SnakeBytes, 8/28: Barry and Goliath Edition
by kishi on Aug 28, 2010 4:37 PM EDT
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PrintBarry Enright, huh? I know there's some concern over whether or not he's really as good as the numbers he's been putting up so far this season. To be honest? I don't care. That's a problem for FutureKishi to worry about. PresentKishi is just going to take a moment to relax and enjoy how he's pitching right now.
Recaps:
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[azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks defeat Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants - Was Drew signaling LaRoche on pitches? "Nope. Didn't do that. Sure didn't."
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[foxsportsarizona.com] Diamondbacks blank Giants - Enright pitched well in front of some of his home fans. "It was a pretty cool homecoming. Obviously I had nerves, maybe even more so knowing everyone's here."
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[dbacks.com] Enright gets better of Giants' Lincecum - Posey is familiar with Enright's skills. "I faced him in the Cape Cod League. He knows how to pitch."
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[mercurynews.com] Giants' Tim Lincecum can't hold off Diamondbacks - "But all notions of a change of fortune were dashed by a two-out, two-strike, three-run homer by Adam LaRoche into McCovey Cove in the first inning." Geez, don't wait too long before you decide to despair.
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[Fangraphs] Mark Reynolds’ Whiffs by Pitch Type - Splitting our favorite slugger's [AZCentral not included] K's down to see how he fares against fastballs, sliders, etc.
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[azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks unlikely to make more trades, Jerry Dipoto says - "There's still a chance, but I wouldn't qualify it as likely." I don't think any of us are too surprised at this point.
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[diarydiehard.com] 2010 Diamondbacks Mirror 1998 Counterparts - So we should win the World Series 2013, right?
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[azcentral.com] Ballplayers' behavior is disgusting - You be the judge: Mailed from the Sarchasm or not? Would this writer really prefer that they went back to the way "the greats" did it, with chewing tobacco?
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[dbacksvenom.com] Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt wins California League MVP - Congratulations to Paul Goldschmidt- he was tied for the league in all of the minor leagues with 33 home runs, and he dominated left-handed pitching this season.
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[venomstrikes.com] Changing Chase Field a Mistake - Venom Strikes points out what a lot of people thought- changing the field will hurt our offense, too. Maybe we should just get some better pitchers?
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[twitter.com] Nick Piecoro on Twitter - "Dbacks RHP Brandon Webb is facing hitters right now in a simulated game setting here at AT&T Park..... Hester, Church and Ojeda are out there. To my knowledge, it's the first time Webb's faced hitters since Opening Day 2009." Interesting.
Around Baseball:
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[si.com] Stephen Strasburg injury is bad for Nationals, sad for all of us - I expect a day of mourning to be declared. Unless...
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[ncsports.com] Aroldis Chapman hit 105 mph last night - Straswho? The media has already found it's new player to drool over. Assuming, of course, that you trust a AAA speed gun.
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[espn.com] Scherzer makes deal look even better - Since a trip to the minors, Max has been looking great in Detroit. (As an aside, how does that trade look now? We traded Scherzer and Schlereth for, effectively, IPK, Dan Hudson, and David Holmberg. Even without factoring in Holmberg, I think that's a win.)
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[si.com] How much impact do MLB managers really have on their teams? - From a 2006 study: "Only six times in thirty-three years has any manager used sacrifice attempts, stolen base attempts, and intentional walks to increase his team's win expectation over an entire season. Even the best managers cost their team more than a game per season by employing these tactics. At worst they can cost a team three games per season."
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I could
go for another World Series in 2013, but preferably more consistently after that.
'Skins, I forbid you from hitting on Ramona!
best caption ever.
I should have a mfin theme song.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 28, 2010 5:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
That SI article is hysterically...well, hysterical
…it’s the sadness of an artist who is no longer able to paint, or a musician who suddenly can’t play a chord. What is lost is not just a game or a part of a career, but something on the outer edges of human achievement.
Really.
"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." -- Brian Stimpson
"Oh the humanity!"
The Great and Mighty....
by NASCARbernet on Aug 28, 2010 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Surely you mean
"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." -- Brian Stimpson
by Jim McLennan on Aug 28, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I usually like to imagine internet posters' real lives
away from comment boards. I do a pretty good job with all of you. I can’t picture one single person from over at azcentral. What do you imagine their day jobs are? Especially that bucky character. How bad can your real life be that you spend HOURS trolling another team that you aren’t a fan of’s comment boards? Diamondhacks, I can picture. Most everyone else’s nothing..
yep....
"Hester, Church and Ojeda"
That’s gotta be a confidence builder: “Hey, see if you guys can hit off some dude who messed up his shoulder in a fishing accident that probably wasn’t on tape.”
Bad doormat! No stock options!
Well
It’s probably as close to a stint in the minors as they can manage right now?
"It's a fez. I'm wearing a fez now. Fezes are cool."
lol
i was just thinking how they wanted the three crappiest hitters to face webb
by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's a fun piece
Should commentators mention no-hitters?
