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Post by greatfatness on Aug 5, 2019 20:50:04 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/sports/baseball/yankees-masahiro-tanaka-splitter.html?emc=rss&partner=rssIt was the split-finger fastball that helped Masahiro Tanaka become a star in his native Japan and then jump to the United States and a $155 million contract with the Yankees in 2014. At its best, the pitch darts sharply inward and down against right-handed batters. Its drastic late movement has left batters whiffing a third of the time they have swung at it — managing a measly .195 batting average against Tanaka’s splitter from 2014 through last season. But like many puzzled pitchers around the majors these days, Tanaka has not been able to get his trademark pitch to behave quite the way it used to. He has clearly struggled this season — he was on pace for a career-high walk rate and earned run average (4.78) entering his start against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Tanaka has pointed to a potential culprit, as have many other pitchers: the baseball itself. “You grip the ball, and it feels a little bit different,” Tanaka said recently through the interpreter Shingo Horie. “And then when you’re throwing with that difference in hand, obviously the movement of the ball becomes a little bit different, too.” To compensate for that unfamiliar feeling, Tanaka, 30, has begun tinkering with his grip, hoping to restore his mastery of the splitter.
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Post by geo on Aug 5, 2019 20:50:06 GMT -5
The Tauch er
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:50:19 GMT -5
tauchman makes it 9-6
When the stars come back they are going to have to make some tough choices
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Post by inger on Aug 5, 2019 20:50:29 GMT -5
Tauchman again? Ridiculous...
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Post by greatfatness on Aug 5, 2019 20:50:48 GMT -5
Brett Gardner's OPS up to .805.
Tauchman's OPS up to .886.
Wow.
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Post by kaybli on Aug 5, 2019 20:50:59 GMT -5
Brett Gardner's OPS up to .805.
Tauchman's OPS up to .886.
Wow.
Make that .909 for Tauchman
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Post by utahyank on Aug 5, 2019 20:51:47 GMT -5
I think its primarily weight lifting and bad pitchers not the ball. But who knows Tanaka has had some awful innings. It reminds me of moose who could be awesome and then simply have an inning where he could not get the ballboy out There is always that possibility that they weight lifted there way to an amazing home run year. However, triple A is using the major league ball for the first time in history. Home run production is an astounding 135% higher. I would probably bet the farm it was due entirely to the ball. I agree the ball is what is different.....I wonder if MLB will have the courage to admit it, of if the promised study report will try to make us believe we can't trust our lying eyes.... |
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Post by inger on Aug 5, 2019 20:54:27 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/sports/baseball/yankees-masahiro-tanaka-splitter.html?emc=rss&partner=rssIt was the split-finger fastball that helped Masahiro Tanaka become a star in his native Japan and then jump to the United States and a $155 million contract with the Yankees in 2014. At its best, the pitch darts sharply inward and down against right-handed batters. Its drastic late movement has left batters whiffing a third of the time they have swung at it — managing a measly .195 batting average against Tanaka’s splitter from 2014 through last season. But like many puzzled pitchers around the majors these days, Tanaka has not been able to get his trademark pitch to behave quite the way it used to. He has clearly struggled this season — he was on pace for a career-high walk rate and earned run average (4.78) entering his start against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Tanaka has pointed to a potential culprit, as have many other pitchers: the baseball itself. “You grip the ball, and it feels a little bit different,” Tanaka said recently through the interpreter Shingo Horie. “And then when you’re throwing with that difference in hand, obviously the movement of the ball becomes a little bit different, too.” To compensate for that unfamiliar feeling, Tanaka, 30, has begun tinkering with his grip, hoping to restore his mastery of the splitter. What I don’t get is that despite the complaints, despite the statistical proof, corporate baseball has done nothing about it, and even pretends that they’ve tested, checked and crosschecked, and so do the manufacturers. You know someone know something... |
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Post by geo on Aug 5, 2019 20:54:56 GMT -5
I wonder what we could get for Hicks
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:58:10 GMT -5
toronto beat tampa 2-0 despite making 3 errors. If we hold on we will be up 10 games in the lost column
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 20:59:36 GMT -5
"What I don’t get is that despite the complaints, despite the statistical proof, corporate baseball has done nothing about it, and even pretends that they’ve tested, checked and crosschecked, and so do the manufacturers. You know someone know something...'
who believes statistics
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 21:00:00 GMT -5
I wonder what we could get for Hicks not much right now |
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Post by noetsi on Aug 5, 2019 21:01:13 GMT -5
dp sends us to the 9th up 3
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Post by greatfatness on Aug 5, 2019 21:02:25 GMT -5
I wonder what we could get for Hicks Quite a bit, I would bet, based on his contract and production. Even with all of the time missed this year, he's on pace for the team to break even on this year's salary. If next year he can do what he did last year it would pay for most of the balance of the contract in value. There aren't that many hitters who also play premium defense and can do what he does from both sides of the plate. All reasons to keep him as well, of course. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Aug 5, 2019 21:02:33 GMT -5
I wonder what we could get for Hicks not much right now I mean Eovaldi got signed when he was injured and look at him now. Obviously you aren't getting rid of Hicks who just got a huge extension, but point I'm making it is sometimes the injury gamble works out. |
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