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  1. ThePuck
    Well, that's dandy if you wanna use Revere's career line to compare to a rookie with 12 games played...but Ben Revere has a .194 BA and a .242 OBP going on this season. In Revere's first 13 major league games (in 2010) he had BA of .173 and an OBP of .233. In his first full season (mostly full, over 400 PAs in 2011) he had a .179 BA and a .179 OBP in those first 12 games. Hicks has 12 MLB games played...
  2. ThePuck
    awesome!
  3. ThePuck
    Did I make it sound like I was going after him? I was just pointing out I had already covered that. I'm glad he did too. :-)
  4. ThePuck
    speaking of Swarzak, he seemed to be throwing completely different than he used to. I couldn't believe my eyes last night. Throwing with determination, movement all over the place...snapping off pitches. Totally in the zone. It was great to see.
  5. ThePuck
    I've addressed that twice...broke his game logs down...put all the info out there...
  6. ThePuck
    well, there's that too :-)
  7. ThePuck
    what stinks is that they get first pick on the AL waiver wire when they achieved their poor record in the NL.
  8. ThePuck
    I guess what I mean is...if a guy gives up three hits in an inning and averages 5 or more pitches per those three batters, you can rake up the pitch counts because people are getting hits forcing him to face more batters. I don't mean just the hit itself. It's fantastic info you gave me though.
  9. ThePuck
    I meant, when ranking walks, Ks and hits, which one is affecting pitch counts the most? But thanks for that nightmarish flashback :-)
  10. ThePuck
    where do giving up hits rate as far as raising pitch count? :-)
  11. ThePuck
    where do we sit at payroll right now? About 81M?
  12. ThePuck
    'Santana lived within pitch counts, and only rarely pitched into the eighth inning.' Santana became a full time starter for us in 2004. From 2004-2007, Santana pitched into the 8th inning 36 times between. That's more than 1/4 of his starts. So that's not 'rarely' 'Six innings was common for him.' In 2004, he had 25 games where he pitched into the 7th inning. 22 games where he went 7 inning or more. In 2005, he had 24 games where he pitched into the 7th inning. 22 games where he went 7 innings or more. In 2006, he had 26 games where he pitched into the 7th inning. 24 games where he went 7 innings or more. In 2007, he had 20 games where he went 7 innings or more. How was 6 innings common for him? 30% isn't often thought of as common and 25% is often thought of as rarely.
  13. ThePuck
    And that's fine, but he also used Santana as an opposing view on Ks saying 6 innings was common for Santana and that he rarely pitched into the 8th inning.
  14. ThePuck
    I know, right? I mean seriously. 'all that money' :-)
  15. ThePuck
    Well, we drafted 2nd last year, and still didn't get that type of pitcher...how much higher of a draft pick do we need to have?
  16. ThePuck
    'Santana lived within pitch counts, and only rarely pitched into the eighth inning.' Santana became a full time starter for us in 2004. From 2004-2007, Santana pitched into the 8th inning 36 times between. That's more than 1/4 of his starts. So that's not 'rarely' 'Six innings was common for him.' In 2004, he had 25 games where he pitched into the 7th inning. 22 games where he went 7 inning or more. In 2005, he had 24 games where he pitched into the 7th inning. 22 games where he went 7 innings or more. In 2006, he had 26 games where he pitched into the 7th inning. 24 games where he went 7 innings or more. In 2007, he had 20 games where he went 7 innings or more. How was 6 innings common for him?
  17. ThePuck
    which one? edit...okay now I know which one..
  18. ThePuck
    Who said that?
  19. ThePuck
    But was he unavailable...cause he came in...at this point it was just comparing the two situations. I would have loved it if he was at the same amount of pitches to see what Gardy would have done... anyway, it was never my point to rehash that debate...
  20. ThePuck
    yeah, that's why I wrote: 'What I'm curious about is why Gardy would leave him in with a 1 run lead, but pull him with a 3 run lead? I'm hoping it's just about pitch count, and I hope that was the reason, because if not then it's baffling to me. ' See, I mentioned pitch count.
  21. ThePuck
    Riverbrian brought up a conversation had about that game..info I posted about that game..I was just rolling with the conversation. Additionally, in this case, I was comparing the two situations. I was past questioning what he did in that previous game, but instead was focusing on comparing the situations.
  22. ThePuck
    We've been far and away in last place in Ks the last two seasons. Even in 2010, we were 25th.
  23. ThePuck
    But, again, it was about the decision...it wasn't meant as a slam to him. It was me trying to use all the available info I had. Here's the thing. Managers make the call on when to pull a pitcher...he decides who plays and who doesn't. I fault no player for going out there and doing their job to the best of their ability. Some just have more ability than others. It's like Punto. He was overused by Gardy, IMO; however, that's not on Punto. What's Punto gonna say? NO I don't deserve this much playing time?
  24. ThePuck
    To expand on that, I thought it was the right move to pull him last night as well, regardless of pitch count. So, in both situations, I figured it was the right move. I thought it was right this time, for the same reasons it was right the other time. What I'm curious about is why Gardy would leave him in with a 1 run lead, but pull him with a 3 run lead? I'm hoping it's just about pitch count, and I hope that was the reason, because if not then it's baffling to me.
  25. ThePuck
    The OVER 6IP and OVER 7IP was, in no way, a shot on KC, but rather my explanation as to why I didn't think send Correia out was the right move. And there was more to it than just that. Correia pitched a very good game that game, even with the runs he ended up giving it up. I'm not sure what I said could be unfair to him when it wasn't about him but rather the decision Gardy made. I didn't slam Correia for giving up the runs.
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