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- Thread starter Fungo Squiggly
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I've been saying it, Fransisco is fucking worthless.
No one is dumb enough to throw him the fastballs he'd need to be a good hitter.
No one is dumb enough to throw him the fastballs he'd need to be a good hitter.
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jlb1705;1905556; said:
Someone better go get Edmonds.
The mail room clerk is back and as lost at the plate as ever.
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buckeyescott11
Hall of Fame
Jaxbuck;1905558; said:
Why doesn't he spend more time with Votto? Dude's MVP and supposedly they're "best friends". Listen to one of the best hitters in baseball PLEASE.
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EDDIE GGGG27
Muck Fichigan
Jaxbuck;1905555; said:
It appears he attended the Wily Mo Pena school of hitting. Maybe Walt can pull a Krivsky and get a 17 game winner for him.
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Why is Nick Masset still on this fucking team? We hear the same story every year. He's got good stuff, he's on the incline, he could break out. And every year we get to witness blow up after blow up.
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Buckeye89Fan;1905622; said:
He's on the team for what he does between May and September. He was a gas can for the first six weeks last season too and then he was pretty much lights out after that.
Besides, I think Brantley was right about Hernandez. Him and Chapman were asked to throw way too many breaking balls and both of them have plus fastballs. They were both getting behind in the count early on those breaking balls and it ended up catching up to Masset.
This was a tough loss but it's not time to panic about the team or about any individuals yet. They dropped a series and 3/4 overall. I've read a bunch of people saying that this was unacceptable to do against mediocre teams like the Astros and D-backs - as if they forgot last year's team got swept by the likes of Pittsburgh and Seattle and overcame it.
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scott91575
Resident hater
Buckeye89Fan;1905622; said:
because from 2009 through 2010 his ERA was below 3.00, and outside of April he was one of the best short relief men in baseball last year (ERA of 2.17 from May to October).
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Looking at the NL team stats (sample size duly noted) and they match what our eyeballs have told us for the first 9 games. The Reds pitching staff has been pretty good overall but is having issues with the gopher ball-especially relievers.
Starters
K/9: 8.54 (3rd best NL)
BB/9: 2.61 (5th best NL)
K/BB: 3.27 (2nd best NL)
But then you see Runs allowed:30 (t4th worst NL) and wonder WTF?
Line Drive%: 20.9 (3rd worst NL)
FB%: 34 (6th best NL)
HR/FB%:13.5% (2nd worst NL)
Swinging Strike%:10.2 (best in NL)
Outside the zone swing %:33.9 (best in NL)
Inside Zone contact %: 86.8% (4th best NL)
so there it is. First and foremost its a small sample so one bad game can really skew the numbers plus we have seen them pitching 6 of the 9 games to the Brewers and Dbacks so that really skews things.
Two of the three opponents offensive philosophy is swing hard in case you hit something and it appears our pitchers are either dazzling someone into a bad swing with their various off speed slop and control or they are catching too much of the plate and getting hit hard (looking at you Mike Leake).
Bullpen
I won't run down the same numbers for them because its very similar. They are walking more and striking out less than the starters at the same time keeping up that near 14% HR/FB rate.
So look for that going forward as the sample size starts to get bigger and we see more diverse offensive teams. If they keep up the gopher ball shit it will be a long year, if they keep those strong peripherals going it will all even out in their favor.
If Cueto and HB come back and in form we'll be fine, if Leake stays as one of the top 5 we will continue to see more of the same because that's what he is at this point in his career. He's like a mini Kyle Lohse, cruises right along then next thing you know a walk, a single and a blast later its another 4-5 runs allowed in a start. He just has no room for error with his control because his stuff is so limited.
Starters
K/9: 8.54 (3rd best NL)
BB/9: 2.61 (5th best NL)
K/BB: 3.27 (2nd best NL)
But then you see Runs allowed:30 (t4th worst NL) and wonder WTF?
Line Drive%: 20.9 (3rd worst NL)
FB%: 34 (6th best NL)
HR/FB%:13.5% (2nd worst NL)
Swinging Strike%:10.2 (best in NL)
Outside the zone swing %:33.9 (best in NL)
Inside Zone contact %: 86.8% (4th best NL)
so there it is. First and foremost its a small sample so one bad game can really skew the numbers plus we have seen them pitching 6 of the 9 games to the Brewers and Dbacks so that really skews things.
Two of the three opponents offensive philosophy is swing hard in case you hit something and it appears our pitchers are either dazzling someone into a bad swing with their various off speed slop and control or they are catching too much of the plate and getting hit hard (looking at you Mike Leake).
Bullpen
I won't run down the same numbers for them because its very similar. They are walking more and striking out less than the starters at the same time keeping up that near 14% HR/FB rate.
So look for that going forward as the sample size starts to get bigger and we see more diverse offensive teams. If they keep up the gopher ball shit it will be a long year, if they keep those strong peripherals going it will all even out in their favor.
If Cueto and HB come back and in form we'll be fine, if Leake stays as one of the top 5 we will continue to see more of the same because that's what he is at this point in his career. He's like a mini Kyle Lohse, cruises right along then next thing you know a walk, a single and a blast later its another 4-5 runs allowed in a start. He just has no room for error with his control because his stuff is so limited.
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