Jeff Niemann is the Tortoise
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 5, 2009 2:20 PM EDT
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PrintFollowing up on Zorilla's comment in this thread, I took a quick scan of basestealers against for each of the starting pitchers. The data is from Baseball-Reference and here are the results (Note: SB2 means how many steals were of second):
| Pitcher | SB | CS | SB% | SB2 | SB3 |
| Niemann | 17 | 4 | 81 | 11 | 6 |
| Shields | 2 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazmir | 3 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 1 |
| Garza | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| Price | 5 | 4 | 56 | 5 | 0 |
| Sonny | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
Jeff Niemann almost has more steals against him than the rest of the rotation has attempts. He's no Chris Young, but when a moderately quick runner reaches, there's little deliberation needed whether or not to send him. The players who have successfully swiped a bag off Niemann this year:
Orlando Cabrera (twice)
Denard Span (twice)
Brian Roberts (twice)
Jacoby Ellsbury (thrice)
The hall of shame, otherwise known as the caught stealing crowd:
Nick Green
Maybe Niemann is simply a prankster. Nobody can catch Ichiro then proceed to let Bay and Cabrera steal on them, right? Right?
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Niemann is so dominating that he purposely lets the other team get a man into scoring position only to rip their hearts out with his curveball of doom.
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by Tommy Rancel on Aug 5, 2009 2:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yes.
Niemann basically does not give a shit if they steal because he is going to get the guy at the plate out with his sheer amazingness and ability to not only see the future but be The Future. Niemann is going to change the game of baseball for the better…
Swav or Die (>'-')> <('-')> <('-'<)
For the lulz
Listen, you can't have it both ways. He's either our big Nyquil, or good at holding runners
Wait, what?
Maybe I’m just an old fashioned BJ suck-off-er. (Good call Sandy)
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Aug 5, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
Ichiro should have committed Seppuku as soon as he was caught stealing against Niemann. It's the only honorable thing to do.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
maybe our catchers are really good
Those numbers are impressive…minus Jeff.
Nah, our catchers aren’t really good.
Good point
I might buy a RJ T-shirt from DRB store though
Douchebag Dictator on the front
A king on his throne, crown slightly askew on the back?
I can't help that I make some things look easier than they really are.
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