Reality Check

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Daisuke had 94 walks in 167.2 innings last season.

[minnesotacubsfan]

 

What the teams primary goal in the offseason should be is resigning Kerry Wood and looking to fill the void left by Ryan Dempster. Ryan Dempster is going to get offers this year in the 4/50 or 5/60 range - maybe more depending on how the market explodes, and honestly that's a terrible buy. I do think that management will resign him, though. At that point I really would be content to add just role players. If we don't make a single move in the off season we will be good enough to win the division. That includes not resigning Wood or Dempster. We can place Marmol as the closer and insert Samardzija in as the primary setup guy and be fine. And really, Sean Marshall probably has the same expected level of production over 30 starts as Dempster. I think we, as usual, need to dangle Marquis and try to replace him. I *dont* think we should get rid of him and not replace him with a starter (ie hand Marshall a job). Let's be frank, Harden's not going to make 20 starts next season and Marshall will have to pick up those 15 starts. If we hand Marshall the job and dump Marquis those starts will go to lord knows who. At the same time, we don't need to get an impact starter to replace Marquis. We have Hill, who we shouldn't count on, but if he's back then he absolutely can get the job from Marqui, and we have Marshall to put in if the guys a total waste. So really, there's no need to dump Marquis. All we need to do is find a replacement for Dempster, if we don't resign him.

 

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meph, or anyone for that matter, what about Guzman? Were do you all see him pitching? could he crack the rotation? Is it a pure bullpen guy now?

[JeffH]

I like Guzman, but, if he's in our rotation, we should prepare ourselves for losing 100 games.

[soapy]

i think guzman ends up in Howry's spot.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I like Guzman, but, if he's in our rotation, we should prepare ourselves for losing 100 games.

 

how so? injuries? or has he lost speed on his pitches? I havent seen him pitch much this year, so I only really know he is healthy..

[JeffH]

I like Guzman, but, if he's in our rotation, we should prepare ourselves for losing 100 games.

 

how so? injuries? or has he lost speed on his pitches? I havent seen him pitch much this year, so I only really know he is healthy..

 

Mostly because, if he's starting, our rotation has been devastated by injuries.

 

More specific to him, Guzman has remarkably poor command and not enough of a repertoire to be facing hitters 3 three times a game. I would put the over/under on his ERA as a starter at 5.50.

[SouthSideRyan]

I like Guzman, but, if he's in our rotation, we should prepare ourselves for losing 100 games.

 

how so? injuries? or has he lost speed on his pitches? I havent seen him pitch much this year, so I only really know he is healthy..

 

Because Jeff has us pegged for 110 losses without him.

[Guest]

I like Guzman, but, if he's in our rotation, we should prepare ourselves for losing 100 games.

 

how so? injuries? or has he lost speed on his pitches? I havent seen him pitch much this year, so I only really know he is healthy..

 

Mostly because, if he's starting, our rotation has been devastated by injuries.

 

More specific to him, Guzman has remarkably poor command and not enough of a repertoire to be facing hitters 3 three times a game. I would put the over/under on his ERA as a starter at 5.50.

So you're saying a guy coming back off Tommy John had poor command in year 1? Stop the presses.

[gflore34]

In lieu of a Furcal signing I'm wondering if Cedeno should finally be given his chance at SS, I know his baseball IQ is lower Theriot' and he may not hit as well as Theriot. But, he nevertheless, is defensive upgrade over Theriot - go back to Looney hitting that GS in game1. Key hit may have been that infield single by Ramirez, we all knew as soon Theriot fielded it Ramirez was going to beat it out, which he did by less than step. I'm thinking Cedeno throws him out on that play, Looney never hits the GS and who knows.

[Mephistopheles]

I don't think Angel Guzman's command and control is a long-term issue. It's something that he has had plus grades for in the past before the injuries cropped up. If you really sit down and look at it the guy simply has not pitched a lot. He's averaged about 50 total innings the last five seasons due to the injuries. We should downright expect his control during this time frame to be sporadic at best because of his sporadic playing time not to mention the fact he's been battling injuries the entire time.

