2012 MLB Regular Season Running Thread

Which means that left-handed hitters would have the advantage of hitting against a right-hander pitcher 72% of the time. Right-handed hitters would hit against a left-handed pitcher 28% of the time.

The point isn't righties or lefties. It's the advantage of hitting against an "opposite" pitcher.

 

A few guys have come back from labrum tears — Chris Carpenter and Curt Schilling to name the two most successful. And Ted Lilly did as well.

But there are a lot more guys for whom it basically ended their career (at least as dominant or near-dominant pitchers): Todd Stottlemyre, Robb Nen, Jason Schmidt, Ben Sheets, Brandon Webb (who I guess is still trying to come back) ...

 

But that's an inherent part of their skill set, so I'm not really clear why we would be adjust for it. That's like adjusting for a pitcher's height or a shortstop's reaction time on ground balls.

 

The human arm is not engineered to throw a ball 98 mph.

Look at Zumaya. He's had the equivalent of a bomb go off in his shoulder and his elbow.

 

Some of this stuff is just impossible to predict, which is why some of the lunatic Yankee fans blaming the Mariners today need to simmer down. In the end, the Yankees will just buy someone to fill his place. I'm still highly skeptical Montero is going to turn out to be a transcendent hitter anyway.

 

I agree with you.

I was just hoping to get something in return for him. And, now it looks like they got nothing.

And, any major injury to a young pitcher is a shame, especially to a hard thrower. I always feel like we're missing out on seeing something potentially special.

 

Based on the Pedro Feliciano matter of last season, the Yankees weren't likely to care even if they did know something about Pineda's health. I'm sure Cashman wants to complain about the Mariners today but has to bite his tongue after looking like such a whiny bitch last year with Feliciano.

 

The Mets abused Feliciano. It's Cashman's fault for not being able to see that.

All you have to do is look at the "G" category for the previous seasons.

 

Yeah, I agree with this too.

 

That information was readily available at the time the Yankees signed Feliciano.

 

Never trade hitting for pitching. Never.