The Most Misused Term In Baseball Today

[Statman]

___________________________ has "great stuff".

Insert Pitcher Name Here

 

It's crazy how much I hear this term in the context of paid baseball "experts" and fans use to describe unproven and often fringe MLB pitchers. To me "great stuff" are guys that have good mechanics, can throw 95+, late breaking movement on the fastball, can paint all 4 quadrants of the plate and can change speeds with a nasty secondary pitch. Most of all, guys that dominate throughout their career. David price has "great stuff", Pedro Martinez has "great stuff".

 

 

 

Misused definition of "great stuff" that is used today in baseball.

 

great stuff - an excuse that scouts, casual fans, broadcasters and analysts apply to pitchers with above average movement on their primary and/or secondary pitches that

 

a) can't throw strikes on a consistent enough basis over a long sample size

are often injured

c) are successful under an incredibly short sample size

d) combination of a and b.

 

Sorry for the rant but this has been bugging the hell out me because I hear it all the time misused not only in the Jays circles but around the league as well.

[Muck Bartinez]

Jeremy Jeffress has great stuff.

[dineke]

Why does being injured and/or not having control mean a pitcher can't have great stuff?

[G-Snarls]

Strasburg is the very definition of great stuff

[Chappy]

___________________________ has "great stuff".

Insert Pitcher Name Here

 

It's crazy how much I hear this term in the context of paid baseball "experts" and fans use to describe unproven and often fringe MLB pitchers. To me "great stuff" are guys that have good mechanics, can throw 95+, late breaking movement on the fastball, can paint all 4 quadrants of the plate and can change speeds with a nasty secondary pitch. Most of all, guys that dominate throughout their career. David price has "great stuff", Pedro Martinez has "great stuff".

 

 

 

Misused definition of "great stuff" that is used today in baseball.

 

great stuff - an excuse that scouts, casual fans, broadcasters and analysts apply to pitchers with above average movement on their primary and/or secondary pitches that

 

a) can't throw strikes on a consistent enough basis over a long sample size

are often injured

c) are successful under an incredibly short sample size

d) combination of a and b.

 

Sorry for the rant but this has been bugging the hell out me because I hear it all the time misused not only in the Jays circles but around the league as well.

 

Control, injuries, and success have nothing to do with "stuff". Great "stuff" can sometimes yield success, but it's not the same. Success is the end result, "Stuff" is not.

 

Perhaps the entire baseball world doesn't have it all wrong and maybe it's just you? Crazy thought, but let's go with that.

[jays76]

Drew Hutchison has great stuff!!

[dineke]

Strasburg is the very definition of great stuff

 

Does dickey have a great stuff?

[dineke]

Drew Hutchison has great stuff!!

 

Better stuff than de le rosa certainly

[Deadpool]

Does dickey have a great stuff?

 

I'd make a joke here, but I'd probably get yelled at...

[jays76]

Better stuff than de le rosa certainly

 

Lol Rubby De La Rosa maybe, Drew Hutch would have a double figure ERA at Coors Field.

[dineke]

Lol Rubby De La Rosa maybe, Drew Hutch would have a double figure ERA at Coors Field.

 

Rubby has better stuff than Jorge too.

[jays76]

Rubby has better stuff than Jorge too.

 

Lol

[GeorgiaPeach]

Does dickey have a great stuff?

 

No, but he was stuffed greatly.

[Dick_Pole]

No, but he was stuffed greatly.

 

lol looks like you don't share Deadpool's concerns.

[GeorgiaPeach]

lol looks like you don't share Deadpool's concerns.

 

I've been making cracks about Dickey's run-in shortly after the trade with the Mets broke.

[o2cui2i]

I'd make a joke here, but I'd probably get yelled at...

 

yeah, the whiny brigade would be on you. lol trust me I know.

[o2cui2i]

Strasburg is the very definition of great stuff

 

Stroman and Sanchez.... stuff for daze

[jays76]

Why have you decided to troll, honest question?

 

Probably hardcore Hutch disdain, I've seen him get beatdown in person too many times this year and it's jaded me. I know he's just a kid and coming off TJ but I don't think he's going live up to his potential or ever be a great one, just my personal intuition however hopefully I'm proven wrong..

[Boxcar]

I thought this thread was going to be about the phrase "HE DUN GIT CHEATED"