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Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 8:05 am
by MAGA
You’d think a pothead would be less angry

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 9:26 am
by redbirdjazzz
That kind of [expletive] happens often enough in baseball that I find it amazing that no one's thought of putting a punching bag in the dugout or clubhouse yet.

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 9:35 am
by TigCards
Seems reasonable, and might as well paint the faces of some of our favorite umpires on them .

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 10:04 am
by sighyoung
redbirdjazzz wrote:That kind of [expletive] happens often enough in baseball that I find it amazing that no one's thought of putting a punching bag in the dugout or clubhouse yet.
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Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 10:08 am
by CardsofSTL
Happens frequently with players. It's not smart but no reason to criticize Reyes more than any other player that has done it.

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 10:57 am
by Radbird
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Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 11:43 am
by JCShutout
At least he punched with his left hand. Somebody has been watching Bull Durham.

That said, I'm concerned about him not using proper form. When you punch, you should connect with the top knuckles of the index and middle finger. If you're punching with the pinky then you have no fundamentals.

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: April 29 19, 12:07 pm
by Famous Mortimer
People who watch minor league ball: are there signs he's improving?

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: May 3 19, 8:11 am
by Jocephus
Guessing the Fate of April’s Underachieving Pitchers
by Dan Szymborski
May 3, 2019
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/guessing-th ... -pitchers/
Dakota Hudson, St. Louis Cardinals

I like his future, but I’m not crazy about his present. I thought the Cardinals got a little too excited about his 20-strikeout spring training. I don’t think the homers are a problem long-term, but I think the immediate issue is that he remains very much more a thrower than a pitcher. 40% of his fly balls allowed becoming homers isn’t something I worry about him sustaining, but what he does need improving on is actually punching out batters. No, not every pitcher is going to whiff 11 batters a game, and Hudson’s hard sinker is counted on to result in a lot of hits driven straight into the ground, but it’s hard to say a pitcher who has had trouble striking out minor league batters isn’t someone to worry about. John Gant’s the better pitcher right now.

Re: 2019 Pitching staff thread

Posted: May 3 19, 11:50 am
by Jocephus