 

I do think if he can stay healthy for a long term, he would be able to have his command return. Now, I think he still has great upside (probably the best on the staff outside of Harden), I don't think we can count on him right now. He's much like Hill. If he develops fine, great, grand, but at this point we can't really expect that. Also, Guzman's thing is health, he's much more likely to stay healthy in the bullpen and his repertoire would simply overmatch hitters in short spurts.

 

It's so unfortunate. Plus-plus arm strength. Plus sinker. Plus-plus change, borderline plus curve, previously plus command.

[anabiono]

I don't think Angel Guzman's command and control is a long-term issue. It's something that he has had plus grades for in the past before the injuries cropped up. If you really sit down and look at it the guy simply has not pitched a lot. He's averaged about 50 total innings the last five seasons due to the injuries. We should downright expect his control during this time frame to be sporadic at best because of his sporadic playing time not to mention the fact he's been battling injuries the entire time.

 

I do think if he can stay healthy for a long term, he would be able to have his command return. Now, I think he still has great upside (probably the best on the staff outside of Harden), I don't think we can count on him right now. He's much like Hill. If he develops fine, great, grand, but at this point we can't really expect that. Also, Guzman's thing is health, he's much more likely to stay healthy in the bullpen and his repertoire would simply overmatch hitters in short spurts.

 

It's so unfortunate. Plus-plus arm strength. Plus sinker. Plus-plus change, borderline plus curve, previously plus command.

 

it isn't necessarily that unfortunate considering the current position of the team

 

7th Guzman

8th Shark

9th Marmol

 

not freaking bad at all...just don't over pay for wood and i think dempster goes without saying

 

and what about wells...he looked pretty good, but he is supposed to be a starter right...what is up with the guy, don't really know too much...

[Mephistopheles]

overpaying for wood is fine. its like the yankees overpaying for jeter

[anabiono]

overpaying for wood is fine. its like the yankees overpaying for jeter

 

except for a few world series wins, i suppose i can see where you are coming from with that one

 

we don't need to overpay for wood, let him and the canadian become the bad-contract problem of somebody else

[Guest]

I don't know that Wood would be the bad contract problem that Dempster will be. Reattaining him would allow you to maximize Marmol's value to the team and would allow Samardzija to return to AAA (hopefully as a starter).

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't know that Wood would be the bad contract problem that Dempster will be. Reattaining him would allow you to maximize Marmol's value to the team and would allow Samardzija to return to AAA (hopefully as a starter).

 

Especially if Wood gets 1-2 years and Dempster gets 5-6.

[Guest]

I don't know that Wood would be the bad contract problem that Dempster will be. Reattaining him would allow you to maximize Marmol's value to the team and would allow Samardzija to return to AAA (hopefully as a starter).

 

Especially if Wood gets 1-2 years and Dempster gets 5-6.

 

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[Mephistopheles]

I like Guzman, but, if he's in our rotation, we should prepare ourselves for losing 100 games.

 

how so? injuries? or has he lost speed on his pitches? I havent seen him pitch much this year, so I only really know he is healthy..

 

+------+------------+-------+--------+
| SPD  | Date       | First | Last   |
+------+------------+-------+--------+
| 93.5 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.6 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.4 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.4 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.7 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.9 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.8 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.4 | 2008-09-02 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.8 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.4 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.4 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 91.6 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.6 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.3 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.4 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.7 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.4 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.1 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.4 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.7 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.1 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.3 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 89.7 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.4 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.1 | 2008-09-05 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.8 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.0 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.6 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.8 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.4 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.8 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 96.4 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.1 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.1 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.4 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 96.0 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.9 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.8 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.9 | 2008-09-17 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.0 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.0 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 96.1 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.0 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.3 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.9 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.9 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.3 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.9 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.9 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.0 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.6 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.8 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.9 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.6 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.7 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.2 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.3 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.3 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.0 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.4 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.6 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.4 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.4 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.2 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-19 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.2 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.2 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.7 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.7 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.7 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.3 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.0 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.2 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.8 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.5 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.0 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.5 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 91.9 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.4 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.6 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 92.4 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.5 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.5 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.7 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.5 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.8 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.6 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.0 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.9 | 2008-09-23 | Angel | Guzman |
| 91.8 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.1 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.3 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.7 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 93.8 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.0 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.4 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.4 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.5 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.6 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.2 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.8 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 95.8 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.9 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
| 94.3 | 2008-09-28 | Angel | Guzman |
+------+------------+-------+--------+

 

115 fastballs thrown, min of 89.7, which happened to be the ONLY fastball he threw under 91.0. so 114 of 115 fastballs were over 91. The max was 96.4 MPH and the average was 94.1 MPH.

