Yeah. He's a thrower, instead of a pitcher. ATL had a guy like this recently (Maricio Cabrerra), was able to throw 100mph gas but his K rate was lower than what one would expect with 100mph gas and his walk rate was way up.
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MLB 2018 Season |OT| Introducing Shohei OhtAAAni
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Yeah. He's a thrower, instead of a pitcher. ATL had a guy like this recently (Maricio Cabrerra), was able to throw 100mph gas but his K rate was lower than what one would expect with 100mph gas and his walk rate was way up.
Thought they lost the last game against Miami unless I'm misremembering?
Nope you're right! It's a four game winning streak!
kyle schwarber has a uzr/150 of 28.1
but the next time he's in an espn game everyone will talk about him being a terrible defender
but the next time he's in an espn game everyone will talk about him being a terrible defender
They are .02 below the league batting average and lead the league in home runs.
260 innings of a metric that takes multiple seasons to stabilize? I'm convinced!
he's at 10.4 for his 1400 inning career, but way to completely miss the point
i pray to the baseball gods every day that they start showing some semblance of how they hit last year. They'd be pretty unstoppable, and the bullpen is better this year as well.
good series win. But who the fuck made the schedule? The astros were on a road trip, came home for a 3 game "home stand" then when on a 3 game road trip, only to come right back and face the indians at home and 7 times in like 10 games or something like that. Don't they have software to figure this shit out?
If they do, that software isn't very good. April games should've been scheduled in warm weather cities or domes as much as possible. There have been so many rainouts and games played in 30 degree weather this year.
It's a celebration bitches!
And out of courtesy for our troubles, the Dbacks have been tanking. So nice of them!
Still put up better batting average than Grichuk who replaced him in Toronto.
Not really shocking that the Jays home attendance is cratering. The team is boring, all of their best players have been on the DL for large chunks of the season, and the rest of the team has been terrible. The team is stuck with a bunch of bad contracts through the end of next season as well.
And I still believe that Bautista can still produce, he just needs more at bats.
I pulled into the driveway with Ozzie taking second at 9 to 5, and went inside to make dinner. I had no idea until I started reading this thread after dinner.
My wife is a curse, confirmed. She's never seen a Braves win in person, and she went Friday.
He hasn't been productive in nearly 3 years. More at bats is not magically going to bring back a spark, unless he borrows some eye drops from David Ortiz.
"We'll still lose money on every unit, but we'll make up for it in volume"
I was thinking just leaving her at home when we go. Seems like less paperwork.
I guess its possible that he needs more at bats but I saw nothing to indicate that he was anything but done. He can't catch up to the fastball anymore without going all out for it. Makes him susceptible to off speed. He'll run into a few HRs but not enough to make him a above average hitter.
With teams carrying more pitchers and teams having shorter benches because of it, versatility is key. Bautista can play 3B, 1B and OF so he has that going for him, he doesn't do it well though. And with higher and higher fastball velocities, if you can't catch up to the heat then eh, you might be done.
Lots of veteran's careers are being cut short because of lack of defense versatility and unable to hit the heater, don't think Bautista will be any different. (and its not because of some conspiracy to not sign veterans like the player's union thinks, the game is a young man's game now.)
I think, begrudgingly, that this is accurate. I guess I just have too much love for his past to clearly see him now.
No he can't, and he doesn't. This is the 3rd straight year of mega-decline for him, and his batspeed isn't good enough to keep up with decent major league pitching. He has to cheat like crazy on good fastballs and its pretty apparent when you watch him play. Sure, he can still hit a mistake off speed pitch into the seats but that's easy mode. He's not Ryan Howard bad but he's not far off.
Is there a minimum HR total needed to be in the HR derby or anyone can go in? Shohei deserves to go, his bp sessions are fun to watch.
cue the angry middle aged dudes losing their shit over this.
it looked like he was dying at the end.
sure why not. that's what the mests need right now, another 35+ year old over the hill player.
Been reading this book where the author interviews old ballplayers. One laments how soft today's players are, how much technology has hurt the game, complaining about how everyone swinging for the fences is awful and how kids dont even like baseball anymore.
This particular interview is with Sam Crawford, who played for Detroit in the 1910's in an interview done in like the 60s.
Book's called The Glory of Their Times. Good stuff.
This particular interview is with Sam Crawford, who played for Detroit in the 1910's in an interview done in like the 60s.
Book's called The Glory of Their Times. Good stuff.
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