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Post by geostorm on Apr 15, 2024 6:17:31 GMT -5
I wasn't able to find a report, comparing BB% 2023 v 2024, for every pitchers 1st inning pitched, to get a crude comparison of RP + SP 1st, but, did see this, which seems to support KJansen > your analysis?
Why would you want to limit it to the first inning pitched?
Walks overall are up slightly from last year 3.45/game from 3.25/game. But Jansen's are up from 3.43 to, uh, 12.71. Did mention "crude" since RP come in typically high pressure + only 1 inning v SPs that may have a chance to get used to the new balls...but, you go on with your analysis and your flippant follow up, with slightly better analysis than 1st post
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Post by geostorm on Apr 15, 2024 5:55:05 GMT -5
It's curious that these inferior balls are causing Jansen to issue more walks but not anyone else on the team or around the league. I wasn't able to find a report, comparing BB% 2023 v 2024, for every pitchers 1st inning pitched, to get a crude comparison of RP + SP 1st, but, did see this, which seems to support KJansen > your analysis?
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Post by geostorm on Apr 15, 2024 5:02:02 GMT -5
Interesting...not the first pitcher to mention this either. Fairbanks had a poor control meltdown recently and had similar complaints.
Jansen said bullpen balls were better rubbed than game balls.
"It's embarrassing. It's been a while I've been playing in this league and, from the beginning of my career until now, it's getting worse," he said.
"It's been an issue the whole year," he said. "I've been talking to a lot of my teammates, and they feel the same way. First pitch, get out of my hand, I don't know where it's going. Second pitch, the same thing. Then, I tried to throw a ball down the middle, just keep going down. It's tough trying to make an adjustment and also you have the clock ticking."
Jansen said he got lucky when he faced Trout, that he threw a few balls out "and got some that are rubbed-up balls."
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Post by geostorm on Apr 7, 2024 16:22:53 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Apr 7, 2024 10:25:57 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Apr 2, 2024 16:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 31, 2024 14:36:12 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 26, 2024 13:05:03 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 26, 2024 12:51:56 GMT -5
Nolan Schanuel got up to the bigs pretty dang fast (and then proceeded to post a 20:19 BB/K) 22 minor league games for a position player is absurd Thank you!! (this is the LAA 1B, also drafted 2023, couldn't recall last name on - impressive)
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Post by geostorm on Mar 26, 2024 8:17:52 GMT -5
In recent years, I'm fairly sure it was Benintendi - made his minor league debut 7/3/15, major league debut 8/2/16. That 2023 draft class is incredible (Teel included). Towards your point on that 2023 DRAFT, as I recall, LAA 1B, whose name escapes me ("Nolan" something) who made Opening Day roster, also from 2023 DRAFT? On Red Sox, I first wondered about TonyC, back in the 60s, he was so young, for his debut.
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Post by geostorm on Mar 26, 2024 8:06:38 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 20, 2024 18:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 20, 2024 18:06:25 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 7, 2024 18:03:49 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 7, 2024 18:02:59 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Mar 5, 2024 18:30:40 GMT -5
So is it open-air or does it somehow close into a bubble so that they can escape the Vegas heat?
“Our design for the new Vegas home for the A’s is conceived in response to the unique culture and climate of the city,’” said Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director of BIG. “Five pennant arches enclose the ballpark - shading from the Nevada sun while opening to the soft daylight from the north. A giant window frames a majestic view of the life of the Strip and the iconic New York New York hotel skyline. All direct sunlight is blocked, while all the soft daylight is allowed to wash the field in natural light.
“The resultant architecture is like a spherical armadillo - shaped by the local climate - while opening and inviting the life of the Strip to enter and explore. In the city of spectacle, the A’s ‘armadillo’ is designed for passive shading and natural light - the architectural response to the Nevada climate generating a new kind of vernacular icon in Vegas.”
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Post by geostorm on Feb 18, 2024 12:58:18 GMT -5
I would like to say that Brayan Bello did not have a fantastic season, does not rate great on the pitch modeling statistics, and if I ran the team I would be looking to cash in on the trade market if there's a team in love with him. That's a move with cajones, I'll give you that haha MLBTradeValues isn't the end-all be-all, but in their model, the only players that have who have a higher estimated trade value than Bello who have 3 or less years of control are: Freddy Peralta (3 years) Jesus Luzardo (3 years)Bo Bichette (2 years) Randy Arozerna (3 years) Kyle Tucker (2 years) JP Crawford (3 years) Yandy Diaz (3 years) Will Smith - LAD (2 years) Zac Gallen (2 years) Frambler Valdez (2 years) Someone like Luis Robert has 4 years left on an incredibly team friendly deal - maaaaybe you could talk me into a Bello trade there. But I'm not sure any of the guys like those above either make sense or would even be available. www.baseballtradevalues.com/players/interesting snippet, in this article, if reporting is true, on type of player(s) it would take to trade into someone like Luzardo -theathletic.com/5277749/2024/02/18/kansas-city-royals-al-central/?access_token=3814611&redirected=1"Lugo told Picollo the first congratulatory text he received was from Wacha, his teammate with the San Diego Padres last season. Picollo then enlisted Lugo to call Wacha, who was surprised the Royals were still interested in him. Wacha figured once the Royals signed Lugo, they were done adding starting pitching. Nope, Picollo was still looking. He could sign Wacha to a two-year, $32 million deal with an opt-out after one year or trade first baseman/DH Vinnie Pasquantino to the Miami Marlins for left-hander Jesús Luzardo. Owner John Sherman authorized him to sign Wacha, enabling the Royals to keep one of their most promising young hitters."