 

His average puts him 53rd among MLB pitchers with over 100 fastballs thrown.

 

+------+-----------+-------------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+
| rank | First     | LAst        | NP   | Min  | Max   | Avg   | STDEV |
+------+-----------+-------------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+
|    1 | Joel      | Zumaya      |  356 | 94.3 | 101.3 | 97.79 | 1.515 |
|    2 | Brandon   | League      |  404 | 91.6 | 100.3 | 97.05 | 1.213 |
|    3 | Jonathan  | Broxton     |  852 | 89.3 | 101.0 | 96.70 | 1.684 |
|    4 | Matt      | Lindstrom   |  633 | 91.6 | 101.0 | 96.65 | 1.648 |
|    5 | Jason     | Motte       |  155 | 92.6 |  99.2 | 96.41 | 1.011 |
|    6 | Manny     | Delcarmen   |  823 | 91.6 |  99.3 | 95.75 | 1.338 |
|    7 | Brian     | Wilson      |  802 | 90.5 | 100.2 | 95.71 | 1.441 |
|    8 | Bob       | McCrory     |  145 | 92.2 |  97.9 | 95.65 | 1.073 |
|    9 | Jose      | Valverde    |  874 | 90.1 |  99.3 | 95.62 | 1.674 |
|   10 | Brandon   | Morrow      |  755 | 89.0 |  99.6 | 95.52 | 1.736 |
|   11 | Ubaldo    | Jimenez     | 2243 | 89.0 | 100.4 | 95.48 | 1.816 |
|   12 | Chris     | Perez       |  547 | 92.5 |  98.2 | 95.45 | 1.002 |
|   13 | Fernando  | Rodney      |  457 | 89.1 | 100.2 | 95.40 | 1.979 |
|   14 | Kerry     | Wood        |  687 | 89.8 |  98.4 | 95.34 | 1.213 |
|   15 | Joel      | Hanrahan    |  951 | 83.8 |  98.7 | 95.27 | 1.450 |
|   16 | Matt      | Thornton    |  879 | 88.5 |  98.3 | 95.25 | 1.811 |
|   17 | Joba      | Chamberlain | 1098 | 90.3 | 100.2 | 95.19 | 1.828 |
|   18 | Craig     | Hansen      |  506 | 88.4 |  99.5 | 95.14 | 1.547 |
|   19 | J.J.      | Putz        |  566 | 89.4 |  98.7 | 95.10 | 1.574 |
|   20 | Tyler     | Yates       |  893 | 88.1 |  98.7 | 95.09 | 1.280 |
|   21 | Jose      | Veras       |  648 | 88.2 |  98.1 | 95.08 | 1.137 |
|   22 | Adam      | Russell     |  314 | 90.5 |  98.9 | 95.01 | 1.594 |
|   23 | Jonathan  | Papelbon    |  863 | 88.9 |  99.7 | 94.98 | 1.954 |
|   24 | Kyle      | Farnsworth  |  621 | 88.9 |  98.6 | 94.96 | 1.968 |
|   25 | Merkin    | Valdez      |  198 | 89.2 |  98.7 | 94.94 | 1.827 |
|   26 | Tony      | Pena        |  739 | 88.0 |  98.3 | 94.88 | 1.843 |
|   27 | Jesus     | Colome      |  827 | 83.1 |  99.3 | 94.83 | 2.121 |
|   28 | Frank     | Francisco   |  825 | 88.0 |  98.3 | 94.83 | 1.283 |
|   29 | Brian     | Stokes      |  361 | 90.9 |  97.3 | 94.81 | 1.129 |
|   30 | Billy     | Wagner      |  481 | 88.4 |  97.7 | 94.79 | 1.367 |
|   31 | Grant     | Balfour     |  916 | 88.4 |  97.9 | 94.76 | 1.174 |
|   32 | Ervin     | Santana     | 2011 | 87.9 | 100.6 | 94.74 | 1.714 |
