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	<title>Comments on: Is the Jays Propensity to Strikeout a Cause for Concern?</title>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
		<link>http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/20/is-the-jays-propensity-to-strikeout-a-cause-for-concern/#comment-465</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impact depends on which stats you look at and how. For instance, playing in all of the team&#039;s first 14 games this year, Tulo  struck out 17 times. Last year, Reyes struck out 5 times. He only played in 11, so if we use his first 14 games instead, he had 7 Ks. That&#039;s a 143% increase, so double the team&#039;s overall 70%.

Goins was at 12 Ks after having played in 13 of this year&#039;s first 14 games. Last year, also playing 13 of the first 14, Travis had 7, a 71% increase.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The impact depends on which stats you look at and how. For instance, playing in all of the team&#8217;s first 14 games this year, Tulo  struck out 17 times. Last year, Reyes struck out 5 times. He only played in 11, so if we use his first 14 games instead, he had 7 Ks. That&#8217;s a 143% increase, so double the team&#8217;s overall 70%.</p>
<p>Goins was at 12 Ks after having played in 13 of this year&#8217;s first 14 games. Last year, also playing 13 of the first 14, Travis had 7, a 71% increase.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Canuck</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Canuck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impact of Tulo &amp; Goins versus Travis &amp; Reyes is marginal. The 2016 strikeout rate (&quot;SR&quot;) with Tulo &amp; Goins is 26.5%; excluding those two it is 26.4%. The 2015 SR was 18.5%; excluding Travis &amp; Reyes it was 18.9%.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The impact of Tulo &amp; Goins versus Travis &amp; Reyes is marginal. The 2016 strikeout rate (&#8220;SR&#8221;) with Tulo &amp; Goins is 26.5%; excluding those two it is 26.4%. The 2015 SR was 18.5%; excluding Travis &amp; Reyes it was 18.9%.</p>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The increase is probably due to a combination of factors - for instance, more players who have started this season ice cold. Another, I&#039;d guess, is simply that it&#039;s normal for Goins and Tulo to strike out more often than Travis and Reyes, even using Tulo&#039;s career rate rather than his 2016 rate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The increase is probably due to a combination of factors &#8211; for instance, more players who have started this season ice cold. Another, I&#8217;d guess, is simply that it&#8217;s normal for Goins and Tulo to strike out more often than Travis and Reyes, even using Tulo&#8217;s career rate rather than his 2016 rate.</p>
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		<title>By: T-Ravis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-Ravis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great work, by the way]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great work, by the way</p>
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		<title>By: T-Ravis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strike outs are way up across the league as well. Obviously more for the Jays than anyone else, but it&#039;s still significant that there has been a dramatic jump from this time last year.

I suppose another explanation could be the pitchers the Jays have faced. Just off-hand, it seems that they&#039;ve faced a lot of strike out pitchers. Maybe more than normal. Not that I&#039;ve done the legwork to know that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Strike outs are way up across the league as well. Obviously more for the Jays than anyone else, but it&#8217;s still significant that there has been a dramatic jump from this time last year.</p>
<p>I suppose another explanation could be the pitchers the Jays have faced. Just off-hand, it seems that they&#8217;ve faced a lot of strike out pitchers. Maybe more than normal. Not that I&#8217;ve done the legwork to know that.</p>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not binary. The more salient question is the degree to which the increased strikeouts constitute cause for concern. Right now, still being pretty early, it&#039;s fairly low. But there will be more cause for concern if the current level doesn&#039;t drop at a reasonable rate over the next while, and much more if it doesn&#039;t drop at all.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not binary. The more salient question is the degree to which the increased strikeouts constitute cause for concern. Right now, still being pretty early, it&#8217;s fairly low. But there will be more cause for concern if the current level doesn&#8217;t drop at a reasonable rate over the next while, and much more if it doesn&#8217;t drop at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Canuck</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Canuck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, the 2014 figure should be 23.5%.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, the 2014 figure should be 23.5%.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Canuck</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Canuck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excellent post!

Another piece of data to consider is the change in the  strikeout looking percentage from prior years: 2016 - 28.8%; 2015 - 23.9%; and 2014 - 23.9%.

Data per Baseball-Reference.com

Similar to a calculator, I only offer numbers but provide no explanation. ☺ Perhaps you have some thoughts as to why the Blue Jays are looking at more called third-strikes, expressed in percentage terms, so far this season compared to 2015.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent post!</p>
<p>Another piece of data to consider is the change in the  strikeout looking percentage from prior years: 2016 &#8211; 28.8%; 2015 &#8211; 23.9%; and 2014 &#8211; 23.9%.</p>
<p>Data per Baseball-Reference.com</p>
<p>Similar to a calculator, I only offer numbers but provide no explanation. ☺ Perhaps you have some thoughts as to why the Blue Jays are looking at more called third-strikes, expressed in percentage terms, so far this season compared to 2015.</p>
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