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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by madducks View PostYeah, i remember Greg Maddux used to get lit up every spring because he never wanted to let future opponents see his best stuff. Even late in the season he would pitch the same way against potential post-season opponents for the same reason.It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.
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I had a smoking crater of a season in 2017. It was almost worth it because I was in rebuild mode by June and acquired Acuna off his AA hype.
In September I noted that Acuna was one of my definite keepers and our resident Braves fan had a pout.
JAd Astra per Aspera
Oh. In that case, never mind. - Wonderboy
GITH fails logic 101. - bryanbutler
Bah...OJH caught me. - Pogues
I don't know if you guys are being willfully ignorant, but... - Judge Jude
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Originally posted by onejayhawk View PostI had a smoking crater of a season in 2017. It was almost worth it because I was in rebuild mode by June and acquired Acuna off his AA hype.
In September I noted that Acuna was one of my definite keepers and our resident Braves fan had a pout.
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Originally posted by cavebird View PostI will note that I drafted Acuna in 2017 before the season when he went nuts. I'd love to claim credit, but it was Sickels who held the candle for him that got me to draft him.Last edited by Sour Masher; 03-17-2019, 01:27 AM.
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Watched Doolittle pitch today 3/16. He threw 5 pitches at 92 and all the rest of his pitches in 2/3rds of an inning were mostly high 80's. [85,/ 92,89.90.92./89.84.89/92.89.89.92./91.82.89.92.89.91./mound visit 79.79.88.77.77/87] One of his 92 mph pitches was a long fly ball double off the wall by Edman and his last pitch was an 87 mph that left the yard quickly for a 3 run bomb by Andrew Knizner. Same radar gun clocked Trevor R throwing a couple of 101s and a 102 FB. Trevor had some trouble controlling his breaking ball (plus it wasn't breaking that much) but his FB was electric. (97,94,99,96,99,96/,86,88,86,101,86,99 in dirt ball 4/ 99,89,98,96,86,89,/97,96 perfect spot w/ tailing action,102 pure gas, great spot and unhittable for K3 swg). The last three pitches were strikes to Nolan Gorman - poor kid didn't have a chance...
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Something I always forget about: if you look at spring training stats on bbref, they have a stat called "OppQual" which tells you how good the players facing a given hitter/pitcher have been. It's an average of 10 for a major leaguer, 8 for a AAA, 7 for AA, 5 for high-A, 4 for A, and 3 for low-A/rookie. I find it useful when looking at something like the strikeout leaders so far to notice that, for example, Shane Bieber is having a really nice spring training so far (0.64 ERA, 0.357 WHIP, 10.9 K/9) but he's faced weaker than average hitters - his average hitter quality of 7.3 is closer to AA than most pitchers whose average is AAA or better. Similarly, Touki Toussaint has had a couple of nice appearances after getting blown up early, but his average hitter quality is 6.5. (For what it's worth, the three highest OppQual starters with good numbers through their first 5-9 innings are Jose Quintana, Jason Hammel, and Drew Smyly, so don't get the idea that a small sample size means anything anyway.)
Notes from the hitter side:
Willy Adames has done approximately nothing, including striking out 10 times in 34 PA, and he's hitting against 6.3 OppQual pitchers. Ugh. Cedric Mullins has also been really bad hitting against 6.6.
Garrett Hampson and Ryan McMahon have both hit very well so far, and it looks like an even-ish battle (not counting Hampson's minor injury), but Hampson's been hitting against 6.5 pitchers and McMahon 7.4.
The three hitters who've done the best against the best opposition? Jose Abreu, Jay Bruce, and Adam Eaton.In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.
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