The Decline Of Francisco Rodriguez: A Story Told In Graphs

Lori Loughlin was hot in that movie.

man i havent seen that movie since some hungover afternoon in college and barely remember anything about it but also TOTALLY REC’D TO THE MAX OH YEAH.

Value is obviously created by on-the-field contributions, but value can and is also produced for being potential trade bait (as in why prospects have value, despite not contributing at the Major League level). With a larger contract, being involved in a trade lessens. As such, value lessens.

your right.

im over it.

everyone sucks. I should not even watch the games.

he’s always walked an excessive amount of batters regardless of his teams record. wFB/C has his fastball at average last year (-.06 runs compared to replacement) and he’s never had a fastball even 1 win over replacement, Previously his best pitch, the slider (wSL/C) has declined sharply over the years (0.54 in 2008, and he dropped the pitch entirely in 2009). His slider was his best pitch during his previous years, so losing this pitch clearly affects his value. His curveball (wCB/C) was negative last year, so that pitch was below average, and he used it much more than he has in all but one other season (although in previous years it was around 3 runs above average, so this decline was much more pronounced than the others). The only pitch he has that hasn’t sharply declined over the last 2-3 years is his changeup which has consistently been a few runs over replacement. A changeup doesnt do as much good when the fastball is so weak. So what you now have is a closer with an average fastball, an above average changeup, and a below average curve, who has dropped the pitch that used to make him valuable. I’d say the problem is far from one of intensity, its one of losing his out pitch and not having other tools to compensate for it.

They aren’t stats anyway, so…