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Scouting Reds Pitchers: Travis Wood
The last pitcher that I think will make the rotation is Travis Wood. The big surprise last spring was that Wood lost the competition for the #5 spot in the rotation to Mike Leake. But he did what he could do: went down to Louisville, pitched very well, and then pitched superbly when he was called...
Scouting Reds Pitchers: Homer Bailey
Just a few years ago, Homer Bailey was the #2 pitching prospect in baseball. He threw breathtaking heat and had a killer curve ball--or so scouts raved. But after making his debut in 2007, Homer is still fighting for a rotation spot entering the 2011 season. There's reason for optimism: his...
Scouting Reds Pitchers: Bronson Arroyo
With some trepidation, today we'll look at Bronson Arroyo. I'm scared, because Bronson's far less traditional than other pitchers. He throws a ton of pitches, varies his arm angle, pitches backwards, etc. I don't know if I'm up to the task of "scouting" him. But I'll try! Pitches Arroyo throws...
Brewer Pitch Effectiveness, or who should throw what pitches and when
Most of our readers are are familiar with the concept of linear weights for evaluating pitchers and hitters. The basic concept is, say if a batter hits a double or a pitcher gives up a double, there is an average runs gained for the team by that double-- if it's a leadoff double, a 2 out double, or...
Some Manny Parra Fatigue Trends
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White Sox Early Season Offensive Struggles and Taxes
It was a sign of things to come when Josh Fields hit a triple in the first inning, only to watch Carlos Quentin strike out meekly and have Jim Thome follow suit on just 3 pitches. Or when Brian Anderson led off the 3rd with a 5-pitch walk -- Seriously Detroit, how do walk Anderson in three...
A Short Look at Today's Brewer Pitchers
I will not pretend to have procured all of this data by myself, but to feed the opening day baseball fever frenzy I wanted to check out a few things on today's Pitch f/x data. Now that Josh Kalk's tool is offline because of his new employer, the best (and maybe only) Pitch f/x tool available is...
Thinking About Joba's Pitch Selection
Matthaggs expressed concern last night that Joba's transition to the rotation is not happening well. Basically, haggs is worried that pitch count does not equal performance, that Joba's reliance upon his fastball-slider combo will not be as effective the second or third time through a lineup...
the beauty of low expectations
by far my favorite part of the weekend was watching brian barton leg out that triple on saturday. a veritable whiteyballer --- dude’s feet don’t even touch the ground when he runs. barton looks relaxed at the plate, seems to recognize pitches and make adjustments. he doubled on a 1-2...
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