Laika
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BTS is the worst kind of people
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smart cookie. That's like a PR professional power move there.
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Because he's a Yankee. It's a bit different!
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Really? Donaldson is a modern student of the game.
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Josh Donaldson: <3
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Betances sitting ~94 today, touching 96. He just threw a FB at 91, which is possibly lower than any single FB he threw last season (minimum 91.5). Sat 96.7 last season and touched 100.4. Still has the wicked knuckle curve and the velocity is still comfortably above average, so who knows how much it will affect his performance. Or maybe he's one of the dudes who "warms up" quite a bit as the season progresses.
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He tore his rotator cuff in 2011 and could never come back. Shame, because he peaked as a pretty nasty LOOGY (who could also get RHB out) and with that delivery from the left side he probably could have pitched until he was 40 if the arm didn't give. Poor guy barely made $1M in his career!
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Looks like Jeff is finally.... Hoff the schneid. *kills self
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BTS will love this. He covets Doubront.
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Well.... the truth it out there. Simple google search top 3 hits: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445126/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435945/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254612000427 Learn what all of the obtuse biomechanics language means and then dive into Google Scholar!
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Enough players have played baseball and had surgery at this point that you can certainly correlate the presence of certain things with injury risk. That's a huge job though. Most of it is in-house, I think. Not sure if there's anything publicly available like that. I don't actually know what any of the indicators are. You're right that it's hogwash a lot of the time. People will just pick a guy's delivery apart with pictures after he gets hurt and say - "look at those high elbows - I told you so!". But the one thing that it has going for it is sensibility.
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Buehrle is basically the model. You want that arm cocked (upright), hand and forearm pointed toward the corner base at foot plant, and you don't want a stiff front leg. But really the problem isn't the arm action itself. A pitcher can have an ugly Inverted W and still get to where Buehrle is at the critical moment. The messy arm actions just lead to an increased likelihood that a guy's timing will be off when it matters. They are like proxy measures, because most of the time there is no high speed camera of a guy's motion. But there's a reason that people do the "tricks". They increase stress on the arm/elbow/shoulder, and that stress can = more velocity! Guys (coaches) can trade a bit of health for a bit of velocity, in theory, sort of. Also this isn't science and you're talking about increases in % chance of getting hurt - pitching at all, even with perfect form, is unnatural and dangerous.
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You'll also be pleased to know that there's an Inverted L. Observe: http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Baseball/Pitching/Images/Pitchers/BJRyan/BJRyan_2006_001.jpg Inverted W: http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/634355/prior_motion_medium.jpg The Power T: http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/PitchingMechanics101/_Images/Pitchers/Harvey_Matt_002.jpg subverted S: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0310/mlb_u_ziegler_300.jpg And lastly, the sans serif: All very bad omens for arm health.
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TJS don't hassle the Hoff ugh
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Three reasons. 1) Inverted W is a more memorable term than "the M", which is too short. 2) An M and a W aren't really mirror images as commonly written. M's have vertical legs 3) because you touch yourself at night
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He's just big on the notion that players need to understand and be in charge and control of their own swings.
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inverted W
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Are Swinging Strikes Better Than Called Strikes?
Laika replied to L54's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't hate the article even if it's pretty thin and lazy, but why call it Are Swinging Strikes Better Than Called Strikes? and then not even attempt to answer that question? All he did was use Vance Worley and a tweet response to show that called strike rate doesn't have an overwhelmingly high year to year correlation when you remove catcher, umpire, park effects, etc. because these things have a big influence on it. One Blue Jays take-away could be that Russell Martin could very well be the difference between whether Aaron Sanchez can sink or swim as a SP. We all know how important called strike rate will be for him. -
Blue Jays unveil 2015 Opening Day 25-Man Roster
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Apparently Santiago is signing back with the Jays -
Well considering it's a "Win Prediction Thread", it would just be f***ing stupid.
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I like the boys assembled. I see 4 legit SP, a murderers row offense, a much improved defense, and if I put blinders on and only think about 2015 it's even possible to be optimistic about what the two kids in the bullpen will do for the team.
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90 wins
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Blue Jays unveil 2015 Opening Day 25-Man Roster
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
He's so much Jarred Cosart that it hurts -
Ugh, John. Ugh, author. Don't use that quote.
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nope, just looking at their reasonable projections and entire statistical histories
