New Relief Arms F/x

by R.J. Anderson on Feb 22, 2009 6:00 AM EST

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As you can see, Shouse's sinker dives in to lefties while his slider is a nice complement, breaking away. Neither is thrown exceptionally hard.

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Both of Nelson's main pitches break in to righties, and they have to look remarkably alike to the hitter, causing confusion.

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So Cormier added that splitter, and saw an immediate step-up in performance. Probably because he used it in place of his fastball, which looks awfully straight.

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R. J. have you thought about using centered data labels

in the bubbles to show the speed? I like the new presentation format it conveys a lot of information, but it is impossible to gauge speed, only differential.

Why yes, I am this big of an asshole in person.

by Sandy Kazmir on Feb 22, 2009 9:35 AM EST reply actions

Yes, I originally did those.

I’ll add them back from now on.

by R.J. Anderson on Feb 22, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions

My prediction is Cormier is DFA'd and passes through to AAA

I think it makes sense(especially with him really fixing up his change up) for Price to start off the season in the rotation and Niemann should be in the pen. I am not a big fan of moving a SP to RP mid season, especially a guy like Niemann and all his past injuries.

Evan Longoria and David Price - the fight for my heart

by joeybw on Feb 22, 2009 12:45 PM EST reply actions