You should look into the Julia language as well as R. (http://julialang.org/) I haven't had time to develop my stuff yet (my other project is almost finished though I think, so I should be able to soon). I'm planning on trying out Julia when I do my pitchfx database and analysis programs.
Carrera's defense is actually kind of interesting. His UZR/150:
LF: -23.4, RF: 27.5, CF: -34.2
Maybe we should play him in RF and Bautista in LF until Pompey or Saunders comes back.
Probably wise
I actually think he's being pretty smart at the way he's trying to market himself. Doesn't mean he isn't a fun target to make fun of though.
It felt to me like Boyd was missing his spots a lot today (not unusual for a guy making his first start), and he doesn't have the raw stuff to do that a lot. The fact he's been able to keep the walks down while inducing a lot of whiffs suggests to me that the command is normally there in addition to the control.
He actually kind of reminds me of Hutch (from the left side) when he first came up.
I think they're just worried that when he's ready, sending Sanchez down to build his pitch count back up probably makes him unavailable until the latter part of July. If they use him out of the pen, he might be available in a few days, and could be a huge boost there.
Cecil's only issues right now is command, and by the looks of it, a little lack of confidence. He can't throw his fastball for strikes consistently, so his wicked breaking stuff can't be used properly. He'll get it sorted out. I'd like to see Cecil removed from the closer's role until he does though, and go by committee until then.
Rasmussen has given up 5 ER in his last 2.2 innings, he should fit in just fine
I sort of get calling him up. In spite of his last two appearances, he's been pitching quite well. Would like to see a few less walks though. Redmond I just don't get. He doesn't appear to be pitching at all well right now, and he wasn't on the 40 man (I don't think). Why would they not call up Jenkins there? Only thing I can think of is that they'll outright Redmond off the 40 man in a few days when they activate Travis, rather than send Kawasaki down.
I think they said Travis would be up mid-week or so, so I wouldn't expect him to be part of tomorrow's call-ups. He'll probably come up and Kawasaki will go down on Wednesday or Thursday.