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Other Games Week of 6/6
Aaron_Kennelly replied to Liam Neeson's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
And another one... -
Other Games Week of 6/6
Aaron_Kennelly replied to Liam Neeson's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
And another homer given up to lead off the second inning. -
And it should have been 10! :x
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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-qa-with-tom-tango-the-new-czar-of-statcast/
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Yeah, Bryant's have a weird year with his walks. Granted, he's still walking a respectable amount. Part of it is probably that he is making more contact, so ABs aren't getting as deep into the count. But he's swinging at about exactly the same amount of balls and strikes. It's just that pitchers are throwing the ball in the zone to him more often this year. And that's not exactly working well for them, either.
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I was just playing around, and was amazed at how much that list changes if you change the exit velocity to 95 mph. Yeah, small sample sizes and all, you can't read too much into things. I only use 100 mph, because that's kinda the threshold where the damage really is amplified. The league average slugging % on balls hits 95-100 mph is .661. Bump it up 5 mph to 100-105 mph and the league average slugging % is 1.150. Regardless, Richard gives up the highest % of 90+, 95+, 100+. He's just horrible and guys hit him hard. I buy fielding-independent metrics for most guys, but once you get to the margins and get guys like Arrieta on one side and Richard on the other, I kinda throw those things out, especially on the wrong side (Richard's). Guys like Brian Schlitter and Clayton Richard look a lot better when you assume they do things at the league-average rate.
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Cubs pitchers, by total % of pitches hit at least 100 mph. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfZ=&hfGT=R%7C&hfPR=&hfAB=&stadium=&hfBBT=&hfBBL=&player_lookup%5B%5D=453562&player_lookup%5B%5D=502239&player_lookup%5B%5D=518748&player_lookup%5B%5D=434628&player_lookup%5B%5D=543294&player_lookup%5B%5D=407793&player_lookup%5B%5D=452657&player_lookup%5B%5D=453385&player_lookup%5B%5D=444468&player_lookup%5B%5D=467008&player_lookup%5B%5D=476589&player_lookup%5B%5D=475243&hfC=&season=2016&player_type=pitcher&hfOuts=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&start_speed_gt=&start_speed_lt=&perceived_speed_gt=&perceived_speed_lt=&spin_rate_gt=&spin_rate_lt=&exit_velocity_gt=100&exit_velocity_lt=&launch_angle_gt=&launch_angle_lt=&distance_gt=&distance_lt=&batted_ball_angle_gt=&batted_ball_angle_lt=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=pitch_percent&sort_order=desc&min_abs=0&xba_gt=&xba_lt=&px1=&px2=&pz1=&pz2=#results Clayton Richard sucks. It doesn't matter too much that he gets ground balls, when they are all smoked.
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I guess we might as well try to get a few more meaningless outs out of his arm before we sign Matusz.
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Why you gotta ruin a good thing, Joe?
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It's more that he's having bad ABs up until the point that he gets a hit. Some bad swings early in counts.
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Hell of a day for Javy, despite some horrible ABs.
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How about a Javy Dong?
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-8-16
Aaron_Kennelly replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'm just glad I'll get to see a couple more actual prospects when I see them this weekend, after missing on Almora. -
That'll work. Welcome to the bigs, Albert.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-8-16
Aaron_Kennelly replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Zagunis and Candelario promoted to AAA, according to Len. -
Let's make this a big RD Game. 10+
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You people that defended Lackey's wife disgust me.
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Yay, Javy!
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MORE DONG!
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DONG!
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More starting pitching dominance.
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Now put them away.
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Make them pay, Javy.
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Yeah, at this point, Posey is an honorary Cub for all I'm concerned.
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horsefeathering hell.