robbie Stories - Pinstripe Alley
Swing at the Strikes
NYTimes: "He’s got big power that never plays, because there’s so much movement," Long said. "He can’t get the barrel of the bat to the baseball with that much movement. So, basically, you’re taking a big tool and not using it." Cano uses an open stance, and Long said he...
Disappointed in Robinson Cano
I didn't like what I saw from Robbie tonight. Sure he had four hits, but he only saw 14 pitches- 6 of those came in his 4th inning AB. Of those 14, he was behind in the count in the 2nd, 4th, and 9th. In the 6th, he swung (and got a hit) on the first pitch from Shields after Giambi and Matsui...
Hardball Times Examines Robbie
A great article up over at the Hardball Times using Pf/x data to see what pitches (type and location) Robinson is producing different results on. Click the link to see the pretty graphs; here's the salient analytic point: Cano simply can't lay off low and away change-ups from right-handed...
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