Major League Baseball: Pitching and Team H/A Power Ratings Ends for 2011  

You would be hard pressed to find any successful professional handicapper who does not have a definable bankroll, a season game plan to achieve profits and a clear understanding of finding an edge and getting value. To get an edge you need to develop a system or method for guiding you. Generally, Power Ratings is one of many tools that can provide such insight. In essence you create your own line by manipulating data so you can find a game in which your methods indicate that there is an edge to one side or another.

Finding a valid method that meets your style takes trial and error. As with most statistical methods you will need a large enough sampling of games to create a valid projection. Some pitching-only based systems may work well as early as May when a pitcher has completed 15 or more innings.

The Home/Away Pitcher Power Ratings provided here is a season to date snap shot of a pitcher performance and how the team supports him.  Used with current pitcher form and team streaks it can lay the foundation for developing an eye for an edge.

If the value in the H/A-PP DIF (Pitcher Power) column is positive, then the home team starting pitcher is superior. The higher this value is the better the quality of the starting pitcher. To the contrary, if this value is negative, then the home team starting pitcher is inferior. If the Value in the H/A-TP DIF (Team Power) is positive and is a higher value, then the team supporting the starting pitcher is superior when this pitcher starts.

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