Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Bout time. He been getting carried
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Bout time. He been getting carried
Eduardo Rodriguez got smacked last night by the Dodgers.
His ERA is now 7.30.
But his xFIP is 3.69 and even his SIERA is solid at 3.68.
What's wild his his LOB percentage is 54.6% which really should be in the low to mid 70s.
You'd think this guy is due for some really good positive regression but I don't know.
Maybe he just doesn't have the stuff anymore.
His ERA is now 7.30.
But his xFIP is 3.69 and even his SIERA is solid at 3.68.
What's wild his his LOB percentage is 54.6% which really should be in the low to mid 70s.
You'd think this guy is due for some really good positive regression but I don't know.
Maybe he just doesn't have the stuff anymore.
2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat
Superstar
the camera cut right to gurriel after too
its even funnier because once ohtani hit the bomb everyone is celebrating but freeman starts laughing once he see he mocking gurriel
2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat
Superstar
Sasaki is weak
he’ll be decent this year
but i do expect him to be yoshinobu status next year.
if not
then dude is a bust and failure
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
I don't understand the hype around Japanese players. Isn't the talent generally inferior compared to the US, Dominican, Venezuela.
2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat
Superstar
realistically. he will be solid 3/4 starter in any rotation
the reason why i say i expect him to be yamamotto status is cause
last year yoshi was solid/good
but this year
idk what he did in the offseason or what but dude has been the best pitcher this year
not 1 bad start.
don’t let that 4-3 record fool you. he’s had like 5 bad innings in his 50 plus IP ghis year
Really been dominant
he has the worst run support in his games pitched from any starter too so his losses fall more on the team than him.
if sasaki learn from yoshi then he’ll be straight
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
The book on Japanese players varies, but early on, it was that they'd get here and look good early but when hitters adjusted they'd get rocked. That was the narrative til Darvish and Tanaka got here and Ohtani aside, it still kinda looks like that.
Sasaki is interesting because he got to the majors really young (as did Yamamoto and Ohtani).
An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
www.theatlantic.com
Mazzone, 76, lives in a retirement exile, ignored by the Ivy League quants who now dominate teams’ front offices. In December, though, Major League Baseball released a report that implicitly acknowledged the core truths of Mazzone’s critique. The emphasis on throwing as hard as possible on every pitch is likely ruinous for a pitcher’s ligaments, the report found, and has led to a sharp increase in elbow surgeries. A pitcher’s craft is reduced to optimizing his “stuff”—arcane computer-driven metrics such as spin rates, horizontal and vertical breaks, and radar-gun-certified speed.
Beyond putting pitcher health at risk, this insistence results in boring, plain-ugly baseball. Pitcher workdays come with strict limitations. Two decades ago, after injury rates began to climb, teams imposed a limit of 100 pitches a game, and that somewhat arbitrary threshold yielded to limits of 90, 80, and even 70 pitches—meaning that most starters leave the pitching mound after five innings, before being replaced by largely anonymous relievers who are also throwing as hard as they can.
“The focus on velocity, ‘stuff,’ and max-effort pitching—have caused a noticeable and detrimental impact on the quality of the game on the field,” the report observed. “Such trends are inherently counter to contact-oriented approaches that create more balls in play and result in the type of on-field action that fans want to see.”
I dont want to jinx him but the legend is playing like one of the best CFs in the game again 
Last 24 games
.326/.365/.642 1.008 OPS
31 hits, 3 doubles, 3 triples, 7 HRs, 19 RBI, 20 Runs
Last 24 games
.326/.365/.642 1.008 OPS
31 hits, 3 doubles, 3 triples, 7 HRs, 19 RBI, 20 Runs
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Looking like a Tigers trade target.I dont want to jinx him but the legend is playing like one of the best CFs in the game again
Last 24 games
.326/.365/.642 1.008 OPS
31 hits, 3 doubles, 3 triples, 7 HRs, 19 RBI, 20 Runs
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
Citi Field looking kinda empty
Gets your paper up Mets fans
Gets your paper up Mets fans
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
Okay Mets let's were what u got
