Random Baseball Musings

[seanimal]

Dmitri Young then and now. No he's not sick.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/slimmed-down-dmitri-young-makes-appearance-in-cincinnati-223049907.html

 

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zoBBi7P46w.s4hd5cAf.VA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTUxMjtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02Mzc-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2014-07-26/a855da20-1516-11e4-aab5-0b337ff8aeb3_USATSI_2140341.jpg

 

this makes him the opposite of chuck knoblauch

[Clem Fandango]

It's a good thing Dmitri got away from baseball so he could focus on getting some exercise.

[MWV]

Dmitri stands a champion of the controversial "barium, cobalt and nitrogen" diet.

[Derwood]

Shark is doing really well with the A's.

 

Hammel, on the other hand, has been a dumpster fire

[EhDubya]

So wait, a doctor told Dimitri Young to "get off the needle" as part of his new healthy lifestyle? Did I read that correctly?

[NonProfitCow]

So wait, a doctor told Dimitri Young to "get off the needle" as part of his new healthy lifestyle? Did I read that correctly?

I believe it has to do with his diabetes.

[EhDubya]

So wait, a doctor told Dimitri Young to "get off the needle" as part of his new healthy lifestyle? Did I read that correctly?

I believe it has to do with his diabetes.

 

Ahhhhh

[sneakypower]

former Astros RF Jason Lane is today's starting pitcher for the Padres; he hit 26 HR in 2005

[Banedon]

Dmitri Young then and now. No he's not sick.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/slimmed-down-dmitri-young-makes-appearance-in-cincinnati-223049907.html

 

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zoBBi7P46w.s4hd5cAf.VA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTUxMjtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02Mzc-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2014-07-26/a855da20-1516-11e4-aab5-0b337ff8aeb3_USATSI_2140341.jpg

 

I guess not much steak is left on Dmitri.

[UMFan83]

former Astros RF Jason Lane is today's starting pitcher for the Padres; he hit 26 HR in 2005

 

wow I had no idea he was still around and pitching now. That's a blast from the past.

[SouthSideRyan]

former Astros RF Jason Lane is today's starting pitcher for the Padres; he hit 26 HR in 2005

 

I saw that name on my fantasy waiver wire and it reminded me Jason Lane existed. Had no idea it was the same guy

[NonProfitCow]

former Astros RF Jason Lane is today's starting pitcher for the Padres; he hit 26 HR in 2005

 

I saw that name on my fantasy waiver wire and it reminded me Jason Lane existed. Had no idea it was the same guy

Went 6 and gave up 1 ER

[DiamondMind]

Aroldis Champman has struck out 20 batters in his last 8IP.

[Derwood]

Aroldis Champman has struck out 20 batters in his last 8IP.

 

He has 63 K's in 31 1/3 IP this year.

 

His WHIP is 0.83

 

And his FIP is 0.58

[TruffleShuffle]

striking out 54.6% of batters faced? yeah that's not bad.

[Guest]

Aroldis Champman has struck out 20 batters in his last 8IP.

 

He has 63 K's in 31 1/3 IP this year.

 

His WHIP is 0.83

 

And his FIP is 0.58

I agree with JD, he should be starting.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Velocity goes down and he has no third pitch. He's also said himself he doesn't want to start.

[Derwood]

and all those eye-popping peripherals plummet when he goes more than an inning

[Guest]

and all those eye-popping peripherals plummet when he goes more than an inning

They can go down quite a bit and still be eye popping.

[Derwood]

Chapman is a much better version of Carlos Marmol, and both are/were more valuable in short situations than long ones. Marmol would have been a far less successful starter than he was a closer

[sneakypower]

lol, 0.66 xFIP and 0.48 FIP

[Guest]

Some GMs turn aggressive when their jobs seemingly are at stake. Zduriencik, on the other hand, baffles rival executives with his inability to close deals.

“He has made offers and then pulled back after we have said, ‘This is something we would do,”’ one executive said. “He responds (by saying) it wasn’t an offer and that he will need to discuss it with his guys.”

 

Another executive added, “I don’t always get the sense that he knows what he wants to do. One day, he’s interested in one thing. The next day, he’s interested in another. That’s what makes it challenging.

 

A third executive said, “They (the Mariners) don’t set out on a trade saying, ‘Here’s what we need. Let’s do what we can to get him.’ They think, ‘Who can we give up that will never be any good?’ They don’t want to give up anyone who will haunt them. That’s just flat-out fear.”

[Guest]

Chapman is a much better version of Carlos Marmol, and both are/were more valuable in short situations than long ones. Marmol would have been a far less successful starter than he was a closer

Ok.

[DiamondMind]

It'd be silly to take Chapman out of a role he's dominating at.

[Guest]

It'd be silly to take Chapman out of a role he's dominating at.

You understand the limitations of that logic, don't you?