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Everything posted by Aaron Kennelly
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We just lost for the second time in 10 games. -
Willy, what are you looking at?
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What the horsefeathers are you looking at, Angel?
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Dammit, he left one up for you, too.
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Ok, fellas, this pen is a dumpster fire now. Let's do this.
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There ya go, Schwarbs.
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I horsefeathering hate these series. horsefeathers the trash-ass White Sox.
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dammit, I thought that was doing damage
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You know what conversation I just can't get enough of...
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lol
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Alright, let's get some horsefeathering runs.
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Here are Grimm's monthly ERAs, starting in June of last year: 10.38, 0.00, 0.82, 6.43, 0.00, 6.52, 6.75, 0.73, 9.31. He's the most Jekyll and Hyde horsefeathers ever.
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Not to make excuses but late night last night vs division rival, then day game vs triple A team? Also, we're not facing Marco Gonzalez.
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Obligatory "but he's been good lately' post that seems to be made every time he gives up a run He hasn't been. He was really good in June, right after getting called back up. He's been horsefeathering brutal in July.
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horsefeathering Grimm.
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horsefeathering brutal zone from Angel. Probably shouldn't have been in, though. I was wrong there. Left that last one right over the heart of the plate.
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Let him go. I think he looks good. Good command. Lots of strikes. A few hard hit balls, but nothing too dangerous. Their hits have actually come on bloopers and other weak contact for the most part. That's unless they don't want him going 90+ pitches, of course.
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That pitch was a horsefeathering strike and he went around.
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What is the lowest Hendricks' fastball velocity could drop to before he became a below-average starter? 75 mph? 60?
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Ahem... one of them hit 86.
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84... yeesh
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2017 HR Derby {Discussion & Transaction Thread}
Aaron Kennelly replied to Southpaw19's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Looks good to me. -
Definitely. I think most everyone would take it. The one thing we're missing out on is his normal above-average walk rate. He hasn't quite been the on-base threat you'd hope from a fixed version of himself. I do wonder if it will go up naturally, though. He's swinging more this year, both on pitches in and out of the zone. But I think it might have to do with how pitchers are pitching to him. Fangraphs has data from Pitch Info and Baseball Info Solutions. Baseball Info has him getting about the same amount of pitches in the zone as usual. But Pitch info -- which has a different view of the zone, which seems to be a little bigger from what I've seen -- has him getting more pitches in the zone than ever before. But, the key thing, in my opinion, is that he's getting 63.6% first pitch strikes. Last year's 55.1% was his previous career high. So it's been hard to get into favorable counts. I'd guess that pitchers simply aren't afraid to pitch to him. And they're giving him more pitches in and around the zone -- especially early in the count to get ahead. Not as many chase pitches. More pitches that are tough to take. I think if he keeps hitting well, the first pitch strike % will go down and he'll start working some more walks and make his numbers look even better.
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Willson is is superstar.
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Also, I'm incredibly excited to see The Professor again.