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Jeff Samardzija update

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Brutus1;862406; said:
Looks like he might want to get back into football after all.

So far this season for Class A :

11 starts
0 wins
5.75 era
.349 opponents batting avg.
20 k's in 52 innings.


Looks like he fits right in with the rest of the overrated shitty Cubbie pitchers.
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Overrated shitty Cubbie pitchers :slappy:... You do realize that they have one of the best starting staffs in the National League, right?
To comment on the original premise of this thread, there are reasons for those stats...
1.) This is his first full season in baseball. It takes time to adjust to that day in and day out...
2.) The Cubs have requested that Jeff throw a majority of change-ups and curveballs in order to work on solidifying those pitches... His fastball is his best pitch, and he's only throwing it 30% of the time...
3.) The Florida State League is a notoriously hitter friendly league. Pitchers generally fare worse than hitters down there.
Jeff's problem now is that, due to the factors listed above, he is losing confidence and that has hurt his effectiveness. He's been moved to the pen (where he's pitched very well) in order to build up his confidence again. I hope this can add some perspective to the situation instead of bashing a guy for seeing his stats...
 
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OSUBucks22;865276; said:
Overrated shitty Cubbie pitchers :slappy:... You do realize that they have one of the best starting staffs in the National League, right?
To comment on the original premise of this thread, there are reasons for those stats...
1.) This is his first full season in baseball. It takes time to adjust to that day in and day out...
2.) The Cubs have requested that Jeff throw a majority of change-ups and curveballs in order to work on solidifying those pitches... His fastball is his best pitch, and he's only throwing it 30% of the time...
3.) The Florida State League is a notoriously hitter friendly league. Pitchers generally fare worse than hitters down there.
Jeff's problem now is that, due to the factors listed above, he is losing confidence and that has hurt his effectiveness. He's been moved to the pen (where he's pitched very well) in order to build up his confidence again. I hope this can add some perspective to the situation instead of bashing a guy for seeing his stats...
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we're bashing the guy because he went to ND and looks like a girl. The stats are irrelevant to my bashing.....
 
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