Random Baseball Musings

[Cubswin11]

This sounds cool and hopefully winds up with some promising findings/results

 

In light of all the Tommy John surgeries we see on an annual basis, Major League Baseball teams are looking for every edge possible when it comes to monitoring the health of their pitchers. Nine teams last season enlisted the help of Motus Global and the company is courting others.

 

Motus Global uses technology that acquires motion data via a sleeve with a 3D motion sensor embedded. In meeting with the CEO Joe Nolan, director of business development Bryan Goelz and vice president Ben Hansen, I had the opportunity to see exactly how it works and tried on two different sleeve models....The sleeve can measure such things as arm slot, torque and velocity. Thus, if a pitcher tires and his arm slot starts to drop, the pitching coach and manager could see it happening via the app in real time. It could only be a few inches and not easily visible with the naked eye, which is why the app is an improvement.

 

The data updates instantly with each motion. Preliminary findings have shown that long toss -- throws of over 180 feet -- places more stress on the elbow than game-action pitches. The data also found comparable stress levels in dry work/drills aside short-distance bullpen sessions, showing that every throw counts towards cumulative stress being placed on the arm. As such, pitch counts aren't nearly as important as total throws in a day, including pickoff throws and in-between inning warmups. The Motus app tracks all of this.

 

Nolan and his team have been meeting with ballclubs here at the Winter Meetings for the past two days. The hope is that by spring training, all 30 clubs are signed up with Motus. The company is moving toward having recommendations on when pitchers might be getting into the danger zone with workload, arm slot and torque, but ultimately each club will have their own guidelines.

 

Still, having a tool like the Motus app is yet another layer of guidance in hopefully avoiding catastrophic injury.

 

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24874968/motus-global-seeks-to-help-cut-down-on-pitcher-injuries

[muntjack]

So it was the towel drills all along.

[Guest]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/a-first-look-at-statcast-baserunning-data/?utm_source=twitterfeed

[Tracer Bullet]

No idea who was on the ballot, but the "Golden ERA Committee" didn't elect anyone into the HOF. Guessing they are waiting for some of these guys to die before they let them in or some [expletive].

 

i'm sorry, what does this have to do with sitcoms and, specifically, ashley's total dominance of mary kate in the acting realm?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

No idea who was on the ballot, but the "Golden ERA Committee" didn't elect anyone into the HOF. Guessing they are waiting for some of these guys to die before they let them in or some [expletive].

 

i'm sorry, what does this have to do with sitcoms and, specifically, ashley's total dominance of mary kate in the acting realm?

was this actually a thing on full house?

[UMFan83]

So umm...Madison Bumgarner once dated a girl named....Madison Bumgarner.

 

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/12/9/7360277/madison-bumgarner-madison-bumgarner

 

It's all true. That he was so good so young that he started playing coach-pitch baseball at age four against seven-year-olds, and is so adept with either hand that he shoots a bow, bats, writes and ropes righthanded, but throws from the left side. That his father, Kevin, wouldn't let him throw a curveball until he had a driver's license. That before he dated Ali, he dated a girl named Madison Bumgarner ("No relation, I'm sure of it").

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

i would totally date madison bumgarner. he's dreamy.

[bukie]

Top position players of the 1980's, by fWAR: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=1990&month=0&season1=1981&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

1. Tim Raines

2. Mike Schmidt

3. Ozzie Smith (and he had a total of -4.7 offensive WAR for the decade)

4. Gary Carter

5. Ryne Sandberg

6. Andre Dawson

7. Dale Murphy

8. Keith Hernandez

9. Darryl Strawberry

10. Pedro Guerrero

11. Tony Gwynn

12. Tim Wallach

13. Barry Bonds (who started playing in 1985)

14. Jack Clark

15. Andy Van Slyke

[Gmoney08]

Top position players of the 1980's, by fWAR: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=1990&month=0&season1=1981&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

1. Tim Raines

2. Mike Schmidt

3. Ozzie Smith (and he had a total of -4.7 offensive WAR for the decade)

4. Gary Carter

5. Ryne Sandberg

6. Andre Dawson

7. Dale Murphy

8. Keith Hernandez

9. Darryl Strawberry

10. Pedro Guerrero

11. Tony Gwynn

12. Tim Wallach

13. Barry Bonds (who started playing in 1985)

14. Jack Clark

15. Andy Van Slyke

 

Bonds was drafted in the 85 draft. His debut was May 30, 1986. Pretty amazing a little over 3.5 years in the 80's and he is 13th.