|   33 | Dustin    | McGowan     |  846 | 88.7 |  98.7 | 94.64 | 1.997 |
|   34 | Juan      | Cruz        |  610 | 83.1 |  98.4 | 94.58 | 1.750 |
|   35 | Jeff      | Samardzija  |  322 | 84.4 |  99.0 | 94.58 | 2.031 |
|   36 | Francisco | Cordero     |  627 | 87.7 |  98.6 | 94.57 | 1.694 |
|   37 | Felix     | Hernandez   | 2092 | 86.8 |  98.7 | 94.55 | 1.823 |
|   38 | Jesse     | Chavez      |  143 | 87.7 |  97.0 | 94.53 | 1.289 |
|   39 | Dennis    | Sarfate     | 1207 | 88.4 |  98.8 | 94.53 | 1.601 |
|   40 | David     | Aardsma     |  691 | 88.9 |  99.0 | 94.49 | 1.870 |
|   41 | Jeremy    | Affeldt     |  827 | 86.7 |  98.5 | 94.48 | 1.799 |
|   42 | Guillermo | Mota        |  529 | 87.6 |  98.0 | 94.47 | 1.321 |
|   43 | A.J.      | Burnett     | 2308 | 87.0 |  99.0 | 94.45 | 1.630 |
|   44 | Brian     | Falkenborg  |  256 | 88.6 |  97.3 | 94.44 | 1.327 |
|   45 | Mark      | Lowe        |  789 | 87.9 |  98.1 | 94.42 | 1.493 |
|   46 | Mike      | MacDougal   |  126 | 90.9 |  97.6 | 94.42 | 1.537 |
|   47 | Kameron   | Mickolio    |  118 | 91.4 |  96.4 | 94.38 | 0.957 |
|   48 | Erick     | Threets     |  126 | 91.2 |  97.3 | 94.38 | 1.209 |
|   49 | Max       | Scherzer    |  654 | 83.8 |  98.6 | 94.36 | 1.862 |
|   50 | Clayton   | Kershaw     | 1262 | 87.5 |  98.1 | 94.31 | 1.384 |
|   51 | Bobby     | Jenks       |  542 | 89.9 |  99.7 | 94.20 | 1.577 |
|   52 | Robinson  | Tejeda      |  473 | 89.3 |  98.5 | 94.20 | 1.617 |
|   53 | Angel     | Guzman      |  115 | 89.7 |  96.4 | 94.18 | 1.144 |
|   54 | Santiago  | Casilla     |  619 | 84.3 |  98.6 | 94.15 | 1.904 |
|   55 | Jeremy    | Accardo     |  136 | 90.8 |  97.1 | 94.14 | 1.514 |
|   56 | Brian     | Bruney      |  363 | 86.0 |  98.0 | 94.12 | 1.708 |
|   57 | Brad      | Lidge       |  527 | 89.0 |  97.4 | 94.10 | 1.279 |
|   58 | Edwin     | Jackson     | 2051 | 86.2 |  99.8 | 94.09 | 1.725 |
|   59 | Josh      | Beckett     | 1911 | 87.8 |  98.9 | 94.09 | 1.912 |
|   60 | Jesse     | Crain       |  658 | 87.1 |  97.6 | 94.08 | 1.566 |
|   61 | Tim       | Lincecum    | 2249 | 87.8 |  99.3 | 94.07 | 1.706 |
|   62 | Jason     | Frasor      |  629 | 89.7 |  98.3 | 94.07 | 1.298 |
|   63 | Leo       | Nunez       |  428 | 82.2 |  98.5 | 94.07 | 1.962 |
|   64 | Carlos    | Marmol      |  712 | 90.1 |  97.0 | 94.01 | 1.146 |
|   65 | Chris     | Resop       |  251 | 89.0 |  98.2 | 93.92 | 1.639 |
|   66 | Blaine    | Boyer       |  894 | 89.3 |  98.0 | 93.91 | 1.274 |
|   67 | Jose      | Arredondo   |  564 | 87.8 |  97.6 | 93.90 | 1.478 |
|   68 | Manny     | Acosta      |  493 | 87.9 |  97.6 | 93.90 | 1.836 |
|   69 | Jim       | Johnson     |  746 | 89.4 |  97.4 | 93.85 | 1.264 |
