Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread

[jersey cubs fan]

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[Guest]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

 

Is possible some guys can locate as well as him but aren't able to utilize it as well as him?

[Guest]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

 

Is possible some guys can locate as well as him but aren't able to utilize it as well as him?

I guess it is too bad they are paired with stupid catchers, too.

[sneakypower]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

OPS against

pitch 1-25: .790

pitch 26-50: 575

pitch 51-75: .492

 

i'm curious what you make of that, personally...maybe just SSS noise still? something different?

[Guest]

Different thought, though...

 

Would pitch framing make much more of a difference for a guy like Hendricks?

[sontensei]

Different thought, though...

 

Would pitch framing make much more of a difference for a guy like Hendricks?

 

Hendricks pitched great last year with Castillo so I dont know if it really matters when your super mega control pitcher

[Guest]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

OPS against

pitch 1-25: .790

pitch 26-50: 575

pitch 51-75: .492

 

i'm curious what you make of that, personally...maybe just SSS noise still? something different?

I never believed it, but the old adage is that a sinkerballer is most vulnerable in the early innings.

 

If I had to put a non-random story to it, I'd probably guess that his command gets a bit sharper as he gets deeper into the game.

[Guest]

Different thought, though...

 

Would pitch framing make much more of a difference for a guy like Hendricks?

 

Hendricks pitched great last year with Castillo so I dont know if it really matters when your super mega control pitcher

K/BB:

 

2014: 5.27/1.68

2015: 9.58/0.87

 

Both are small sample sizes and this year is incredibly small.

 

If we want to go even more SSS, in the game he pitched to Castillo this year he went 4.1 IP, 1 BB, 3 K; when he pitched to Montero he went 6.0 IP, 0 BB, 8 K.

[Cubswin11]

Professor has a new secret weapon this year and it is sick

 

yeah back to Hendricks i mean how to you rate being a brainiac in regards to tools? i think that factor and the control is what makes Hendricks a good pitcher.

Gotta say, I'm a reasonably bright guy but it never really helped my pitching all that much. I think most of the credit goes to his command and the quality of his pitches.

OPS against

pitch 1-25: .790

pitch 26-50: 575

pitch 51-75: .492

 

i'm curious what you make of that, personally...maybe just SSS noise still? something different?

I never believed it, but the old adage is that a sinkerballer is most vulnerable in the early innings.

 

If I had to put a non-random story to it, I'd probably guess that his command gets a bit sharper as he gets deeper into the game.

That's what I would guess as well if it's anything other than SSS. Kind of along this same thinking, since his stuff doesn't play way up (doesn't rely on high velo/a lot of break) his stuff is able to stay consistent (both velo/command/control) through an outing and doesn't have as much variance as pitch counts get higher compared to a guy like say Cole or Ventura who rely on more raw, high velo/breaking stuff?

[Guest]

I guess the professory story would be that he is so much smarter than normal pitchers that he is ludicrously more effective at using the first at bat to set up subsequent at bats in the game.

[sontensei]

I guess the professory story would be that he is so much smarter than normal pitchers that he is ludicrously more effective at using the first at bat to set up subsequent at bats in the game.

 

maybe he is playing chess with each hitter?

 

I see how montero could have helped his K rate with framing.

 

Another thing i like about him is since he isnt throwing extreme nasty stuff i think the chances of him staying healthy are pretty good

[apete6]

Russell wearing #22. Finally another use for my Prior jersey!!!

[Guest]

[expletive] Let's Go. Let's Party.

[sontensei]

I know its a small sample and the yips (even tho he said he dont have them) but i feel like maddon should ease off the pitcher 8th thing and bat addy 2nd for a few weeks... and also put bryant 3rd (like they were in iowa)

 

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[Guest]

I know its a small sample and the yips (even tho he said he dont have them) but i feel like maddon should ease off the pitcher 8th thing and bat addy 2nd for a few weeks... and also put bryant 3rd (like they were in iowa)

 

fowler

addy

bryant

rizzo

soler

castro

catcher

lf

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I'm sure you're suggesting this in order to get Addison more fastballs or some such logic.

 

Addison is not as major league ready as Bryant. He is up on the Cubs because they think he improves their chances to win when compared with Herrera or Alcantara right now. However, he would hurt the team in the #2 spot at this point in time.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, this is a relative longterm move with the season, so you want him down at the bottom while he adjusts. Russell's more of a "normal" top prospect in regard to probably needing time to make adjustments, while someone like Bryant is just a beautiful freak.

[apete6]

Bryant is well on his way to ruining prospects forever. No one will be able to live up to his standards of godliness.

 

That and I think they pulled the trigger on Russell too early.

[Guest]

That and I think they pulled the trigger on Russell too early.

 

The majority of scouts seem to have had him MLB ready last year or early this year at the latest. A year ago he was getting summer 2014 ETAs by some of the prospect guys.

 

Are you basing this off of two games?

[Sammy Sofa]

That and I think they pulled the trigger on Russell too early.

 

Why's that? He's succeeded at every level, shown he has all the talent in the world, and he's just replacing garbage production in the lineup. I'd rather that production be coming right now from a guy who is likely going to be good than bums. You're not actually making the team worse right now by putting him in there to try and work through things.

[Guest]

That and I think they pulled the trigger on Russell too early.

 

The majority of scouts seem to have had him MLB ready last year or early this year at the latest. A year ago he was getting summer 2014 ETAs by some of the prospect guys.

 

Are you basing this off of two games?

I'm concerned about his readiness from a plate discipline perspective. His walk rate has plummeted at AA and then AAA (SSS, of course).

[jersey cubs fan]

That and I think they pulled the trigger on Russell too early.

 

The majority of scouts seem to have had him MLB ready last year or early this year at the latest. A year ago he was getting summer 2014 ETAs by some of the prospect guys.

 

Are you basing this off of two games?

I'm concerned about his readiness from a plate discipline perspective. His walk rate has plummeted at AA and then AAA (SSS, of course).

 

Yeah, I think he's technically good enough to have been called up, but could have benefited from more real development.

[Guest]

He's the best option for winning right now. But I wouldn't object if they sent him back down for more seasoning when LaStella is healthy.

[Sammy Sofa]

He's not the best option for winning right now; he's the best option for winning later in the season. I think that's why they were motivated to bring him up now, because he's just replacing garbage in terms of his position and spots in the lineup.

[SouthSideRyan]

He's not the best option for winning right now; he's the best option for winning later in the season.

 

He's the best option for winning right now too.

[sontensei]

That and I think they pulled the trigger on Russell too early.

 

The majority of scouts seem to have had him MLB ready last year or early this year at the latest. A year ago he was getting summer 2014 ETAs by some of the prospect guys.

 

Are you basing this off of two games?

 

I think that he was comfortable hitting before Bryant in AAA but yeah the game is all about adjustments and there is no way around that i suppose.