[davell]

The [expletive] face card mystery revealed

http://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692

[Cubswin11]

The [expletive] face card mystery revealed

http://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692

Why are you linking to Rovell stories???? He's a bigger [expletive] than any of the people who cover the Cubs.

[davell]

The [expletive] face card mystery revealed

http://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692

Why are you linking to Rovell stories???? He's a bigger [expletive] than any of the people who cover the Cubs.

 

I didn't even look to see who wrote it. Got retweeted into my timeline(wasn't from Rovell) and figured it was fun info.

[SouthSideRyan]

The [expletive] face card mystery revealed

http://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692

Why are you linking to Rovell stories???? He's a bigger [expletive] than any of the people who cover the Cubs.

 

Dave Kaplan lose his job?

 

(Please?)

[treebird]

The [expletive] face card mystery revealed

http://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692

Why are you linking to Rovell stories???? He's a bigger [expletive] than any of the people who cover the Cubs.

 

Dave Kaplan lose his job?

 

(Please?)

 

darren rovell is a much, much worse person than dave kaplan (and this is coming from me)

[DonnieD]

Top position players of the 1980's, by fWAR: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=1990&month=0&season1=1981&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

1. Tim Raines

2. Mike Schmidt

3. Ozzie Smith (and he had a total of -4.7 offensive WAR for the decade)

4. Gary Carter

5. Ryne Sandberg

6. Andre Dawson

7. Dale Murphy

8. Keith Hernandez

9. Darryl Strawberry

10. Pedro Guerrero

11. Tony Gwynn

12. Tim Wallach

13. Barry Bonds (who started playing in 1985)

14. Jack Clark

15. Andy Van Slyke

 

I didn't think that looked right. Not sure if you meant it this way, but that is an NL only list and for some reason is from '81 - '90.

[seanimal]

Top position players of the 1980's, by fWAR: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=1990&month=0&season1=1981&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

1. Tim Raines

2. Mike Schmidt

3. Ozzie Smith (and he had a total of -4.7 offensive WAR for the decade)

4. Gary Carter

5. Ryne Sandberg

6. Andre Dawson

7. Dale Murphy

8. Keith Hernandez

9. Darryl Strawberry

10. Pedro Guerrero

11. Tony Gwynn

12. Tim Wallach

13. Barry Bonds (who started playing in 1985)

14. Jack Clark

15. Andy Van Slyke

 

I didn't think that looked right. Not sure if you meant it this way, but that is an NL only list and for some reason is from '81 - '90.

 

1980 is the last year of the 70's

[Splendid Splinter]

1980 is the last year of the 70's

 

 

http://25.media.tumblr.com/3da1c508fa0e09358d571cfb45e64423/tumblr_mett4zPm2V1r94e9jo1_500.gif

[Cubswin11]

@astros Note: the date of the Taylor Swift 1989 tour show at #MMP is subject to change if it conflicts with an #Astros postseason home game.

 

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[Guest]

The Phillies’ total career WAR among all drafted players from 2004 through 2014 is only 27.8 compared to a league average of 100.0. This is not just league-worst, it is less than half of the second-worst Blue Jays at 60.5.

 

How are the Cubs not worse than these?

 

All I can think of is Donaldson and Cashner. I'm sure I'm missing someone, but I didn't follow the minors all that closely for most of that time.

Edited December 12, 2014 by David

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The Phillies’ total career WAR among all drafted players from 2004 through 2014 is only 27.8 compared to a league average of 100.0. This is not just league-worst, it is less than half of the second-worst Blue Jays at 60.5.

 

Are we excluding the 0.0 we got before Epstein came in and installed a previously non-existent farm system?

[Guest]

I'm trying to think how we get to 60. There's Shark, then there's...who?

[bukie]

Does Castro count?

[Guest]

I'm trying to think how we get to 60. There's Shark, then there's...who?

 

Forgot about Samardzija, DOH

[Cubswin11]

I'm trying to think how we get to 60. There's Shark, then there's...who?

If we're starting in 04', Zambrano, Wood, Marmol (think he didn't suck yet), Soto, Randy Wells had like 1.5 good years, Cool Cat, Theriot probably had 1-2 okay years, Castro, can't think of any other significant home grown contributors.

[bukie]

I'm trying to think how we get to 60. There's Shark, then there's...who?

Shark, Donaldson, Barney, James Russell, Cashner, Josh Harrison, DJ LeMahieu...