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How To Destroy Perfectly Good Pitch f/x Data | The Mockingbird
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How To Destroy Perfectly Good Pitch f/x Data. Sometimes you have to step back and think about what the data you’re crunching really means. Shi Davidi’s latest piece. Using pitch f/x comes to the conclusion that pitchers are “getting the calls” because more balls in the zone are called strikes than the other way around. But let’s think about that for a millisecond, shall we? There’s an area around on the fringe of the strike zone where blown calls get made. Graphed the overall % of pitches called strikes ...
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Does closing the dome help R.A. Dickey’s Knuckleball? | The Mockingbird
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Does closing the dome help R.A. Dickey’s Knuckleball? There was a lot of speculation last year about the effect of the dome on R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball, to the point where the dome was closed on a perfectly lovely fall day for his last start after Dickey made some noise in the media. About wanting it that way. While Dickey seems like a guy who is exceptionally in touch with his craft, and a quick look at his numbers seems to support the idea, Alex Anthopolous is right to grumble. 8220;It’s really ...
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New Blue Jay J.A. Happ is Overusing his Curveball | The Mockingbird
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New Blue Jay J.A. Happ is Overusing his Curveball. Sometimes it feels like all the other GM’s are just bad AI in Alex Anthopolous’ video game. You know, the kind where you can eventually acquire Albert Pujols via trade if you lump together enough C-level prospects and filler major-leaguers. Didn’t like that deal? Ok, here’s another fourth outfielder and a free-agent I signed a month ago. No? Errrr…forget I said that. Anyway, as at least some of you know, I am a big believer in using K rates (or K/BB rati...
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Blue Jays Blockbuster — Following the Money | The Mockingbird
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Blue Jays Blockbuster — Following the Money. But that’s what it all comes down to when you’re faced with management that sees the on-the-field product in strict terms of return on short-term investment. It may not be “our money” — but the fact is that if Rogers doesn’t spend it wisely, the lack of immediate on-field results and ensuing attendance increase will cause them to doubt that fielding a premium-quality team is really worth it, and WHAM! Exhibit A: Mark Buehrle (3 years, 48 mil = 16 mil/per).
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A Quick Fix for JP Arencibia’s OBP | The Mockingbird
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A Quick Fix for JP Arencibia’s OBP. Some players simply will never have the ability to recognize and lay off tough pitches that start in the zone and wind out of it. I get that. It is entirely possible to have a reasonable career that is based on hitting first pitches and mistakes very, very, far, and accepting that once you get behind in the count it’s going to take a miracle to get on base. Using skills to reach base: 19 strikeouts, six walks, 10 outs in play, three singles and two doubles, vs:. I̵...
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Gastonomy: Captain Ashore
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Gas-TON-uh-mee] The art of being Cito Gaston; the science of managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Monday, February 22, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). All Your Base Are Belong to Rios. Batter's Box Interactive Magazine. Mop Up Duty Baseball News Sabermetric Baseball History Bio. The Blue Jay Hunter. The Official Site of The Toronto Blue Jays bluejays.com: Homepage. The Tao of Stieb. 8230;and the Fat Mon. View my complete profile.
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Gastonomy: December 2009
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Gas-TON-uh-mee] The art of being Cito Gaston; the science of managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Thursday, December 31, 2009. Goodbye Brandon, Hello Brandon. Anthopoulos’ initial comments were not surprisingly well taken by the young pitcher. The Jays essential line is that they see him as being a mid to top rotation starting pitcher, and if that means returning to the minors to rebuild his endurance, focus on his control, and develop some confidence, that’s what they’re willing to do. To 2010 and Beyond!
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Gastonomy: To 2010 and Beyond!
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Gas-TON-uh-mee] The art of being Cito Gaston; the science of managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Sunday, December 20, 2009. To 2010 and Beyond! One of the questions I hate hearing the most is ‘What reasons can you give Jays fans to bother coming out to watch the team this year? 8217; My response to it is usually along the lines of ‘because baseball is a beautiful thing to watch, you fucking limp-dicked bandwagon jumping whore-mongering would be Masshole cocksucker! Roenicke will likely start 2010 in the Jays...
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Gastonomy: March 2010
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Gas-TON-uh-mee] The art of being Cito Gaston; the science of managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Monday, March 8, 2010. International Women's Day Post. A friggin’ sidearm knuckler! That’s from the pages of evil…. I'm impressed," Wakefield said. "She spun a couple, but for the most part, it was very good. She was able to take the spin out of a lot of them and they had quite a lot of movement on them.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). All Your Base Are Belong to Rios. Batter's Box Interactive Magazine.
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Gastonomy: February 2009
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Gas-TON-uh-mee] The art of being Cito Gaston; the science of managing the Toronto Blue Jays. Thursday, February 19, 2009. So, it starts. Both Scott Downs and Mike Maroth have been knocked out of training for the next few days. Maroth's left knee decided that even he couldn't support such a shitty pitcher and gave up during a workout. Downs, unfortunately, has hit stiffness in the same elbow which he had Tommy John surgery on. Downs had a little twinge in his elbow," Ricciardi said. "Everything was go...
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