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Post by geostorm on Jan 31, 2024 10:22:04 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jan 31, 2024 10:21:38 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jan 29, 2024 13:42:48 GMT -5
theathletic.com/5224402/2024/01/29/eno-sarris-starting-pitcher-fantasy-baseball-ranking/Though it's including s reference to "fantasy", interesting methodology on compiling these rankings "To improve the ability to prognosticate pitchers, these rankings are built on the following statistical frameworks: Stuff+, Location+, Pitching+Stuff+ is the statistic that uses machine learning to evaluate pitchers based entirely on the physical characteristics of their arsenals. It is now housed on FanGraphs (and updated daily during the season) for your perusal. Generally, Stuff+ takes the movement and velocity of the fastball and then defines a pitcher’s secondaries off of that pitch. The most important inputs are velocity, release point, and movement differential. When working with small samples, Stuff+ is a very powerful predictive statistic... Location+ looks at how well pitchers locate their pitches based on the count and the pitch type they’re throwing. Pitching+ is a third model that attempts to look at stuff and command in its own way. One hundred is the average for all three of these bespoke statistics, and while 10 points is one standard deviation on the single pitch level, the spread is different once you aggregate at the pitcher level. There’s more on the spread in the glossary item here. "Based on that approach, I was curious, on ranking, where 1st RS pitcher among the 150 (Pivetta - 51) Comment on Pivetta "A pitcher who has long underperformed his stuff, Pivetta had a bit of a breakout in 2023. He had the fifth-best strikeout rate among starters with 100 innings or more, and put up the best ERA of his career (4.04). At this point, though, the home run problem is established. The argument that he has more in the tank mostly depends on the physical characteristics of his pitches — he has good velocity, throws a really good hard slider (that he's been altering), and has an above-average curve with big drop — but he's also had that stuff forever. He's undervalued, but he may be someone you want to be careful with in shallower leagues. Boston is a tough park." ; other Red Sox (Crawford 61; Bello 69; Houck 86; Giolito 95) on Kutter - "Crawford is a starting pitcher and has the chance to be a good one, too. Last year, he threw five pitches more than 100 times that all registered above-average by Stuff+: a sweeper, a slider, a four-seamer, a cutter (of course) and a curve in order of quality by that model. Just having a great four-seam and the ability to spin the ball is a great place to start. The big mystery is why he had an ERA over six at home. Some of it is luck (a much larger batting average on balls in play), but some of it is just weird (his strikeout rate was six points lower at home). Boston is a tough place to pitch, or he'd be ranked higher with that arsenal." former Red Sox related (Sale 38; ERod 56; Eovaldi 57; Frankie Montas 100; Logan Allen 120; Wacha 126; Paxton 134; Kopech 150); current FAs (Snell 14; Montgomery 44; D German 106; Kershaw* 121) random 2023 FA signees/trades (YY 8; Glasnow 10; Gray 29; Imanaga 39; Lugo 45; Kikuchi 52; Stroman 72; Severino 75; Hicks 81; Manaea 91;Flaherty 111)
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Post by geostorm on Jan 28, 2024 14:15:33 GMT -5
Tigers just gave their infield prospect Colt Keith a 6 year deal with 3 club options 28.6 guaranteed with a chance to make 82 over 9
"Keith gets a $2 million signing bonus and salaries of $2.5 million in 2024, $3.5 million in 2025, $4 million each in 2026 and 2027 and $5 million apiece in 2028 and 2029. Detroit has a $10 million option for 2030 with a $2,642,500 buyout, a $13 million option for 2031 with a $1 million buyout and a $15 million option for 2032 with a $2 million buyout.
The Milwaukee Brewers agreed last month to an eight-year, $82 million contract with 19-year-old outfielder Jackson Chourio, the largest contract for a prospect with no major league service."
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Post by geostorm on Jan 22, 2024 3:34:36 GMT -5
That would be an upgrade on the back end. He might honestly position as a 3 or 4 in this rotation. Not that he's great but he's better than what they have. But again is 2/15 too much without making a move? I don't know. I wouldn’t mind him as a swingman/6th SP, but I’d definitely prefer to see the young guys get their chances over him. Interesting. on Junis, as had just dropped into MLB TradeRumors for a quick update, and, he was also brought up there in their accounting of recent reporting.
"MLBTR’s list of the offseason’s top 50 free agents still has 19 unsigned names. Blake Snell (ranked 4th), Montgomery (6th), Mike Clevinger (30th), and Michael Lorenzen (34th) are the only clear-cut starting pitchers of that 19-player field, with Jakob Junis (47th) perhaps more of a swingman candidate though he has a lot of starting experience in the past. It is fair to cite Snell and Montgomery as the true front-of-the-rotation types remaining, as landing Clevinger, Lorenzen, or Junis might help Boston’s staff, but perhaps not move the needle much in terms of quieting fan discord."
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Post by geostorm on Jan 19, 2024 15:16:11 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jan 19, 2024 15:10:39 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jan 19, 2024 11:47:34 GMT -5
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