"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." -- Brian Stimpson
Meh
I think it’s best to just not mention it if you’re the broadcasting team for whatever team it is, completely fair game if you’re not. If you have to mention it (which, y’know, they probably should as announcers), just don’t use the exact phrase (like in the article, say “looking for their first hit” or something). In reality, I think we all know it doesn’t make any difference unless it’s mentioned to the pitcher, but it just seems like if there’s a word people prefer you don’t use, find a different way to describe it, silly as it is.
My value over a replacement poster is approximately 10.5 runs.
for some reason
i think it’s really cool to hear players talking about each other the way enright and buster were. like…they are still competing against each other, but they have plenty of respect for each other’s skills
detroit definitely made out on this deal. there’s just no denying that. they gave up edwin jackson and curtis granderson and got austin jackson, max scherzer, and phil coke back. which means they got younger and cheaper while potentially upgrading, and if not, at least staying the same.
however just because detroit made out, doesn’t mean the deal was necessarily bad for us. i think we got EXTREMELY lucky to get hudson and holmberg for jackson. if that didn’t happen, this trade probably turned out poorly for us. but since it did, it essentially makes the trade a plus for us.
naturally, yankees sucked up the trade. all they got was curtis granderson, and they gave up austin jackson, phil coke and ian kennedy for him
much higher on IPK now than I was initially
still he’s a #3 at best. But for Scherzer we got a #3 and #2/#3 in Hudson and a potential starting arm in Holmberg. Not a bad haul for a starter and a reliever who probably won’t stick in the majors because of control issues.
yep....
I would like to see Boyer
moved into the rotation as #4 next year. I think he could be a very effective starter.
The Great and Mighty....
by NASCARbernet on Aug 28, 2010 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
i actually think i'm less higher on IPK
now than i initially was haha. but i think i had way too high expectations. i thought he was going to be like a dan hudson based on his minor league track record
unless IPK’s fastball improves, he’s like a number 4 starter IMO
i still think we lucked out in getting hudson….i still have no idea why the white sox were willing to give us two of their top 10 prospects for a year and a half of jackson. i agree, that is a great haul, but i don’t think we were expecting to flip jackson for such a haul when we first got him
also, i hope scherzer does well and can stick in the majors. he has some crazy good stuff
by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I was speaking more on Schlereth with control issues
I’m rooting hard for Scherzer to be a stud closer one day
yep....
Schlereth's sort of improved
and there have been times this year where i wish he was still in the bullpen (usually when someone else is walking the park)
"105 mile per hour pitch"
I don’t know if it really happened or not, but it’s moronic to emphasize such a pitch. I know its about marketing. Since the juice isn’t hitting home runs anymore, I guess the Baseball Elders now have another marketing plow – high fastballs. This kid will be encouraged to muscle up, and will like every other hard thrower, blow his arm out.
The Great and Mighty....
What struck me about that story
was that, firstly, I’ve seen some pretty faulty radar gun readings before, and secondly, how the Hell long can he throw 100+ MPH before something absolutely terrible happens to his arm? I mean, think, Joel Zumaya terrible.
Mr. Science Boy
Several pitcher definitely reached above 100
Ryan, Randy and J.R. Richard. Richard was probably the hardest thrower I ever saw, but for him, it was an easy motion. He was 6’8" 250, and had a very smooth delivery to go with it, which meant less wear and tear. But what bothers me here is that baseball’s golden child blows his arm out his first season, and these guys are trying to market the next one already. It’s shameful, really.
A pitcher with excellent control, a good pitching mind, and a consistent 95 mph fastball will have a real career. I’m talking about John Smoltz.
The Great and Mighty....
by NASCARbernet on Aug 28, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
my personal hierarchy of pitching
is that movement is the most important. then it’s command. and finally, it’s speed.
i think you can have a ton of success (hopefully dan hudson) when you have a ton of movement on your fastball (even if you only throw it at 92) and you have a dirty change that can locate for strikes
i do think strasburg is amazing, but my only beef on him is that his fastball doesn’t have that much movement
by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
when you throw that fast, it's usually straight as a string
good ol’ Kyle Farnsworth fastball, usually comes with a flight attendant and baggage
Strasburg’s bonus feature was the curveball.
they only make one of those a generation
and I don’t think this one has got one of those yet. Usually the thing with pitchers is location, speed, and ball smarts: pick two.
fastest pitchers I’ve seen in-person are Joel Zumaya, Derrick Turnbow, and Seth McClung—all of whom have had or are having horrific injuries right now. note, all of them are or became relievers, and McClung and Strasburg are incredibly similar, as in max-effort starters having to have TJ at age 23.
(I don’t see many fast pitchers, this comes of living in Minnesota; the Twins would rather have the Barry Enrights of the world on their roster and I can’t say I blame them—and Brad Radke still blew out his arm)
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