So if true, then the reverse would also be true: bloop hits should have higher actual success than expected. If the yankees are easier to defend, then they should have a higher success rate on “broken” hits than other teams because their opponents are favoring yankee hard hits. Another thing to look at is the at bat strike counts. Perhaps there is something different about yankee’s cadence?
I might not have the right parameters (there's a bunch of combinations of exit velocity and launch angle that produce bloop singles), but the 2021 Yankees are right about average at fly balls and pop ups hit between 75 and 85 mph, and the 2023 Yankees are a bit above average.
Something about throwing out the home at bats? Maybe there is an institutional approach that the Yankees employ based on their ideas about how to approach yankee stadium that carry over in away at bats (like coors field effect on rockies players.). What orher factors are unique to yankees?
I’ve only been using road at bats here, because ballpark has such a huge impact on batted ball results and fielder placement. I think it’s possible that the Yankees have optimized for Yankee Stadium, but they are bad there too.
So if true, then the reverse would also be true: bloop hits should have higher actual success than expected. If the yankees are easier to defend, then they should have a higher success rate on “broken” hits than other teams because their opponents are favoring yankee hard hits. Another thing to look at is the at bat strike counts. Perhaps there is something different about yankee’s cadence?
That’s a good prediction. I can test it I think.
I might not have the right parameters (there's a bunch of combinations of exit velocity and launch angle that produce bloop singles), but the 2021 Yankees are right about average at fly balls and pop ups hit between 75 and 85 mph, and the 2023 Yankees are a bit above average.
Something about throwing out the home at bats? Maybe there is an institutional approach that the Yankees employ based on their ideas about how to approach yankee stadium that carry over in away at bats (like coors field effect on rockies players.). What orher factors are unique to yankees?
I’ve only been using road at bats here, because ballpark has such a huge impact on batted ball results and fielder placement. I think it’s possible that the Yankees have optimized for Yankee Stadium, but they are bad there too.