pinstripes!"
and
Q: One thing you wish you could change about yourself?
A: (Laughs) Wow! I wish I was a better singer; I don't have a very good voice.
i think my favorite shawn chacon lines are (and i'm doing this from memory so i'm sure they're messed up) "i don't know who to thank.. thanks colorado for trading me, and thanks new york for taking me!" and (when asked if there was any dislike for the rockies comparable to sox fans vs nyy) "the colorado fans, maybe?"
all i can remember about his background is that he was born in alaska but put up for adoption and ended up in foster care in colorado. i vaguely remember something about being busted for pot.
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And oh my god, we still have FIVE MONTHS till Opening Day. Why can't we just hibernate during this time? Sigh.
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