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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Friday hes decided on a starting quarterback for Sundays game against the Tennessee Titans.Will it be Shaun Hill or Sam Bradford? I guess well find out on Sunday, Zimmer said.The Vikings coach was still not willing to reveal his starting quarterback on Friday as the Vikings finished preparations for their season opener against the Titans.The team traded a 2017 first-round pick and a conditional 2018 fourth-rounder to the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday for Bradford, who joined the team after Teddy Bridgewater tore multiple ligaments in his knee Aug. 30.As the Vikings tried to get Bradford up to speed in their offense, they listed Hill atop their depth chart. Offensive coordinator Norv Turner said Thursday the Vikings were trying to get both quarterbacks ready to play on Sunday, though he acknowledged the team would have to make more adjustments to the game plan if Bradford were to start, given his limited time in the offense.Shaun has run every third-down play we have in our package since two years ago, so not only the play going in, the speed of the third-down situation, the play getting called, lining up, the defense giving you (different looks), Turner said. Tennessee is a multiple-look defense; they give you a lot of different looks. So, there [are] a lot of things that are being processed that Shaun has been doing for two years, and Sam has been doing for four days. So, that would be a big part of it.Hill got the majority of first-team snaps during the brief open portions of Vikings practices on Monday and Wednesday, and the quarterbacks were splitting first-team snaps on Thursday.Asked on Friday if hed told the team who would start at quarterback against the Titans, Zimmer smirked and said, Maybe.The coach said hed talked with Bridgewater on Thursday, following the quarterbacks surgery in Dallas. Bridgewater, Zimmer said, was in good spirits and planned to be back in Minnesota in about a week to rehab.One of the things he said was he cant wait to get back here and be around the guys, Zimmer said. So, Im sure hell try to be around, but the most important thing him is to do the rehab and the things that he has to do. Hell be in the training room a lot, so guys will see him, and hes more than welcome in the meetings and all that.When Vikings general manager Rick Spielman was asked on ESPNs NFL Insiders on Friday if he believed it was valuable for the Vikings to keep their starting quarterback a secret, Spielman said, I think its extremely valuable. When you have to prepare for two quarterbacks, its a lot harder than to just prepare for one.Titans coach Mike Mularkey, though, didnt seem to be too concerned, saying all week he expected Bradford would start. I think they wouldnt give up a [first-round pick and a fourth-round pick] to have a guy sit very long, Mularkey said Wednesday. I just think he gives them a very good chance. Hes had a very good preseason. Really, both of the quarterbacks have had good preseasons, but I would anticipate that, and if he doesnt, its not going to change the way we prepare. NMD R2 Australia . 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What are they missing, and what can that missing piece of information tell us about pitchers who could have an impact on 2017s pennant races?All metrics get the value of the strikeout and the walk, and the role played by park effects. What they are missing is a precise measurement of pitchers ability to manage contact. But in the age of StatCast, there really isnt an excuse for that. The data is at our fingertips, so we might as well put it to use in the evaluation of pitchers. There are two major aspects to pitching: What happens when the hitter does not make contact -- strikeouts and walks -- and what happens when the hitter does. Pitchers should be evaluated based on both the frequency of each type of ball in play allowed, i.e., their BIP mix, and on thee authority with which those batted balls were hit.ddddddddddddFrequency is a key; for most pitchers, the frequency of most BIP types allowed correlates well from year to year. Starting pitchers popup, fly ball and grounder rates allowed tend to stay about the same; not so line-drive rates, which are relatively volatile. Only truly excellent hurlers -- and hitters -- tend to record better than league-average line-drive rates consistently. Average authority (or exit speed) allowed, both overall and by specific BIP type, correlates a bit from year to year, but not nearly to as significant an extent as frequency. ERA and even FIP (which doesnt go much further than docking a pitcher for allowing homers) both miss pitchers relative contact management skill.This is where a couple of my metrics come in.?Adjusted contact score expresses a pitchers contact management performance based on the exit speed and launch angle of each ball put in play, on a scale where 100 equals average. Then, you add back the Ks and walks to get each pitchers Tru ERA, which can then be compared with his ERA and FIP. ' ' '