Pitcher's increased velocity alone mistakenly viewed as positive effect of steroids, eg. Dan Naulty

Dan Naulty's 2nd selling point--pounced on by the 'watchdog' media-- was his increased velocity made him better (and in his imagination cost others their jobs-also not necessarily so but promoted by the media).*** A statistics minded mlblogger looked into it further and found his performance unchanged by his increased velocity, 2/29/08:

• "Dan Naulty is "the guy who was on (ESPN's) Outside the Lines", his performance was unchanged by his added velocity (I've got this stuff too). Essentially

his minor ERA, WHIP & K/BB ratio took a beating late in the season when he moved up a level (shouldn't it have stayed the same),

• his K/9IP went down. Throughout his Major League career, as he used, gained weight & velocity,

• his BAA & K/9IP got worse each season, his K/BB ratio also took a beating.

His minor league career was normal,

• his major league career got worse as it went on;

please don't tell me that if he didn't use he wouldn't have gotten as far, you cannot prove that."

• It sounds reasonable enough to look into. From 2/29/08, Baseball As I See It, mikemac.mlblogs/archives, 2/2008

After all, if Naulty had said steroids did not help him (which on closer examination appears to be the case), Mitchell/Selig and their compliant media wouldn't have made him famous. (sm)

• ***NY Post's (12/18/07) Brian Costello reports alleged victim Mike Trombley never once thought he was edged out by anyone. Mentioned at end of article most of which is self-serving sob story about Naulty. Posted on this blog, 5/1/08.

P.S. Using a steroid story to make money: At the outset, Naulty said he sought a book deal. I never heard this fact mentioned other than 1 sentence at the bottom of a newspaper article. If there were an independent press, someone might have asked him,

• "Dan, by mentioning the Yankees in your 24/7 sob story, does this increase your chance of getting a book deal--even though your story has almost nothing to do with the Yankees and their star players whose names you so sanctimoniously drop?

Including the fact that you weren't on the 1999 post season roster although you deliberately leave the impression that you were?" Posted on this blog, 5/26/08

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