Danny Haren and his pitches.

It just analizes danny's main pitches, with the vertical and horizontal movements. Plus fangraphs is awesome.

over 2 years ago sergey606 13 comments 0 recs |

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Thanks for posting that. Good article.

At the all star break the only two win-20 runs saved-pitch is Dan Haren’s four-seam fastball (Tim Lincecum’s change is knocking on the door). All-star Dan Haren not only has the game’s best four-seam fastball, but he also has one of the game’s best cut fastballs (worth one win) and one of the game’s best split finger fastballs (worth half a win). Haren throws a good curveball, too, but for the most he succeeds throwing a variety of different, all great, fastballs.

(Emphasis added)

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by DbacksSkins on Jul 14, 2009 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

Shame you didn't have this yesterday

When you were arguing about whether he had four pitches or not on McC.

"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil

by Jim McLennan on Jul 14, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly what I was thinking when I read it.

Especially since somebody claimed, “Just because he added a cut fastball doesn’t make it a plus pitch.”

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Jul 14, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

no problem

there’s another danny article on fangraphs, also talking about how awesome he is.

"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"

by sergey606 on Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Somebody needs to do another postmortem on the Haren trade, incidentally. Especially now that CarGon is with the Rockies, Eveland has been DFA’d, and we really seem to have snatched Danny Haren right before his prime.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Jul 15, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

I can’t think of any serious offers that could possibly come our way to make us want to trade him

Have we sent the "Don't shoot, we're pathetic" transmission yet?

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 15, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

You mean question the genuis of Billy Beane?!

Somebody needs to do another postmortem on the Haren trade, incidentally. Especially now that CarGon is with the Rockies, Eveland has been DFA’d, and we really seem to have snatched Danny Haren right before his prime.

Don’t you realize that can never happen because someone would have to admit that Billy Beane just might make a mistake once in a while? Seriously, if that guy makes a good trade, it’s because he’s a genius. If he makes a bad trade, it’s all about small markets; it’s never on him if things go wrong. I don’t know what that guy has on the sports media, but it must be pretty bad. Maybe he caught a reporter handing out PEDs in the A’s clubhouse. (joke, just to be clear)

by azshadowwalker on Jul 15, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions