Random Baseball Musings

[Sammy Sofa]

Say what you want about Mark Grace, but the brothers loved him: http://deadspin.com/old-scouting-report-on-mark-grace-the-brothers-love-h-509709164

 

Outstanding fielder. Always alert. Smooth, graceful, polished, mature, loves to play, the brothers love him. Team leader. Nothing but class. Rarely strikes out. Hits line to line with power. Can run.

 

http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/05/22/dave-winfield-scouting-report-this-boy-is-colored/

[XZero771679666304]

Say what you want about Mark Grace, but the brothers loved him: http://deadspin.com/old-scouting-report-on-mark-grace-the-brothers-love-h-509709164

 

Outstanding fielder. Always alert. Smooth, graceful, polished, mature, loves to play, the brothers love him. Team leader. Nothing but class. Rarely strikes out. Hits line to line with power. Can run.

 

http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/05/22/dave-winfield-scouting-report-this-boy-is-colored/

 

Yikes.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Damn. Think Carlos Marmol has trouble with control? In 6 games and 9.1IP, 20 year old Rangers prospect Cody Buckel has a 20.25 ERA, 4.07 WHIP, and wait for it; 28/9 BB/K. Not a misprint.

[TruffleShuffle]

Damn. Think Carlos Marmol has trouble with control? In 6 games and 9.1IP, 20 year old Rangers prospect Cody Buckel has a 20.25 ERA, 4.07 WHIP, and wait for it; 28/9 BB/K. Not a misprint.

 

Jason Neighborgall wishes he had Cody Buckel's command.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ozdbkpg58hojpg/k-bigpic.jpg

[Tryptamine]

Damn. Think Carlos Marmol has trouble with control? In 6 games and 9.1IP, 20 year old Rangers prospect Cody Buckel has a 20.25 ERA, 4.07 WHIP, and wait for it; 28/9 BB/K. Not a misprint.

 

This is why I'm not a GM. I was pretty high on Buckel as the 2nd piece of a Garza deal last year.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Michael Wacha is getting a start for the Cardinals this week, less than a year after being drafted 19th overall.

 

He has a 2.05 ERA at AAA this year, but it's a total mirage, with a .197 BABIP, 86% strand rate and 5.8 K/9. I expect MLB hitters to treat him badly.

[Little Slide Rooter]

While few may rival Bryce Harper's talent, one quasi-prospect has claimed his Douche-Crown;

 

@BleacherNation: May Cubs never have a prospect story like this. RT @Deadspin Rays prospect brags about throwing change at strippper: http://t.co/IENVvLmmnH

 

FWIW, I'd still have rather drafted him over Hayden Simpson.

[CubInOK]

While few may rival Bryce Harper's talent, one quasi-prospect has claimed his Douche-Crown;

 

@BleacherNation: May Cubs never have a prospect story like this. RT @Deadspin Rays prospect brags about throwing change at strippper: http://t.co/IENVvLmmnH

 

FWIW, I'd still have rather drafted him over Hayden Simpson.

I'm shocked Josh Hamilton didn't do this first.

[imb]

While few may rival Bryce Harper's talent, one quasi-prospect has claimed his Douche-Crown;

 

@BleacherNation: May Cubs never have a prospect story like this. RT @Deadspin Rays prospect brags about throwing change at strippper: http://t.co/IENVvLmmnH

 

FWIW, I'd still have rather drafted him over Hayden Simpson.

I'm shocked Josh Hamilton didn't do this first.

 

used all his change to buy crack

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://deadspin.com/mariners-manager-says-sabermetrics-made-dustin-ackley-s-510150363

 

How does this make any sense?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://deadspin.com/mariners-manager-says-sabermetrics-made-dustin-ackley-s-510150363

 

How does this make any sense?

 

He got demoted for sucking. The quote that deadspin and some others are running with was a throwaway line at the end of a longer, more intelligent interview.

[Sammy Sofa]

http://deadspin.com/mariners-manager-says-sabermetrics-made-dustin-ackley-s-510150363

 

How does this make any sense?

 

He got demoted for sucking. The quote that deadspin and some others are running with was a throwaway line at the end of a longer, more intelligent interview.

 

Uh, yeah, we all read where it said exactly that in the Deadspin piece...except for the more intelligent part, as if that somehow explains away saying something dumb. He could have just be giving a dissertation on wormholes or some [expletive] and then the whole thing would collapse with that one stupid point.

[Sammy Sofa]

http://deadspin.com/lets-listen-to-joey-votto-scream-[expletive]-over-and-over-510184364

[Formerly Snayke]

Yeah, I don't get where Kyle was going with that.

[Cubswin11]

Dr. Lewis Yocum died, only 65, of liver cancer. Saved/extended a ton of guys careers.

 

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/9319742/los-angeles-angels-noted-tommy-john-surgeon-lewis-yocum-dies

[Pushfrog98]

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

 

Robert Coello's forkball.

 

Should have been called a strike, if the catcher would have caught it.

[SouthSideRyan]

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

 

Robert Coello's forkball.

 

Should have been called a strike, if the catcher would have caught it.

 

Former Cubs prospect, Robert Coello

[sneakypower]

Wasn't he [Porcello] supposed to be new and improved and strikeouty? He's struck out 3 of 52 batters he's faced.

He had a ton of K's in ST I know and they supposedly attributed it to a new pitch/approach. Clearly another example of ST stats being meaningless

April: 9% Ks

May: 26% Ks

 

pretty weird

[Tracer Bullet]

Wasn't he [Porcello] supposed to be new and improved and strikeouty? He's struck out 3 of 52 batters he's faced.

He had a ton of K's in ST I know and they supposedly attributed it to a new pitch/approach. Clearly another example of ST stats being meaningless

April: 9% Ks

May: 26% Ks

 

pretty weird

 

Stopped throwing his slider and just throwing a curve. Would it be that surprising if it took a few games to really get the feel for it and confidence in it?

[Clem Fandango]

Random Randomness: I had no idea that Jedd Gyorko's last name was pronounced Jerk-O

[Formerly Snayke]

Michael Wacha is getting a start for the Cardinals this week, less than a year after being drafted 19th overall.

 

He has a 2.05 ERA at AAA this year, but it's a total mirage, with a .197 BABIP, 86% strand rate and 5.8 K/9. I expect MLB hitters to treat him badly.

 

I expect more from you than making sweeping conclusions based on nine Triple-A starts.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Michael Wacha is getting a start for the Cardinals this week, less than a year after being drafted 19th overall.

 

He has a 2.05 ERA at AAA this year, but it's a total mirage, with a .197 BABIP, 86% strand rate and 5.8 K/9. I expect MLB hitters to treat him badly.

 

I expect more from you than making sweeping conclusions based on nine Triple-A starts.

 

I feel comfortable with the sweeping conclusion that any pitcher who can't K more than 6 per 9 in AAA in any given nine starts is probably going to have a tough time in the majors.

[Formerly Snayke]

I feel comfortable with the sweeping conclusion that any pitcher who can't K more than 6 per 9 in AAA in any given nine starts is probably going to have a tough time in the majors.

 

If there was a Joe Morgan figure in the sabermetric community this is the sort of comment I would expect from him.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If I were a Cardinals fan, this would bug me to hear going into tonight too.