No. 14, Encarnacion/Sojo - The Baseball Thread continues

BYH · Aug 7, 2008

Trey Beamon said:

Zeke12 said:

pallister said:

Taking into account the stuff-to-results ratio, is there a worse pitcher in baseball than Javy Vazquez?
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AJ Burnett has to be close.

If only because he's basically a .500 pitcher with some of the best shit I've ever seen.

Before this season, Kyle Lohse was certainly in the conversation.
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Kip Wells feels left out.
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No way. Vazquez laps the field.

He's a real-life Nuke LaLoosh.

BYH · Aug 7, 2008

JakeandElwood said:

I apologize if this is a d_b, but I didn't see it anywhere else. The Diamondbacks got a huge steal with the Haren extension. 4 years 44 million and change. When Buehrle signed his 4 yr extension for $56 million I remember the sentiment was that he was leaving lots of money on the table.

http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080805&content_id=3256865&vkey=news_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari
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Cranberry has no idea why he just punted a poodle.

Good thing Billy Beane sold high on Haren.

GB-Hack · Aug 7, 2008

That's not the start the Rays needed to their road-trip. Walk off homer by Ibanez, 2-1 Mariners.

Floyd and Navarro stranded Longoria 90 feet from home in the top of the ninth. Not good.

zeke12 · Aug 7, 2008

GB-Hack said:

That's not the start the Rays needed to their road-trip. Walk off homer by Ibanez, 2-1 Mariners.

Floyd and Navarro stranded Longoria 90 feet from home in the top of the ninth. Not good.
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Ibanez is having a hell of a week.

BYH · Aug 7, 2008

GB-Hack said:

That's not the start the Rays needed to their road-trip. Walk off homer by Ibanez, 2-1 Mariners.

Floyd and Navarro stranded Longoria 90 feet from home in the top of the ninth. Not good.
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They'll be fine. They'll still win the AL East.

buckweaver · Aug 7, 2008

Interesting story from Van Wieren just now:

Apparently, Mike Krukow has a real problem with the way Atlanta's Mike Gonzalez rocks back and forth before he starts his windup. "That's bush," he said. Krukow stopped the Braves announcers in the hallway in San Fran recently to ask them about it.

Not sure why he's so annoyed with it, but there you go.

BYH · Aug 7, 2008

Krukow is...opinionated.

I remember he used to just hammer the replacement players who stuck around in the late '90s and early '00s.

KP · Aug 7, 2008

2muchcoffeeman said:

Anybody else think that Scott Kazmir might be hitting the wall? His July-August numbers worry me, as does the opponents' elevated production in the fifth and sixth innings.

Code:

I Split         G  GS GF  W  L  S CG SHO   IP    ERA   H   R   ER HR  BB IBB  SO HBP
+-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+
   May            6  6  0  5  1  0  0   0  37     1.22  22   6   5  0  13   0  38   0 
   June           5  5  0  2  2  0  0   0  30     3.60  24  13  12  5  11   1  34   0 
   July           5  5  0  1  2  0  0   0  28     4.18  29  13  13  3  11   1  33   1 
   August         2  2  0  0  0  0  0   0   9     7.00  12   7   7  2   9   0   9   0 

 I Split         G   PA   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS Pk   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+----+----+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   May            6  143  128   6  22  8  0  0  13   0  38   0   0   2   0   1   3  1  1  .172  .245  .234  .479  .239    32    41 May          
   June           5  124  111  13  24  6  0  5  11   1  34   0   1   1   0   0   0  1  1  .216  .285  .405  .690  .260    83    98 June         
   July           5  122  106  13  29  8  2  3  11   1  33   1   3   1   1   1   1  0  1  .274  .345  .472  .816  .366   114   135 July         
   August         2   48   39   7  12  4  1  2   9   0   9   0   0   0   0   0   0  0  0  .308  .438  .615 1.053  .357   180   202 August

Code:

 I Split         G   PA   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS Pk   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+----+----+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   1st inning    18   70   61   4   9  3  0  2   8   0  19   0   0   1   0   0   3  0  1  .148  .243  .295  .538  .171    42    56 1st inning   
   2nd inning    18   68   58   1   7  4  0  0   8   0  24   1   0   1   0   0   0  1  2  .121  .235  .190  .425  .200    22    26 2nd inning   
   3rd inning    18   76   70   9  19  7  2  1   4   0  26   0   1   1   0   0   0  0  0  .271  .307  .471  .778  .409   104   122 3rd inning   
   4th inning    18   74   69   6  17  3  0  1   4   0  14   0   1   0   0   0   1  0  0  .246  .288  .333  .621  .296    62    80 4th inning   
   5th inning    17   80   65  12  20  7  1  3  13   1  17   0   2   0   1   1   0  0  0  .308  .423  .585 1.008  .378   164   190 5th inning   
   6th inning    10   41   35   4   9  1  0  2   5   1   4   0   0   1   0   1   0  1  0  .257  .341  .457  .799  .233   104   130 6th inning

I know he's supposed to be the ace of the staff, but at this point I'm much more comfortable with Garza on the mound.

