Sunday, August 13, 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 updated 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. The sheet also includes a table that summarizes the length of positive and negative streaks.

First, the Log5 Method picks:

0.338 — Daniel Murphy batting against Matt Moore
0.332 — Gerardo Parra batting against Vance Worley
0.330 — Charlie Blackmon batting against Vance Worley
0.327 — Justin Turner batting against Luis Perdomo
0.326 — Howie Kendrick batting against Matt Moore
0.321 — Corey Seager batting against Luis Perdomo
0.321 — Chris Taylor batting against Luis Perdomo
0.320 — Jose Altuve batting against Andrew Cashner
0.319 — Jose Ramirez batting against Austin Pruitt
0.314 — Eddie Rosario batting against Matt Boyd

You can tell that Perdomo is improving as a pitcher since he no longer dominates the Log5 results. The Nationals are playing a split double header today, so be careful choosing Murphy, as he almost always rests one game. Moore is listed as starting the night cap.

Here is how the NN with Park ranks the players:

0.320, 0.772 — Jose Altuve batting against Andrew Cashner.
0.338, 0.768 — Daniel Murphy batting against Matt Moore.
0.330, 0.759 — Charlie Blackmon batting against Vance Worley.
0.332, 0.754 — Gerardo Parra batting against Vance Worley.
0.301, 0.750 — Daniel Murphy batting against Chris Stratton.
0.313, 0.742 — DJ LeMahieu batting against Vance Worley.
0.321, 0.739 — Corey Seager batting against Luis Perdomo.
0.326, 0.739 — Howie Kendrick batting against Matt Moore.
0.327, 0.738 — Justin Turner batting against Luis Perdomo.
0.319, 0.735 — Jose Ramirez batting against Austin Pruitt.

Altuve rises to the top of the NN list, but Murphy against Moore is the consensus first choice. Blackmon or Parra is the consensus second choice, if you are going to double down, and if you don’t want to risk Murphy on a double header day.

As always, your best pick will fail to get a hit about 25% of the time.

Here is the daily list of active streaks of plate appearances without a hit, with pitchers eliminated:

Batter PA since Last Hit
Michael Freeman 34
Bradley Zimmer 26
Arismendy Alcantara 24
Aaron Hill 23
Raul Mondesi 23
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 23
Jesus Aguilar 20
Kyle Higashioka 20
Taylor Featherston 19
Mark Zagunis 18
Rougned Odor 18
Jorge Soler 18
Darwin Barney 17
Matthew Szczur 17
Eduardo Escobar 16
Austin Romine 16
Tony John Wolters 16
Carlos Santana 15
Chase D'Arnaud 15
Greg Bird 15
Paul Janish 15
Rio Ruiz 15
Allen Cordoba 15
Cristhian Adames 14
Emilio Bonifacio 14
Lucas Duda 14
Ryan Schimpf 14
Cameron Rupp 13
Steven Souza 13
Ben Revere 13
Austin Hedges 13
Kelby Tomlinson 13
Lewis Brinson 13
Chris Coghlan 13
Stephen Drew 13
Jacob Lamb 13
Travis D'Arnaud 13
Joey Gallo 12
Martin Prado 12
Rhys Hoskins 12
Nick Ahmed 12
Nolan Fontana 12
Xander Bogaerts 12
Salvador Perez 11
Scott Van Slyke 11
Hyun Soo Kim 11
Brock Stassi 11
Kevin Plawecki 11
Brandon Guyer 11
A.J. Ellis 11
Danny Ortiz 11
Brian McCann 11
Kaleb Cowart 11
Yadier Molina 11
Jorge Bonifacio 10
Erik Gonzalez 10
Francisco Cervelli 10
Carlos Sanchez 10
JaCoby Jones 10
Adrian Gonzalez 10
Yasiel Puig 10
Jared W. Hoying 10
Tom Murphy 10
Aaron Judge 10
Wilson Ramos 10
Jabari Blash 10
Tyler Collins 10
Carlos Correa 10
Yandy Diaz 10
Gregor Blanco 10
Nick Markakis 10
J.T. Realmuto 10
Zach Granite 10
Jordan Luplow 10
Luis Sardinas 10

Good luck!



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