MLB Regular Season 2011 Thread - Page 80 - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

American/Dominican amateurs tend to be fastball/slider pitchers, developing a sinker/change in the minors. Amateur pitchers that rely on their changeup as an out pitch generally do not project well, as getting out same-handed batters is far more important than neutralizing a platoon split in the first place. (Wade LeBlanc is a great example of this; DePodesta wrote about why LeBlanc was marooned in AAA despite "good" stats. He was getting out inferior hitters with his plus changeup, but that doesn't work in the big show.)

johan's reliance on his sicko change up was most likely the main reason for his reverse platoon splits right?

seems like change ups are generally less effective against batters hitting on the pitcher's arm side (is this correct i'm just going off of experience and my gut?) so left handed starting pitchers with reverse splits would actually be a good thing as they will be facing significantly more RH batters than LH batters

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04-12-2011 , 10:05 PM

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I have, as a matter of fact, but it had nothing to do with baseball or sports. Same "blame the victim" mentality, though.

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Let me know if you've ever read an article worse than this one

The pictures of the authors say so much...

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04-12-2011 , 10:30 PM

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Pineda = good

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04-12-2011 , 10:31 PM

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Justin Upton just hit a ball very, very far.

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04-12-2011 , 10:38 PM

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Pineda = good

sharp and economical through 2 innings. Have we seen enough to name him ROY? Maybe after Ackley comes up and hits 320 for four months there will be some competition.

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04-12-2011 , 11:01 PM

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Belt gonna Belt in AAA.

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04-12-2011 , 11:06 PM

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Belt gonna Belt in AAA.

Its too early in his career to tell if this is a good or bad thing.

Last edited by Detective McNulty; 04-12-2011 at 11:07 PM. Reason: Just noticed white text when I quoted.

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04-12-2011 , 11:09 PM

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Ya, Belt is struggling but he'll be ok methinks.

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04-12-2011 , 11:24 PM

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I think Belt will be a really good player. However, it will be so much easier for Sabean to quietly trade him for some middle-relief help if he's in Fresno.

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04-12-2011 , 11:25 PM

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i realize that this is a really trolly thing to say, but i'm actually legit curious: when is it not too soon to start to question the red sox? like is this just some statistical anomaly? could anyone figure out some kind of standard deviation for a 162 game season similar to variance simulation things that I've seen somewhere talking about how many hands a 10% ROI player could play and still be stuck? idk if this makes sense or not, but here's an example http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...ulator-535212/

edit- the link in that thread are dead, but i just wanted to show some semblance of what i was talking about.

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04-12-2011 , 11:26 PM

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Jesus how was that not a walk off hit. Target Field gonna Target Field.

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04-12-2011 , 11:31 PM

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Jesus how was that not a walk off hit. Target Field gonna Target Field.

Danny boy one time

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04-12-2011 , 11:33 PM

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Jesus how was that not a walk off hit. Target Field gonna Target Field.

Yeah it looked like Kubel crushed it out

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04-12-2011 , 11:37 PM

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Panda = Poor man's Bad Vlad. That ball was maybe 2 inches off the ground.

btw, I wonder how much weight he has lost, he looks a lot different.

EDIT: 38 pounds wow. Google is my friend.

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04-12-2011 , 11:44 PM

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Good pitcher's duel in Anaheim tonight, both starters nearly matching each other.

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04-12-2011 , 11:49 PM

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this pineda guy is a real jerk

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04-12-2011 , 11:52 PM

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I thought he was a jerk his first start until the 6th.

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04-12-2011 , 11:56 PM

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Great outing by Rickyyyyyyyyyyyyy besides that mistake to Langerhans.

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04-13-2011 , 12:00 AM

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Torii Hunter making plays in RF.

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04-13-2011 , 12:08 AM

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corey taterson opts for a single this time around.

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04-13-2011 , 12:11 AM

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LOL King Felix trying to console Pineda, that's priceless

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04-13-2011 , 12:14 AM

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Jesus Christ almighty, that's awful

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04-13-2011 , 12:16 AM

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Brandon Phillips is awesome. Unreal play.

Also, Dusty is so bad. Chapman makes the Padres middle of the order look like little leaguers in the 7th and then takes him out in a one run game to put in Massett who has been awful, and guess what. Tie game, and should be a one run lead by the padres