San Jose Sonics- The Other Thread

PP27 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:12 am

Player Profile: Metal Sonic, Batting Stats: 300 PA, 264 AB, 79 H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR, 51 RBI, 40 R, 45 K, 28 BB, 6 SF, 128 TB, .299/.363/.485, .848 OPS

Advanced Stats: .367 wOBA, 15.0 K%, 9.3 BB%, .186 ISO, .318 BABIP

Fielding Stats: 516.1 Inn, 72 G, 55 GS, 1 E, .992 Fld%, 2.04 RF

Monthly Stats:
May: 24 PA, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, .318/.333/.455, .788 OPS
June: 56 PA, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 7 R, .308/.357/.519, .876 OPS
July: 60 PA, 4 HR, 18 RBI, 6 R, .353/.383/.627, 1.010 OPS
August: 89 PA, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 16 R, .250/.348/.421, .769 OPS
September: 71 PA, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 9 R, .302/.380/.429, .809 OPS

Season Summary: Metal Sonic was signed as a fourth outfielder who could play all three outfield positions for the Sonics. He impressed with really good production, with a slash line nearly identical to one of the Sonics’ best hitters, Shadow. He hit 11 home runs and 51 RBIs, and scored 40 runs in 300 PAs (extrapolates to 22 HRs, 102 RBIs, 80 runs over 600 PAs). He mashed lefties and platooned with Silver in right field whenever a lefty got a start, and got more playing time when Amy went down with various injuries. He had a solid, dependable glove in the outfield, with only a single error on the year.

PP27 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:38 pm

Player Profile: Charmy Bee, Batting Stats: 268 PA, 227 AB, 51 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 45 R, 34 K, 28 BB, 3 SF, 68 TB, .225/.317/.300, .617 OPS

Advanced Stats: .285 wOBA, 12.7 K%, 10.4 BB%, .075 ISO, .253 BABIP

Fielding Stats: 564.0 Inn, 100 G, 56 GS, 4 E, .987 Fld%, 4.74 RF

Monthly Stats:
April: 77 PA, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 10 R, .172/.303/.203, .506 OPS
May: 39 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 5 R, .188/.316/.188, .504 OPS
June: 26 PA, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 7 R, .292/.346/.542, .888 OPS
July: 50 PA, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 7 R, .318/.340/.364, .704 OPS
August: 44 PA, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 11 R, .162/.279/.297, .576 OPS
September: 32 PA, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 5 R, .269/.344/.346, .690 OPS

Season Summary: Charmy was a utility infielder for the Sonics, playing second, short, and third. His batting stats aren’t going to scare off anyone, with only a .225 average and little power (.075 ISO). However, his plate discipline was quite good, with his 0.8 BB/K ranking second on the team by players with a minimum of 150 PAs. His .253 BABIP was also quite low, so there was some bad luck mixed in as well. While he wasn’t a huge base stealer, his baserunning was excellent; he was frequently used as a pinch runner late in games. He also provided very solid defense at all three of his positions, and he would frequently come in as Shadow’s defensive replacement.

PP27 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:26 pm

Player Profile: Mills, Batting Stats: 234 PA, 197 AB, 43 H, 8 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 22 R, 58 K, 29 BB, 2 SF, 69 TB, .218/.330/.350, .680 OPS

Advanced Stats: .310 wOBA, 24.8 K%, 12.4 BB%, .132 ISO, .285 BABIP

Fielding Stats: 496.2 Inn, 60 G, 54 GS, 1 E, .997 Fld%, 5.94 RF, 4 PB

Monthly Stats:
April: 49 PA, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 5 R, .158/.327/.184, .511 OPS
May: 54 PA, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, .222/.333/.444, .777 OPS
June: 45 PA, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R, .250/.333/.375, .708 OPS
July: 29 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 R, .042/.179/.042, .221 OPS
August: 15 PA, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, .357/.400/.643, 1.043 OPS
September: 42 PA, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, .306/.405/.472, .877 OPS

Season Summary: Mills had good enough potential to make the opening day lineup for the Sonics. Unfortunately, his production at the plate didn’t match up, as he was batting .179/.300/.285 (.585 OPS) when he was sent down in early August. He was recalled late in the month an his bat caught fire, as he batted .348/.434/.565 (.999 OPS) from that point on, showing off his great potential to the team. He struck out a ton (24.8%), but he also walked a bunch (12.4%), which is a good sign for his patience. Handled himself well defensively, with only one error and a .997 fielding percentage.

PP27 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:51 am

Player Profile: Omega, Batting Stats: 159 PA, 144 AB, 32 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 17 R, 40 K, 13 BB, 0 SF, 50 TB, .222/.296/.347, .643 OPS

Advanced Stats: .289 wOBA, 25.2 K%, 8.2 BB%, .125 ISO, .280 BABIP

Fielding Stats: 224.2 Inn, 40 G, 24 GS, 3 E, .981 Fld%, 6.13 RF

Monthly Stats:
April: 38 PA, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, .216/.237/.378, .615 OPS
May: 36 PA, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, .233/.361/.433, .794 OPS
June: 29 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R, .259/.310/.259, .569 OPS
July: 20 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R, .118/.250/.118, .368 OPS
August: 15 PA, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .231/.333/.462, .795 OPS
September: 21 PA, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 4 R, .250/.286/.400, .686 OPS

Season Summary: Omega was a super-utility player off the bench, playing various infield and outfield positions for the Sonics. He had extreme hot streaks followed by extreme cold streaks, so the Sonics would like to see more consistency there. His ability to hit lefties got him starts at times (3 of his 4 home runs came as a starter.) Omega’s power was evident with two months of ISO over .200 and two over .150, but prolonged slumps usually resulted in power outages that kept his ISO down. His strikeout rate was sky high, with a 25.2% rate leading the team. He was solid in the field, not being a liability and having a nice fielding percentage (.981).

