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Ray,
As I noted last year, I'm very much a PQS Log disciple. That said, this year I'm seeing several issues with this year's logs.
1. First and foremost, beginning with the April 12 report, the logs have consistently been a day behind, i.e. April 12 report missing April 11 starts, April 13 report missing April 12 starts, etc. This issue has persisted on a daily basis to include today's report (April 22 report missing April 21 starts).
2. Missing starting pitcher names (thru today's April 22 report). Currently, I count 22 log entries missing a pitcher name.
- Brazoban, Huascar: (4/16)
- Castillo, Luis F.: (4/4, 4/9)
- Dobbins, Hunter: (4/6, 4/18)
- Dollander, Chase: (4/6, 4/12, 4/19)
- Ginn, JT: (4/12, 4/18)
- Gusto, Ryan: (4/12, 4/18)
- Henderson, Logan: (4/20)
- Lord, Brad: (4/8, 4/14, 4/20)
- Sugano,Tomoyuki: (3/30, 4/5, 4/12, 4/17)
- Topa, Justin: (4/19)
- Young, Brandon: (4/19)
NOTE: There is another log entry with a missing pitcher name but it appears to be erroneous. Beginning with the April 16 report, I continue to see a 4/4 start (MLBAMID "815352," no HQID assigned). I have been unable to identify a 2025 starting pitcher with a MLBAM ID of "815352." NOTE: For what it's worth, the PQS log entry is identical to that of Castillo, Luis F. (HQID: 7093, MLBAM ID: 622379).
3. Lastly, this is an issue I noticed during the off-season when manipulating the 2024 PQS logs and apparently continues to be a problem in 2025. According to the PQS score criteria, a pitcher earns a PQS "point," if he has a 3.0 K/BB ratio or greater, or at least 3 Ks if he had zero walks. Unless I'm misunderstanding the criterion completely, it appears to me there a number of pitchers (63) in the logs that have not received credit (a PQS "point") for meeting that specific measure. Just few examples:
- 3 Ks and zero walks: Hunter Brown 4/9 start, PQS score reads as "3" and should be "4"). 16 additional log entries not credited a point for 3 Ks/zero walks
- 3 Ks and one walk: Carlos Carrasco 4/8 start, PQS score reads as "0" and should be "1"). 16 additional log entries not credited a point for 3 Ks/one walk
- 6 Ks and two walks: Logan Allen 4/15 start, PQS score reads as "3" and should be "4"). 23 additional log entries not credited a point for 6 Ks/two walks
- 9 Ks and three walks: Jack Flaherty 4/9 start, PQS score reads as "3" and should be "4"). 4 additional log entries not credited a point for 9 Ks/three walks
I hope I've described the last issue as I see it clearly enough. Of course, if I'm totally off-base with my understanding of the K/BB metric please advise. As always Ray, thank you for your time.
As I noted last year, I'm very much a PQS Log disciple. That said, this year I'm seeing several issues with this year's logs.
1. First and foremost, beginning with the April 12 report, the logs have consistently been a day behind, i.e. April 12 report missing April 11 starts, April 13 report missing April 12 starts, etc. This issue has persisted on a daily basis to include today's report (April 22 report missing April 21 starts).
2. Missing starting pitcher names (thru today's April 22 report). Currently, I count 22 log entries missing a pitcher name.
- Brazoban, Huascar: (4/16)
- Castillo, Luis F.: (4/4, 4/9)
- Dobbins, Hunter: (4/6, 4/18)
- Dollander, Chase: (4/6, 4/12, 4/19)
- Ginn, JT: (4/12, 4/18)
- Gusto, Ryan: (4/12, 4/18)
- Henderson, Logan: (4/20)
- Lord, Brad: (4/8, 4/14, 4/20)
- Sugano,Tomoyuki: (3/30, 4/5, 4/12, 4/17)
- Topa, Justin: (4/19)
- Young, Brandon: (4/19)
NOTE: There is another log entry with a missing pitcher name but it appears to be erroneous. Beginning with the April 16 report, I continue to see a 4/4 start (MLBAMID "815352," no HQID assigned). I have been unable to identify a 2025 starting pitcher with a MLBAM ID of "815352." NOTE: For what it's worth, the PQS log entry is identical to that of Castillo, Luis F. (HQID: 7093, MLBAM ID: 622379).
3. Lastly, this is an issue I noticed during the off-season when manipulating the 2024 PQS logs and apparently continues to be a problem in 2025. According to the PQS score criteria, a pitcher earns a PQS "point," if he has a 3.0 K/BB ratio or greater, or at least 3 Ks if he had zero walks. Unless I'm misunderstanding the criterion completely, it appears to me there a number of pitchers (63) in the logs that have not received credit (a PQS "point") for meeting that specific measure. Just few examples:
- 3 Ks and zero walks: Hunter Brown 4/9 start, PQS score reads as "3" and should be "4"). 16 additional log entries not credited a point for 3 Ks/zero walks
- 3 Ks and one walk: Carlos Carrasco 4/8 start, PQS score reads as "0" and should be "1"). 16 additional log entries not credited a point for 3 Ks/one walk
- 6 Ks and two walks: Logan Allen 4/15 start, PQS score reads as "3" and should be "4"). 23 additional log entries not credited a point for 6 Ks/two walks
- 9 Ks and three walks: Jack Flaherty 4/9 start, PQS score reads as "3" and should be "4"). 4 additional log entries not credited a point for 9 Ks/three walks
I hope I've described the last issue as I see it clearly enough. Of course, if I'm totally off-base with my understanding of the K/BB metric please advise. As always Ray, thank you for your time.
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