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To be fair, his rise to stardom was equally meteoric...
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Most organizations, and certainly Baseball America, rank prospects on the likelihood of being impact players. I think their point was that the Yankees have a large quantity of players who might make an impact, the quality of that impact from many of them might not be so great. A future utility infielder, for example, is a future major leaguer. While this is a good thing to have, it doesn't really increase the impact from the farm substantially. But it does allow for one more minimum wage player on the team, increasing the available budget. However, this is likely not taken into consideration when measuring the impact of the farm, and it should not be.
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There may be a reason he has never really been a starter. At 35, this isn't likely to change...
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Remember back in March when I was clamoring for more minor league pitching depth? This is why...
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And if that isn't enough to get him a nod for the Rolaids Reliever of the Yeat, then what is? (I mean, besides resurrecting the Rolaids Reliever Award in the first place.)
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Movement on a 4-seam fastball at those velocities is not a thing. The ball gets to the catcher two fast to have any time to break, and the 4-seam grip mitigates the air flow around the ball. Primarily, the fastball with movement is the 2-seam fastball, but it has to be thrown about 93mph or less to even have time to move. If it is thrown harder, the movement will take place to late to matter. That's why most pitchers throw 2-seamers in the 91-93mph range...
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It's not mean. His teammate Jay Howell started that movement and Wetteland embraced the phrase. There were several relievers like him, Rob Dibble, Dan Plesac, etc. is the late 80's and early 90's whose philosophy of pitching was "change speeds by throwing harder" and referred to themselves as the Brain Dead Heavers. https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/wetteland-living-life-to-an-extreme/article_111d8c68-7357-55b3-afd6-59542f409b57.html "Howell enrolled Wetteland in the "Brain-Dead Heavers Club." Their motto -- "We are not relievers; we are brain-dead heavers." The idea, Howell said, is that changing speeds means throwing harder. "Once a heaver, always a heaver," Wetteland said."...
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Ah yes. The John Wetteland “Brain Dead Heaver” theory of pitching...
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The general theme of the board this week is “Matt Barnes sucks!! Craig Kimbrel is struggling!!! The whole pen is collapsing!! We need Ty Buttrey now!!!”
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That’s not what the head coach at ASU thought...
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He’s a 36yo who plays a position manned by utility infielders all season long and we got him for a 25yo career minor league pitcher, whose value is suddenly in question after all of 6 innings pitched? The Sox could use bullpen help. What makes people think Ty Buttrey is better than the pitchers we already have in the pen?
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Would you have traded Ozzie Smith because of his inconsistent bat?
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The Padres tradition IS ugly uniforms.
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The velocity has not been the issue. The control has.
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Or that Kimbrel has had only 6 clean innings since June 9, spanning 26 appearances and 27 IP?
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Who Will Fill the Final Spot on the 40 Man Roster?
notin replied to CharlieWhigg's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He might not do it, but he did have the chance since we did play a huge bulk of the season with Vazquez, Leon and Swihart all on the roster... -
I would agree having both Johnson and Velasquez in the rotation right now is not doing the bullpen any favors. In fact, they are making the bullpen work overtime and letting the bullpen take the blame for it, too...
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Buttrey might have been included to free up one more space for a pending 40-man roster crunch in December. GMs do have to take this kind of thing into account, whether fans think it is a priority or not. Also it is possible Anaheim would not do the deal without Buttrey. They might be trying to build a winner while they still have Trout. At least they got something for Buttrey. Ben Taylor was DFA'd for no reason...
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I still think it's a slump, albeit not a huge one. I've seen players get rested for stretches like that. Of course, this is a genrealization. If the player has some hard hit balls that just don't fall in, it's bad luck...
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You murder one little person with some pollution and you're labeled for life. But thank you for the knighthood..
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First this board trashes Chicago and then Volkswagen. I'm a Volkswagen owner living in Chicago here...
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The inner harbor is somehow a great place and a colossal armpit all at once...
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It's like Curt Schilling. I don't agree with anything he has to say politically, but I will absolutely defend his rights to have those views. I'm not even sure why this quote from Martinez is supposed to be offensive. Because he quoted Hitler? He didn't do it in a way that supported Hitler, but rather he posited Hitler as the opposing point of view (i.e. taking away guns.) Have we reached a point in our society that we can't even mention history's greatest villains as opposing viewpoints? Also, I would not like JD if he killed a700's dogs and cats, unless a700 himself was using JD to perform so in a medical capacity. No video required. And I also would not like JDM if he opted out in two years and signed with the Yankees. But that goes without saying. I wouldn't like Mother Theresa if she was wearing pinstripes...
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When you go car shopping, do you demand to see the engineering degrees from everyone at the auto plant? Email someone at Fangraphs for some details, if you like. Even they know the system is not perfect and is in a constant state of improvement. Presumably adding StatCast data is one way they have bolstered their metrics, but there will be others. Again, this doesn't negate the whole system, and doesn't make it worse than casual fan observations from television...
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I'm ok with calling 1 for 18 a slump...
