Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Beat the Streak Picks

Here are the top picks my programs produced for use in Beat the Streak. This post mostly explains the ideas behind the calculations. In addition, this post shows tests on the Neural Network (NN). This post discusses an NN that includes the ballpark. I recently update the models, and the results of those tests are here.

For 2017, I am just going to publish the Log5 hit averages and the NN probabilities with parks factored in. I am keeping track of the results here. I added a graph that gives a visual representation of the probability and success each day.

In Beat the Streak news, use Kaema saw his streak end at 51 games. He selected Kevin Pillar, the top pick from yesterday, and Ezequiel Carrera. Pillar recorded a hit but Carrera did not. Kaema’s strategy appeared to be select the 1-2 hitters against a bad pitcher. They would get the most opportunities to get a hit. It worked well.

On to today. First, the Log5 Method picks:

0.335 — Charles Blackmon batting against Phil Hughes
0.329 — DJ LeMahieu batting against Phil Hughes
0.325 — Brandon Drury batting against Tom Milone
0.319 — Christopher Owings batting against Tom Milone
0.318 — Nolan Arenado batting against Phil Hughes
0.316 — Mark Reynolds batting against Phil Hughes
0.313 — David Peralta batting against Tom Milone
0.311 — Starlin Castro batting against Jason Hammel
0.310 — Daniel Murphy batting against Chad Kuhl
0.310 — Hernan Perez batting against Clayton Richard
0.303 — Gerardo Parra batting against Phil Hughes
0.303 — Ryan Zimmerman batting against Chad Kuhl

Log5 likes the Rockies against Phil Hughes, a pitcher who is usually around the plate.

The NN with Park produces this top 10 list:

0.335, 0.751 — Charles Blackmon batting against Phil Hughes.
0.329, 0.750 — DJ LeMahieu batting against Phil Hughes.
0.310, 0.744 — Daniel Murphy batting against Chad Kuhl.
0.325, 0.736 — Brandon Drury batting against Tom Milone.
0.318, 0.728 — Nolan Arenado batting against Phil Hughes.
0.311, 0.725 — Starlin Castro batting against Jason Hammel.
0.293, 0.724 — Jose Altuve batting against Thomas Koehler.
0.274, 0.724 — Jean Segura batting against Andrew Triggs.
0.313, 0.723 — David Peralta batting against Tom Milone.
0.319, 0.723 — Christopher Owings batting against Tom Milone.
0.316, 0.717 — Mark Reynolds batting against Phil Hughes.

The NN likes the Rockies, too, with Charlie Blackmon the consensus pick. As always, you best pick will fail to get a hit about 75% of the time.

Here is the list of longest current streaks of plate appearances without a hit:

Batter PA since Last Hit
Tyler Collins 29
Michael Freeman 26
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 23
Cameron Maybin 22
Andrew Benintendi 22
Kyle Schwarber 21
Jace Peterson 21
Luke Maile 20
Kyle Higashioka 20
Raul Mondesi 20
Ivan Nova 20
Edwin Encarnacion 20
JaCoby Jones 19
Conor Gillaspie 19
Johnny Cueto 18
Ryan Schimpf 17
Alex Gordon 17
Jeimer Candelario 17
Christopher Herrmann 17
Chris Coghlan 17
Mitch Moreland 16
Yangervis Solarte 16
Alen Hanson 16
Scott Feldman 16
Greg Bird 15
Matt Harvey 15
Bronson Arroyo 15
Robbie Grossman 15
Christian Arroyo 14
James Gosewisch 14
Tyler Anderson 14
Shin-Soo Choo 14
Amir Garrett 14
Cristhian Adames 14
Jimmy Nelson 14
Gorkys Hernandez 13
Daniel Straily 13
Daniel Robertson 13
Jeremy Hellickson 13
Alex Avila 12
Jhonny Peralta 12
Matthew Szczur 12
Travis D'Arnaud 12
Taijuan Walker 12
Austin Romine 12
Leonys Martin 12
Anthony Rizzo 12
Jaime Garcia 11
Starling Marte 11
Julio Teheran 11
Todd Frazier 11
Jose Iglesias 11
Daniel Santana 11
Tanner Roark 11
Craig Gentry 11
R.A. Dickey 11
Brandon McCarthy 10
Kyle Hendricks 10
Bartolo Colon 10
Benjamin Gamel 10
Daniel Murphy 10
Miguel Cabrera 10
Yandy Diaz 10
Miguel Montero 10
Brandon Phillips 10
Omar Narvaez 10
Dan Vogelbach 10
Mike Foltynewicz 10
Jered Weaver 10

Good luck!



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