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The wall? How can he already be hitting the wall? He didn't even pitch the first month.

Tommy_Dreamer · Aug 8, 2008

buckweaver said:

Interesting story from Van Wieren just now:

Apparently, Mike Krukow has a real problem with the way Atlanta's Mike Gonzalez rocks back and forth before he starts his windup. "That's bush," he said. Krukow stopped the Braves announcers in the hallway in San Fran recently to ask them about it.

Not sure why he's so annoyed with it, but there you go.
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I'm surprised nobody has brought up the Dempster glove wiggle if they're bringing up that.

2muchcoffeeman · Aug 8, 2008

KP said:

2muchcoffeeman said:

Anybody else think that Scott Kazmir might be hitting the wall? His July-August numbers worry me, as does the opponents' elevated production in the fifth and sixth innings.

Code:

I Split         G  GS GF  W  L  S CG SHO   IP    ERA   H   R   ER HR  BB IBB  SO HBP
+-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+
   May            6  6  0  5  1  0  0   0  37     1.22  22   6   5  0  13   0  38   0 
   June           5  5  0  2  2  0  0   0  30     3.60  24  13  12  5  11   1  34   0 
   July           5  5  0  1  2  0  0   0  28     4.18  29  13  13  3  11   1  33   1 
   August         2  2  0  0  0  0  0   0   9     7.00  12   7   7  2   9   0   9   0 

 I Split         G   PA   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS Pk   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+----+----+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   May            6  143  128   6  22  8  0  0  13   0  38   0   0   2   0   1   3  1  1  .172  .245  .234  .479  .239    32    41 May          
   June           5  124  111  13  24  6  0  5  11   1  34   0   1   1   0   0   0  1  1  .216  .285  .405  .690  .260    83    98 June         
   July           5  122  106  13  29  8  2  3  11   1  33   1   3   1   1   1   1  0  1  .274  .345  .472  .816  .366   114   135 July         
   August         2   48   39   7  12  4  1  2   9   0   9   0   0   0   0   0   0  0  0  .308  .438  .615 1.053  .357   180   202 August

Code:

 I Split         G   PA   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS Pk   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+----+----+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   1st inning    18   70   61   4   9  3  0  2   8   0  19   0   0   1   0   0   3  0  1  .148  .243  .295  .538  .171    42    56 1st inning   
   2nd inning    18   68   58   1   7  4  0  0   8   0  24   1   0   1   0   0   0  1  2  .121  .235  .190  .425  .200    22    26 2nd inning   
   3rd inning    18   76   70   9  19  7  2  1   4   0  26   0   1   1   0   0   0  0  0  .271  .307  .471  .778  .409   104   122 3rd inning   
   4th inning    18   74   69   6  17  3  0  1   4   0  14   0   1   0   0   0   1  0  0  .246  .288  .333  .621  .296    62    80 4th inning   
   5th inning    17   80   65  12  20  7  1  3  13   1  17   0   2   0   1   1   0  0  0  .308  .423  .585 1.008  .378   164   190 5th inning   
   6th inning    10   41   35   4   9  1  0  2   5   1   4   0   0   1   0   1   0  1  0  .257  .341  .457  .799  .233   104   130 6th inning

I know he's supposed to be the ace of the staff, but at this point I'm much more comfortable with Garza on the mound.

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The wall? How can he already be hitting the wall? He didn't even pitch the first month.

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Because that 5-1 record with a 1.22 ERA in 6 May appearances just never really happened; it was like the lost season of Dallas or something. :

Rub the sleep out of your eyes already.

Dickens Cider · Aug 8, 2008

The point is, he's made five or six fewer starts than most pitchers in baseball. Why should he be hitting a wall?

2muchcoffeeman · Aug 8, 2008

Dickens Cider said:

The point is, he's made five or six fewer starts than most pitchers in baseball. Why should he be hitting a wall?
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Good question. Your answer is ... what, exactly?

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