PP27 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:07 pm

Player Profile: Rouge the Bat, Batting Stats: 153 PA, 140 AB, 40 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 19 R, 25 K, 9 BB, 1 SF, 54 TB, .286/.336/.386, .722 OPS

Advanced Stats: .321 wOBA, 16.3 K%, 5.9 BB%, .100 ISO, .333 BABIP

Fielding Stats: 259.0 Inn, 52 G, 24 GS, 0 E, 1.000 Fld%, 2.71 RF

Monthly Stats:
June: 10 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R, .400/.400/.400, .800 OPS
July: 32 PA, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, .310/.375/.310, .685 OPS
August: 48 PA, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, .333/.340/.489, .829 OPS
September: 63 PA, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 10 R, .214/.302/.339, .641 OPS

Season Summary: Rouge was a solid midseason addition to the Sonics’ outfield. While her walk rate and power numbers were low, she hit line drives all over the field to the tune of a .286 batting average, make her a viable leadoff hitter when Amy went down. She didn’t have off-the-charts range in CF, but her arm was solid and accurate, and she didn’t make a single error.

PP27 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 02, 2019 2:46 pm

Position Player WAR

So I found this awesome calculator on the web that approximates WAR: http://www.ryantansey.com/simplewar.html. Let’s use it on the Sonics! I used 2008’s averages (.333 OBP, .416 SLG) as the averages for the OPS+ and approximated fielding and baserunning based on various things. I’m not a huge proponent of WAR but let’s see:

LF- Knuckles the Echidna- 167 OPS+, 8.5 WAR

SS- Sonic the Hedgehog- 122 OPS+, 7.2 WAR

1B- Espio the Chameleon- 149 OPS+, 6.4 WAR

3B- Shadow the Hedgehog- 127 OPS+, 4.2 WAR

RF- Silver the Hedgehog- 145 OPS+, 3.4 WAR

2B- Blaze the Cat- 100 OPS+, 3.2 WAR

OF- Metal Sonic- 125 OPS+, 2.6 WAR

C- Vector the Crocodile- 87 OPS+, 2.5 WAR

CF- Amy Rose- 102 OPS+, 1.7 WAR

C- Mills- 83 OPS+, 0.8 WAR

CF- Rouge the Bat- 93 OPS+, 0.5 WAR

INF- Charmy Bee- 67 OPS+, 0.3 WAR

UT- Omega- 71 OPS+, -0.2 WAR

AgentP · **Posted:** Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:04 pm

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PP27 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:04 pm

Tikal was a ground ball pitcher who didn’t focus on strikeouts, and it shows here, as she only had one start with a K/9 above 7.00 (8 strikeout performances in 7 innings against the Nationals). In her first seven starts, she K’d 22 batters in 45.1 innings (4.37). Her next 12 starts, she K’d just 15 batters in 79.2 innings! (1.69). Her last 6 starts, she K’d 24 in 41.0 innings (5.27). Overall, she had 61 strikeouts in 166.0 innings, for 3.31 K/9.

PP27 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:31 pm

Tails was more strikeout-oriented than Tikal, with a 6.90 K/9 and a team-leading 165 strikeouts. In his first 11 starts, he struck out 41 in 73.1 innings, for a K/9 of 5.03. He really had his strikeout stuff in his next 15, with 85 punchouts in 89 innings (8.60 K/9). His strikeout rate fell a bit in his next 5 starts, with 16 Ks in 32.1 innings (4.45). He ended the regular season with great stuff, as his last three starts produced 23 strikeouts in 20.1 innings (10.18).

PP27 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 15, 2019 1:28 pm

Sonics Batting against (OPS+ and wRAA)

So, using the same calculator I used for the position players, let’s see how the pitchers faired in batting against.

Pitching:

Tails the Fox- 102 OPS+, 2.2 wRAA

Wave the Swallow- 126 OPS+, 24.8 wRAA

Tikal the Echidna- 98 OPS+, -1.7 wRAA

Robbins- 106 OPS+, 2.3 wRAA

Inglett- 99 OPS+, -0.6 wRAA

Emerl- 93 OPS+, -2.8 wRAA

Scobie- 104 OPS+, 0.8 wRAA

Chip- 60 OPS+, -15.5 wRAA

Dr. Eggman- 67 OPS+, -10.3 wRAA

Chaos- 89 OPS+, -2.8 wRAA

Cream the Rabbit- 86 OPS+, -4.3 wRAA

Fruto: 91 OPS+, -2.3 wRAA

Mephiles the Dark- 59 OPS+, -10.5 wRAA

Marine the Raccoon- 76 OPS+, -4.7 wRAA

Big the Cat- 118 OPS+, 2.1 wRAA

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