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Anyone have any insight as to what is going on with him? Outside of his first two starts he's been terrible. Last night gave him 5 mediocre/terrible starts in a row.
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Here's a good write up on Gallardo's struggles: http://disciplesofuecker.com/yovani-...dos-struggles/
And this quote basically explains the lack of luck he's had this year:
However, Gallardo has an essentially perfect batted ball distribution on Monday night — 7 grounders to only one line drive and one fly ball. Unfortunately, the results were just as poor as before: a .615 BABIP. -
It's pretty clear to me that what is wrong with Gallardo is that I targeted him as my big ticket pitcher this year, putting him in place to demolish two of my leagues.Originally posted by willgladst View PostComment
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He's been hit by an almost unholy trinity for a pitcher - bad defense, loss of command, and bad luck. I've seen him three times this year, and judging by how the catcher has to move around, his command has been fair to poor. Mix in some hideous defense - if you've ever seen Casey McGehee play behind Gallardo, you'd figure Yo stole Casey's girlfriend or something - and a nearly ridiculous number of balls hit simply finding holes, and this is what you get.
I am concerned about his lack of command...I'm hoping he's not pitching with an injury.I'm just here for the baseball.
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.358 babip ytd is high definitely but thats not the only problem. xFIP of 4.00 and big drop in k/9 tells you this isnt the same pitcher as last year. At least so far.Originally posted by jackmadden View Post"The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable." -NY Times
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Nope. He was kept in my auction league at 24, and picked up very early by an even harder core Brewer fan than me in my draft league. In my auction league, I have Marcum at 9 (kept, via trade), and Narveson at 2 for Brewer pitchers. In my draft league, I only have Marcum.Originally posted by Gregg View PostI'm just here for the baseball.Comment
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He's killin me. I traded an $18 Justin Upton for a $17 Gallardo on draft day after the owner I offered Upton to for a $13 Hanson refused.
Then said owner goes and panics for saves on May 1 and trades said Hanson for a $16 K-Rod. I thought I'd be sitting pretty w/ a triumvirate of Halladay/Kershaw/Gallardo.
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Maybe it is time for a buy low?Comment
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Jason Parks and Kevin Goldstein had a discussion of Gallardo on the BP podcast this week.
Basically, one of their listeners (a Brewers blogger) noticed that YoGa is dropping his arm slot on his slider. Maybe not enough to tip his pitches, but maybe. Maybe a sign of an injury or some discomfort.
They also said that because Gallardo throws his slider so hard that he really needs his curve to be a change of pace, and this year he's throwing the curve less so everything is hard.
In Gallardo's favor, the slider velo drop is basically the same as the fastball velo drop, so at least he's not losing separation.
Fastball last year - 58%, 92.6 MPH
Fastball this year - 55%, 91.9 MPH
Slider last year - 18%, 86.8 MPH
Slider this year - 23%, 86.2 MPH
Curve/Change last year - 24% combined, 80.1/84.1 MPH
Curve/Change this year - 21% combined, 80.1/84.6 MPH
Maybe his slider is flatter this year because of the arm slot - I haven't checked the PitchFX locations. It has negative value this year, but so does his fastball. Gallardo has lost a few points in his contact rates (92% contact in the zone vs. 88 last year, 83% vs/ 73% last year) which might point to a loss in stuff.
So I would still consider buying low, but there are some red flags here so it would have to be very low.Comment
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