Posted by MikeT23 on 2/20/2018 9:56:00 AM (view original):
No, it's just walks. As a rounded off number, the eye generally means BA+eye=OBP. So if your guy hits .282, his OBP will likely be around .346. It's not perfect but it's close. Higher numbers, 90+, seem to equate to more than 90+
Also, I meant to say this is a good observation, nice call.
I believe eye (and contact) also affects the # of pitches that the engine assigns to every plate appearance regardless whether it is walk, hit, or out. Obviously we know a walk is at minimum 4 pitches and a strikeout is at minimum 3, but in-play-outcomes will have a varying # of pitches "randomly" assigned to it. But you can sort player stats by NP/PA for both pitchers and hitters, and there is indeed high correlation with control and eye for the leaders of each column respectively.
It's obviously a minute difference over the long run, but within individual games in small samples (such as a playoff series) if you have a lineup with strong eye then you "tire" your opponents' pitchers faster which can often be useful if it causes an ace to reach max pitch count and get pulled after 6.0 IP instead of 7.0 IP and face an inferior bullpen player sooner, or if you go to extras then maybe you're one inning ahead of schedule on your opponent and that's what makes the difference. Little advantages add up
2/22/2018 4:10 PM (edited)