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Erik Bedard Hurt, Had Lost Velocity


Erik Bedard is back on the DL thanks to his balky shoulder. Taking a look at Bedard's recent starts, conveniently taking place in Seattle, you can see a loss of velocity since his latest return from the disabled list.

Blue marks are speed at release, pink are speed at the plate. The red dotted line marks Bedard's first 2009 DL stint. All games shown are from Safeco Park in 2009. Some comments after the jump, but this chart pretty much tells the story.

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There also looked to be less back-spin on his fastball, resulting in less "vertical spin movement" or "rise". I wasn't lucky enough to find many comps (pitchers who pitched, in this case, on 7/7, 7/12 and 7/25 with Bedard), only Chris Jakubauskas who threw on th 7th and 25th, as well as two other home games in between. Jakubauskas, a reliever shows no sign of change in velocity, so it is hard to attribute Bedard's issue to a park effect. Same thing for vertical movement, but not as clear due to the small sample.

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This is something the Ms should be used to

Bedard has always been oft injured. The orioles learned that and quickly dealt him and they have made the most of the prospects they have gotten in return. Jones is already an allstar.

www.snaorioles.com

by ravensfan3 on Jul 26, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jones looks good

It’s probably “luck”, but it seems I always catch Jones ripping a liner into the gap when I tune into an O’s game. Tools guy, with results. He should be a superstar in a couple years.

by Harry Pavlidis on Jul 26, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for rubbing it in!

But us fans of the Ms are used to it. It seems like every time we look, former Mariners, prospects thereof, and players we passed on are having great years. Raul Ibanez, Tim Lincecum, Shin Soo-Choo, the list goes on and on.

If only other teams would pay us for this…

Chicks dig the long ball.

by LauraBu on Jul 26, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Reply Fail (mean to reply to thread above)

Forgot that after you enable popups temorarily in IE, the page completely refreshes and state is lost. Meaning post will go to top level.

Chicks dig the long ball.

by LauraBu on Jul 26, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great graph

it sucks that he lost velocity on his pitches, that can really hurt. No longer a dominant pitcher as he was that one season

Carlos Guillen, the Latino Punto

by The_Fan on Jul 27, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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