Random Baseball Musings

[Guest]

So the Pirates are going for a 5 game series sweep of the Cardinals tomorrow. That has to be incredibly rare.

 

Moises Alou and the entire 2003 Cubs bullpen are still mad they got screwed out of their shot at a 5-game sweep.

 

I was at that game. What a load of [expletive] that was.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Thanks, Gameday.

 

http://i.imgur.com/VBJuS1G.png

[Guest]

Texas swept the Angels in a three-game series this week, winning all three games with walkoff home runs. From Elias:

 

The last team to win three consecutive games with game-ending homers was Detroit in June 2004. The last to sweep a three-game series in that fashion was Arizona over Montreal in May 1999.

[ConstableRabbit]

So the Pirates are going for a 5 game series sweep of the Cardinals tomorrow. That has to be incredibly rare.

 

Moises Alou and the entire 2003 Cubs bullpen are still mad they got screwed out of their shot at a 5-game sweep.

 

I was at that game. What a load of [expletive] that was.

Who's ever heard of assault with a belly?

[Clem Fandango]

Apparently

 

a) Henry Blanco is still playing baseball at age 41

b) He's on the Mariners

c) He just hit his 2nd home run as a Mariner in 15 games played

d) Both home runs were grand slams

[Clem Fandango]

Also thought this was a little funny. For the last two years Jeremy Hellickson has enjoy some good luck and good defense, giving him above average marks at ERA, but his FIP and xFIP have been pretty terrible and everyone sort of expected him to fall back to Earth and be pretty ordinary at some point. He has a 4.60 ERA this year, whcih seems that his FIP and xFIP have finally caught up with him, here's the somewhat humorous part, though:

 

2011: 2.95 ERA / 4.44 FIP / 4.72 xFIP

2012: 3.10 ERA / 4.60 FIP / 4.44 xFIP

2013: 4.60 ERA / 3.90 FIP / 3.87 xFIP

 

Basically his ERA and FIP's flipped. He has put up a 1.7 fWAR this season as a result. He had a 0.9 fWAR in 2012 and a 1.7 fWAR in 2011. So despite having an ERA that looks pedestrian and below average, he's on pace to have his most valuable season thus far as a pitcher.

[Guest]

Also thought this was a little funny. For the last two years Jeremy Hellickson has enjoy some good luck and good defense, giving him above average marks at ERA, but his FIP and xFIP have been pretty terrible and everyone sort of expected him to fall back to Earth and be pretty ordinary at some point. He has a 4.60 ERA this year, whcih seems that his FIP and xFIP have finally caught up with him, here's the somewhat humorous part, though:

 

2011: 2.95 ERA / 4.44 FIP / 4.72 xFIP

2012: 3.10 ERA / 4.60 FIP / 4.44 xFIP

2013: 4.60 ERA / 3.90 FIP / 3.87 xFIP

 

Basically his ERA and FIP's flipped. He has put up a 1.7 fWAR this season as a result. He had a 0.9 fWAR in 2012 and a 1.7 fWAR in 2011. So despite having an ERA that looks pedestrian and below average, he's on pace to have his most valuable season thus far as a pitcher.

 

That's pretty awesome. Someone send that to Harold Reynolds and give him a stroke.

[Guest]

Only four pitchers in history have 3 or more starts in their careers with at least 14 strikeouts and 0 BB: Randy Johnson (8), Roger Clemens (7), Pedro Martinez (5) and Yu Darvish (3). The other three needed at least 400 starts to get there. Darvish has done it in 50 starts, and all three came this year.

[UMFan83]

Poor Royals...win 9 in a row but still 4.5 games out of a Wild Card spot because Cleveland has won 8 in a row, and the first place Tigers have won 5 in a row themselves.

 

Hope the Royals can somehow keep going and make the playoffs. Would be odd to see them and Pittsburgh get in during the same season.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/comments/the_2013_mlb_projection_blowout

 

From March 2013, an average standings of five major projection systems (ZIPS, Marcel, CAIRO, Steamer, Oliver)

 

The only two teams with consensus 90-win projections (Angels, Nationals) are both under .500 and a combined 18 games out of the playoffs.

 

The two best records in baseball (Red Sox, Pirates) were each projected to finish in 4th place.

[Guest]

http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/comments/the_2013_mlb_projection_blowout

 

From March 2013, an average standings of five major projection systems (ZIPS, Marcel, CAIRO, Steamer, Oliver)

 

The only two teams with consensus 90-win projections (Angels, Nationals) are both under .500 and a combined 18 games out of the playoffs.

 

The two best records in baseball (Red Sox, Pirates) were each projected to finish in 4th place.

 

And one of the teams which was tied for the third best projected record (the Blue Jays) is 8 under .500 and 10 out of the playoffs.

[UMFan83]

And the Cubs are....playing at exactly the pace they were projected at (74-88).

[Guest]

jose fernandez, my god. 27 strikeouts and 1 walk in his last 2 starts. 138/43 k/bb in 127.2 innings, and he just turned 21 on wednesday.

[Guest]

jose fernandez, my god. 27 strikeouts and 1 walk in his last 2 starts. 138/43 k/bb in 127.2 innings, and he just turned 21 on wednesday.

 

gotDAMN that draft year was good

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

jose fernandez, my god. 27 strikeouts and 1 walk in his last 2 starts. 138/43 k/bb in 127.2 innings, and he just turned 21 on wednesday.

 

Dude never pitched above A+ before this year.

[Derwood]

HIs arm will fall off before he turns 25

[Guest]

HIs arm will fall off before he turns 25

 

Why?

[Clem Fandango]

HIs arm will fall off before he turns 25

 

Why?

 

The Law of Averages?

[mul21]

HIs arm will fall off before he turns 25

 

Why?

 

The Law of Averages?

 

No no no. It's Kyle's injury nexus.

[Guest]

So apparently video game replays are a real thing now. Amazing.

 

[imb]

So it looks like we traded garza right before he could out himself as a sexist loon

[Sammy Sofa]

So it looks like we traded garza right before he could out himself as a professional athlete

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

So it looks like we traded garza right before he could out himself as a sexist loon

 

What happened?

[Guest]

So it looks like we traded garza right before he could out himself as a sexist loon

 

What happened?

 

http://www.sbnation.com/2013/8/3/4586684/matt-garza-twitter-eric-sogard

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Oh, Matt.