|   70 | Jorge     | Julio       |  265 | 88.8 |  97.3 | 93.85 | 1.319 |
|   71 | Radhames  | Liz         | 1007 | 87.4 |  98.6 | 93.81 | 1.865 |
|   72 | Heath     | Bell        |  868 | 89.1 |  98.8 | 93.81 | 1.577 |
|   73 | Josh      | Outman      |  278 | 83.9 |  97.2 | 93.80 | 1.751 |
|   74 | David     | Price       |  175 | 84.7 |  97.2 | 93.75 | 2.116 |
|   75 | Freddy    | Dolsi       |  608 | 84.0 |  98.2 | 93.71 | 2.415 |
|   76 | Dustin    | Nippert     |  901 | 87.0 |  98.5 | 93.70 | 1.514 |
|   77 | Ross      | Ohlendorf   |  616 | 85.6 |  97.0 | 93.69 | 1.273 |
|   78 | Phil      | Coke        |  120 | 89.7 |  96.3 | 93.65 | 1.163 |
|   79 | Kelvin    | Jimenez     |  259 | 89.7 |  96.2 | 93.64 | 1.262 |
|   80 | Justin    | Verlander   | 2071 | 79.5 |  99.7 | 93.59 | 1.954 |
|   81 | Wilfredo  | Ledezma     |  735 | 82.0 |  97.1 | 93.59 | 1.565 |
|   82 | Joe       | Nathan      |  619 | 86.9 |  96.5 | 93.58 | 1.137 |
|   83 | Franklyn  | German      |  234 | 87.9 |  96.5 | 93.58 | 1.344 |
|   84 | Edinson   | Volquez     | 1788 | 87.9 |  98.4 | 93.57 | 1.599 |
|   85 | Hong-Chih | Kuo         |  966 | 83.3 |  97.9 | 93.57 | 1.729 |
|   86 | Derrick   | Turnbow     |  121 | 89.4 |  96.5 | 93.56 | 1.587 |
|   87 | Denny     | Bautista    |  611 | 86.3 |  98.6 | 93.52 | 1.600 |
|   88 | Scott     | Proctor     |  444 | 87.9 |  98.0 | 93.45 | 1.551 |
|   89 | Jason     | Bulger      |  129 | 90.3 |  96.7 | 93.44 | 1.379 |
|   90 | Jeremy    | Guthrie     | 1884 | 82.4 |  98.3 | 93.42 | 1.682 |
|   91 | Matt      | Garza       | 2000 | 85.7 |  97.5 | 93.41 | 1.647 |
|   92 | C.C.      | Sabathia    | 2195 | 82.5 |  98.9 | 93.40 | 2.516 |
|   93 | Alfredo   | Simon       |  129 | 87.7 |  95.5 | 93.38 | 1.536 |
|   94 | Zack      | Greinke     | 1907 | 86.6 |  98.2 | 93.35 | 1.854 |
|   95 | Romulo    | Sanchez     |  114 | 89.2 |  96.2 | 93.32 | 1.268 |
|   96 | Seth      | McClung     | 1227 | 87.3 |  98.7 | 93.25 | 1.965 |
|   97 | Aaron     | Heilman     |  896 | 86.2 |  97.0 | 93.24 | 1.745 |
|   98 | Ryan      | Tucker      |  455 | 83.9 |  98.8 | 93.23 | 2.301 |
|   99 | Eulogio   | De La Cruz  |  168 | 86.6 |  98.1 | 93.22 | 2.505 |
|  100 | C.J.      | Wilson      |  681 | 86.7 |  97.2 | 93.21 | 1.287 |
+------+-----------+-------------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+

[imb]

who the hell is brandon league

[Mephistopheles]

some guy who gets more groundballs than brandon webb

[minnesotacubsfan]

I assume you posted that as a favorable sign for Guzman? I am not to sure what else to take from the numbers other then he is healthy enough to throw some decent heat.

 

edit: nvm..I asked if he had lost any speed on his pitches. doesnt look like it.