Apparenty they're going to leave Leake in. Very dangerous. Very.
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Heisey DP. Good grief.
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From the bench...should be playing this series...no real reason why he's not in the lineup other than Dusty being Dusty with the veterans. DiDi had a great series in Miami especially Sunday and with Cozart coming back this weekend the Cubs series would of been a great time to see what he could do with multiple starts. We all know what Valdez can do.
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You could do a heck of a lot worse than Leake. Heck, Leake would have been the ace of several of the Reds' staffs the last 10 years.
But the point is that some folks here are under the impression that Leake falls off a cliff late in the games. The numbers don't suggest that at all, especially relative to how most pitchers fare later in games.
Interesting anecdote about Leake's homers though...
He's given up 17.8 percent of his flyballs as home runs. In the past 10 years of all starting pitchers in any season, only five guys have given up a larger percentage.
All five, by the way, went on to give up a percentage at least 5 points lower the following season. That suggests that Leake has likely been a little snake bitten in that he's really not giving up many flyballs, but an inordinate number are leaving the yard.
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Arredondo on the mound
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Actually, while neither Clemente nor Berra walked that much, Heisey's walk rate is lower than both of them.
And frankly to mention Heisey in the same sentence as these great hitters is kind of a joke. Yes, some guys can be great hitters not walking that much.
I happen to think Heisey is not one of them.
So while you are looking for Heisey to turn into Roberto Clemente, I'd prefer a centerfielder with good plate discipline who gets on base frequently.
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I agree KC that i would rather have someone else than these 2......but i also would rather have Heisey in there over Stubbs more.
Let Stubbs try playing LF after sitting on the bench all night and see how fresh he is.
His speed makes up for a lot of his misjudging of balls.
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