Bless You Boys Podcast 25: Stalking Ozzie Guillen
by BigAl on Dec 15, 2011 8:59 PM EST
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PrintThe gang at Bless You Boys decided to get together one more time before the holidays to record the final Bless You Boys Podcast of 2011. It's our Christmas gift to you!
BYB Podcast 25 has a running time of 1:05 and features Allison Hagen, Patrick O’Kennedy, David Tokarz, Matt Wallace, Kurt Mensching, and Al Beaton.
Topics discussed:
- Allison takes on MLB's Winter Mettings...and both MLB and Allison survive.
- Brandon Inge got in a car accident, which is the only way he can hit something.
- Meet Octavio Dotel!
- We say goodbye to Ryan Perry, hello to Collin Balester.
- Will Rhymes was non-tendered.
- Could Miguel Cabrera bat 3rd in 2012?
- Tigerfest cancelled!
- Rumor mongering with Jacob Turner.
- Billy Beane wants the moon for Gio Gonzalez.
- Are the Hanley Ramirez rumors just Ken Rosenthal throwing crap to see what sticks?
- Could the Tigers really be interested in Jimmy Rollins?
- Any off season moves will be based on first acquiring Yoenis Cespedes.
- Do the editors agree with the BYB readership, is a big move or two needed to win the AL Central?
- Are you outraged over the Ryan Braun PED scandal, or have you reached the point of 'roid fatigue?
- Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson get crazy money from the Angels...or are they crazy like a fox?
- The Marlins are throwing around cash like Tony Montana snorts cocaine.
- You should be reading the blogs of Phil Coke's Brain, Dirk Hayhurst and Rogo.
- Kurt's birthday is on Christmas Eve...and no one ever remembers.
Brandon Inge mentions:1
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Do you say Dick Haywurst because you don’t like him or was that a typo???
"I will play tomorrow unless I am dead when I wake up" - Victor Martinez
It was a typo...
I'm owner/editor of The Wayne Fontes Experience a deputy editor at Bless You Boys, host the Bless You Boys Podcast and co-host The Knee Jerks podcast.
Does anyone really want to talk about Ryan Braun?
At this point in the process, we really shouldn’t even know about this—it shouldn’t have been leaked until he had his chance to make his case to mlb that something was wrong with the test.
That's pretty much the attitude we have on the podcast
We talk about it because we have to, it’s news. But there definitely was a rush to judgment.
I'm owner/editor of The Wayne Fontes Experience a deputy editor at Bless You Boys, host the Bless You Boys Podcast and co-host The Knee Jerks podcast.
Getting free candy from the hotel gift shops
is one of the new perks in the new CBA
Speaking of Balester
I just don’t get this trade…ya got valverde…benoit..dotel..coke..A.A.. That leaves two spots…schlerith & below as long relief would make sense w a RH dominent staff.. Perry had an option remaining.. Why not let him go dwn…most likely do well..would increase his trade value or simply improve(they do that sometimes in the minors).. oh well…not a huge move I guess
by Wolverine119 on Dec 16, 2011 4:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
“stuff” is fine…control…is the underwhelming
by Wolverine119 on Dec 16, 2011 11:32 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
his "stuff" kinda sucks too.
Pitchf/x tells me these things. His curveball is barely above average and his fastball (which apparently is a sinker) does very little sinking and enjoys the center of the plate.
I think it's one of things you have to see on Trackman doppler radar
He gets full extension from the rubber, so pitches get to the hitter faster than the radar gun shows.
I also think he’s very deceptive. With his arm slot, the hitter can’t pick up the ball until it leaves his hand.
I have never seen incredible proof that extension from the rubber can make velocity deceptive...
that’s probably more due to the fact that we are for the most part dealing with inches of difference at best. Ideally a pitchers extension at the plant of the GS foot from the rubber where the PAS foot resides would be at least half his body length. Usually, stretching further than that can start to make things a bit awkward and can risk injury. There are cheats to gain minute amounts of extra extension, but I find that the difference between getting minimum extension and getting maximum extension to be minimal at best.
In general, situational pitchers are going to have a fastball that they can locate for strike and one other pitch that is above average. Schlereth does not locate his fastball very well. His main “fastball” is a 91mph sinker that he consistently leaves up in the zone. Given that he threw about 350 of these, thats plenty of time to get nailed.
Face value of his curveball says that he is above average as well, but he is merely above the mean. Most of the numbers I’m looking at that tell me how his curve rates (vert. movement, horz. movement) shows him falling within a standard deviation of the mean. Essentially (and I’m rehashing a stats course in my head so correct me if I’m wrong) that tells me he’s on the same playing field as about 78% of the league with his curveball. The primary difference is that he does not have a fastball to back up an average curveball.
Pitchers with average pitches get by by producing pin-point accuracy with their stuff. Generally this comes with expert fastball location and a smart mixture of breaking balls and change ups. Schlereth has yet to prove an ability to do any of this.
What was going on there?
I heard folks I generally respect talking about roster tweeks to advance in 7-game series.
Tweek the roster because this was an 85-90 win team that had good luck in 1-run games and being the best team in the Division doesn’t guarantee winning the division.
Tweek the roster for a seven game series. C’mon!
I am not a fan of Delmon Young.
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