Transmogrified Tiger
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The walk rate(and ERA) did get worse after he came back from injury and was in the pen, but the comparative struggles were of a similar magnitude beforehand. At AAA prior to his injury he had a 4.85 ERA, 5.54 BB/9, and 1.25 HR/9. -
There's a difference in level though. Wesneski struggled against LHH/with HR at the MLB level, after not having material problems in the high minors. Brown not only struggled with walks in the high minors but at AAA was worse at getting outs and even giving up HR than Wesneski's AAA time. There's a two-step of hope with any adjustments we think Brown has made. It's that he controls his fastball so he not only stops walking so many people but he also stops giving up so many runs at the AAA level, *and* that translates to MLB. Wesneski doing anything to correct his LHH/HR struggles doesn't have that extra layer of risk given his level and past performance.
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The thing about WPA is that in-game I don't really get it being a permanent fixture because as a current state it tells you so little. Maybe they need to do that to bring enough awareness to the idea, but the real utility is showing the plays/innings that result in big swings. It's a metric to look backwards with so I'm not sure how useful it is as a constant on the scorebug.
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It really should be Wesneski, I'm not going to take a handful of innings of Ben Brown not walking ST lineups over his extended problems struggling against AAA hitters as proof he's leapfrogged Hayden in the pecking order.
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Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'm a little less concerned about Murray being in Iowa to start with. He doesn't have the same ceiling as the IF prospects around him, and his profile is such that there's likely to be a less stark learning curve at AAA so it's easier to gauge his potential MLB readiness from AA. Said another way, I would be more comfortable calling up Murray straight from Tennessee if the need required it than I would be Caissie. -
low key bush league slide from Semien
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Jung had a 5% walk rate last year and he's held up on like 5 great 2 strike pitches today
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really curious who the RP is here
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Robertson threw a 2 seamer for the first time in 6 years if my 30 seconds of looking at Statcast is correct, I'll give him a pass.
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Wasn't even a bad pitch, slider on the black
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Ravech just said it's not reviewable, haven't been any reviews tonight.
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hahahaha
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lol okay cool
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call it, most of the misses have been borderline but that was not close
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
Your initial point was that the Dodgers were looking for ways to use the space given how much was locked up, so I think not having to pay real money to a profile(late 30s catcher) who is unlikely to be worth a roster spot is a pretty desirable reason to not save the 6 million? -
With 2-3-4 due up in the 8th it looks like we're gonna found out pretty quick if Neris was sandbagging his way through Spring Training.
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no gas money today
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
Probably not, and even then it's not about the total outlay, it's about guaranteeing 8 figures to a 37-39 y/o catcher. Will that sink the Dodgers to irrelevance? No, but the odds are against Smith being rosterable at those ages, never mind a worthwhile contributor. So if they could pay him 6/120 or w/e the real number is would be preferable if they truly don't care about the LT. -
me watching Almonte
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Runs
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lol he ripped that 97 mph, a real middle finger to all the sustainability hawks
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The offense was 3rd in the NL last year.
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everything is terrible
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should've sent him
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Send Nico
