FG: More Javy Frustration
Javier Vazquez is so very weird to me. I try to understand him and I just don't.
Eric Seidman talks about his latest outing, and how he managed to be a dominant pitcher over the course of the game, but his failures came so close together it doesn't matter: the team lost. That seems to be his MO. While other pitchers tend to have their good and bad PAAs spread out fairly evenly (or, at least, averaging out over the course of the season), Vazquez seems to only have his bad PAAs so close together, he helps his team less than his peripherals would suggest. And, as Baseball Musings points out, 41% of Vazquez's home runs (and he allows a few) come with men on base! How does this happen? Can anyone explain? Is it mental? Is he really just the unlukiest person who has ever lived?
6 months ago
philkid3
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There's definitely some interesting research work to be done here.
Pitch selection with runners/no runners would be a good start. For many pitchers, not just Javier.
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by Sky Kalkman on May 6, 2009 8:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd be very interested to see that.
I’d also like to see it applied to how pitchers throw in general as that pertains to line-up construction.
by philkid3 on May 6, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mechanics would also be a good place to start, particularly with javy.
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by larry on May 6, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True: not just pitch selection, but pitch results. For example, do his curveballs curve the same from the stretch?
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on May 6, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
larry's magic eightball says: signs point to no.
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by larry on May 6, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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