Re: 9/7/2012 Astros at Reds
BP and Hi-C both K looking.
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Tom Servo
BP and Hi-C both K looking.
Got to start swinging at those borderline pitches.
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Brutus
He's got a 1.85:1 GB:FB ratio. That's 15th in the entire Major Leagues. I'd say that's absolutely the hallmark of a groundball pitcher.
The homers are because of a 17% HR/FB rate, not because of giving up more fly balls. Only two pitchers in the majors have given up a higher rate of homers to fly balls allowed.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.asp...ers=0&sort=8,d
A groundball pitcher needs a good ratio AND needs to keep the ball in the stadium.
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Kc61
A groundball pitcher needs a good ratio AND needs to keep the ball in the stadium.
Every pitcher needs to keep the ball in the stadium
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Votto the Canadian God of Walks.
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Tom Servo
Votto the Canadian God of Walks.
What's an appropriate sacrifice for the Canadian God Of Walks?
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Tadasimha
What's an appropriate sacrifice for the Canadian God Of Walks?
A maple tree or a hockey player
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Ludwick flies out. 57 pitches for Harrell after 3.
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Wonderful Monds
A maple tree
One of those maple bats that breaks easily anyway?
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Now when Votto is on base, I hold my breath similar to what I had to do when Griffey was on base a few years ago.
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Tom Servo
BP and Hi-C both K looking.
Are the #1 and #2 slots jinxed? (I know, they both got hits first time through...)
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Tadasimha
Every pitcher needs to keep the ball in the stadium
Some pitchers can compensate for a higher home run rate. Mat Latos has the same 23 homers allowed but has 158 strikeouts and other very favorable stats that compensate.
The concept of a ground ball pitcher IMO is a guy who gets a lot of outs on the ground and does not allow many homers. Such a pitcher usually can't get away with 23 homers at this point in the season.
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Kc61
Some pitchers can compensate for a higher home run rate. Mat Latos has the same 23 homers allowed but has 158 strikeouts and other very favorable stats that compensate.
The concept of a ground ball pitcher IMO is a guy who gets a lot of outs on the ground and does not allow many homers. Such a pitcher usually can't get away with 23 homers at this point in the season.
You avoid homers by giving up fewer fly balls. You don't have a ton of influence over your HR/FB rate. Perhaps a little, but not much. Most guys generally hover around 10-11%.
He's giving up almost 2 grounders for every fly ball. If he were giving up a normal rate of homers to fly balls, that number would be in the range of 13-15 homers which is why his xFIP is 3.71. Latos, despite his strikeouts, has an xFIP of 3.83.
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It's almost like night and day between Homer at Minute Minute and Homer at GABP against the same Astros team. I mean the Maxwell homer part is the same but he was much more efficient, more comfortable at Houston than in this game.
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Frazier with the EE special. Great pick, and then airmails the throw. Inning continues.