Babe was permanently banned from BDC. He never learns. He could talk baseball if he wanted to, but he has this weird compulsion to piss other people off.
What were the most egregious missed strike calls yesterday? I've been going through some Jays AB's on GameDay and I haven't seen anything really bad yet.
The Lester 'negotiations' and the Lackey trade were out-and-out costly blunders, IMHO. We were in no position to be offloading such quality starters. And just look whose hands they both ended up in.
The Jays announcers commented on something Vazquez did a few times last night to try to cross up the hitter. Just before the pitch he would slap the dirt behind the inside of the plate as if he was positioning himself there for an inside pitch, but actually he was setting up for an outside pitch.
(Didn't do too well fooling Donaldson, unfortunately.)
I think Kelly has been a disaster. 20 innings of 6.30 ball in spite of one great start. He's a tantalizer, all right. Maybe even a worse one than Buch.
Buch and Kelly have been disasters, as many expected. Kelly got our hopes up briefly again, but the numbers show that in spite of one great start, he has only pitched 20 innings and he has a 6.30 ERA and a 2.00 WHIP.
It's not that for me, it's Buchholz and Kelly and their effect on the rotation in general. They were a big worry at the start of the year and even moreso now, because they've been awful.
Not everybody wants or needs baseball to be extremely complex. People like you and Kimmi and sk7326 are super-analytical about baseball because you're into it, and you're all very good at it. But we're all wired a little differently.
Kelly is no better than Buchholz. He's just about the same guy. Very impressive at times, brutally inconsistent and fragile. The two bastards really showed their stuff these last two games.
I can certainly see where that kind of data can be useful analytical information. I just don't think it's the kind of data you need when you're watching a game. I think there's a point where there's too much information.