curveballerguy124 wrote:I am at 1st year 14U and how I disperse my players during tournament time is based on stats mostly game changer but a lot of my own notes. We play 4 game friendlies leading up to tourny's so they all get playing time and AB's with each pitcher getting a full game. Middles tend to get more playing time then most only because I have a few.
So for me stat's decide about 75% of my game day line-up the other 25% is effort, attitude, heart, basically the kid that shows me something......
jonriv wrote:curveballerguy124 wrote:I am at 1st year 14U and how I disperse my players during tournament time is based on stats mostly game changer but a lot of my own notes. We play 4 game friendlies leading up to tourny's so they all get playing time and AB's with each pitcher getting a full game. Middles tend to get more playing time then most only because I have a few.
So for me stat's decide about 75% of my game day line-up the other 25% is effort, attitude, heart, basically the kid that shows me something......
Just curious what kind of sample group(ie games) of stats do you need for it to be useful in making a decision? Are they weighted(based on competition, point in game). I too am a stats junkie and find a data based decisions tend to be the most consistent, but I also know their limitations. I have also seen parents use stats as a weapon to why their Susie should get more playing time because of all the hits she got(against weaker competition). Just wanted to know your methodology and how you deal with such parents
curveballerguy124 wrote:Honestly I use the stat's more for hitting and OBP, if your hitting and getting on base your gonna find your way onto the lineup. The rest of the stats I take with a grain of salt because I've seen too much LOL.....
Now like I said I don't use them 100% when making my line-up because I have seen more often then not a kid who is hammering the ball but not getting on. If a kid is hitting hard and aggressively I'm gonna give her a shot regardless of stats. Also if I have some kids that are exceptional at putting down bunts but struggle at the plate and we are playing a team with slow corners. Well then I will put them in the line-up to create situations and shake things up.
Stats are a good guideline a good starting point when doing game day line-ups. It also creates opportunity for a player to be exceptional and give them the goal of cracking the line-up. Also here is a kicker I encourage my pitchers to be hitters!!!! How's that for crazy?!?! If my pitchers can hit and hit well then I can use my flex and DP in other more productive ways.
So to sum it up, my methodology is I want the kids that are hitting hard and aggressively in the line-up. At times I will even give up a little defensively to have an offense that will make a pitcher work hard pitch after pitch to get outs against us.