Why Yankees' Cam Schlittler used BABIP as a verb in NSFW rant about Blue Jays
Schlittler wasn't overly pleased.
Why Yankees' Cam Schlittler used BABIP as a verb in NSFW rant about Blue Jays originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Cam Schlittler wasn't thrilled after a tough 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
The New York Yankees ' young right-handed pitcher went on a bit of a postgame rant about the style of hitters that the Blue Jays have. Specifically, he used BABIP as a verb. BABIP stands for batting average on balls in play.
It's often used to cite how lucky or unlucky a hitter is -- if that number is particularly high, it often can mean they're doing a better job than most of hitting the ball to places that the defense isn't positioned. Generally, BABIP doesn't correlate from year to year, but some hitters do have a knack for outperforming expectation in this stat. The Blue Jays have a few of those guys, and so Schlittler was a bit annoyed after Wednesday's game.
"It's just unacceptable," Schlittler told reporters about how he allowed runs to score. "Just walked two guys - they're a team that's gonna BABIP the s--- out of you. Some unlucky stuff, but can't walk the bottom of the order.