Anybody see the matchup ratings on Yahoo?

[BitterDodgerFan]

oops my bad genie i was talking about news & expert advice section's matchup rating, not my team area.

[Fantasy Sports Genie]

oops my bad genie i was talking about news & expert advice section's matchup rating, not my team area.

That's good, actually. It means I'm not going crazy. At least not more than I already knew. Yeah, now you and I are totally on the same page, and hopefully we can make the page you're looking at more functional.

[MTUCache]

If possible I'd like to get some idea how these are generated...

Obviously hitters vs. pitchers are going to go primarily on any history they have against eachother, then on LHP/RHP splits (I would assume anyway). But how are the pitchers done? Is is a formula, like NHSportsfans from last year (including recent starts as well as long-term success vs. teams/batters), or is it strictly a gut call by somebody on the Yahoo! staff?

At this point I'm leery trusting these things, just because I figure I'm at a point in my baseball knowledge that I can put together a reasonable rating on my own (plus, no offense, but three-quarters of the content on Yahoo! is put together for people well below Cafe-level, which I'm sure you know). I'd be a lot more trusting if I knew where these ratings came from.

I understand if this is proprietary knowledge Genie... just curious.

[AllDay]

Why can't I see yesterday's matchup ratings so I can see if you're lying?

I benched A-Rod, Hanley, and Wright because they were only 3 stars and I had 4 star options on the bench. Stoopid Yahoo.

/typical Yahoo! rant sarcasm

[Snakes Gould]

some of the data seems a bit stretched to me.

i.e. the dominant changeup one, etc..