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  1. Brownie19
    In my mind - this is a cyclical thing. If my memory serves correct, back in the 90's, pitchers were always told to pitch down in the zone because pitching up in the zone resulted in lots of home runs. You were told that a pitcher was tiring when he started to 'leave it up'. That philosophy was drilled in every pitcher and they became good at it. In turn, hitters changed their approach to start handling the low pitches better....but - that's made them more susceptible to the high fastball again. Hitters are now in the process of adjusting their swing path and approaches to handle the high heater again...it's just a matter of when they catch up. I fully expect that by say 2030 - we'll hear pitchers being told to keep it down. Paint the knees again. My only hesitation on this is the added velocity we see across the league. It may mean that it remains very difficult to hit the high fastball - no matter what adjustments the hitters make to their swing path... Love this type of discussion - thanks TL
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    I thought great umpires were wrong 10% of the time and s***** umpires were wrong 15% of the time on ball and strike calls?
  3. Brownie19
    The great starters will always be the great starters (and we want that). Gerrit Cole and deGrom are still going to be utterly dominant. However, the middling pitchers who throw upper 90's probably don't have the command to succeed if you implemented a robo-ump. They probably need to tone down their delivers to improve command and consistency, which will make them more hittable. Also - didn't MLB recently change where they measured the pitchers velocity from - which artificially increased the radar gun numbers? Or am I dreaming that up?
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    Not bad for a 39th round pick (1185th overall)
  5. Brownie19

    NFL Thread

    Brownie19 replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    Saints are a decent example - but Spanky is right, almost every team would be s*** if you removed their HOF QB and replaced him with some middling QB. It's been so depressing watching the Packers draft over the past couple of years. f*** me. It's really too bad that Love doesn't seem to be the future as they could get a massive haul for Rodgers and transition to the future. Denver had a super bowl roster, minus the QB and a ton of cap space to add Rodgers....it's a really good fit. Packers could probably get 3 first rounders + Jeudy or something like that. GB could use Fant too (Deguera sucks Spank).
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    I think the issue is that the environment you're in often creates the results - and not being an ******* is a pretty low bar. An aging veterin is with a team for a few years, producing on the bench for a very good young team that has success. Maybe he has a lot in common with some of the younger players, he's comfortable in the environment, earns their respect and becomes a great mentor for them. He develops a reputation as being a great veterin. That veterin becomes a FA and is signed to play a similar role on a new team. However this team isn't nearly as successful, they have a rash of injuries and this veterin is pushed into an extended role where he isn't nearly as successful. It's this first year on the team, he doesn't know anyone that well, doesn't have a lot in common with the younger players on that team and isn't performing on the field. Now he's probably worried about keeping his job in general and probably isn't providing any of the mentorship they thought they'd get from him. I mean good luck replicating that type of relationship with some old veterin you're bringing in for a year or two. Foolish stuff IMO.
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    It's pretty crazy to see the top 14 seasons by K% are 2021, back to 2008 in exact order.
  8. Brownie19
    Then hire him as a coach. He can hang out with Dante on the bench.
  9. Brownie19
    f*** the deadline - let's trade for him right now.
  10. Brownie19
    Now that he's back, healthy and once again dominant, I will ask. Where does Yordan Alvarez rank amongst the best hitters in baseball? 488 PA's .320 / .404 / .647 178 wRC+
  11. Brownie19
    Remember when we thought Russell Martin was a great mentor? Only to hear Danny Jansen talk about how Luke Maile worked with him and helped him way more than Martin ever did. Assuming great players are good role models, teachers and mentors is a fallacy.
  12. Brownie19
    Of course EastCoaster would create this thread. He may actually deserve some props for his troll game. I thought he was just dumn, but this confirms he's a troll.
  13. Brownie19
    Holy s*** - that is hard to fathom.
  14. Brownie19
    f*** me - that's brutal.
  15. Brownie19
    IIRC - everyone thought he was a negative value player so it was dumb. Now we have Panik and Espinal playing 3rd. I didn't care whether he provided excess value or not - he's under contract for this year and next and is a solid 2.5 to 3 WAR player and the timing works nice to allow Martin or Groshans to slide in once his contract is up.
  16. Brownie19
    Fire up the Tellez train. Despite his 2021 struggles he's still: 99th percentile in average exit velocity and hard hit % 93rd percentile in max exit velocity 82nd percentile in barrel % He's been getting unlucky, which I think caused him to press a bit and expand the zone. He needs to be patient, take the walks and wait for his pitch in the zone and he'll start producing again.
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    We should just piggyback Manoah and Pearson. The bullpen could take the day off every 5 days, we'd get lots of wins and it would be must watch TV.
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    Hatch is alive???
  19. Brownie19
    I suggested this in the offseason and was shown the door for my stupid idea
  20. Brownie19
    Angels really need Jo Adell to step up.
  21. Brownie19
    I think it's clear he can pitch in the majors right now. We're holding him back to control his innings in AAA so he can contribute in the 2nd half and hopeful through a playoff run.
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    because he wanted a 3 year deal and has thrown less than 70 innings over the past 3 years.
  24. Brownie19
    Wow! What a truly incredible career he's had. In his prime years (between 2001 and 2010) he was similar to Trout to me. This guy posting video game numbers who I didn't get to watch on TV all that often. He was larger than life - I always wanted to try and catch St. Louis games on Sunday Night baseball (or wherever I could) because he was must see TV. I remember when the Angels signed him, I thought there was an outside chance he'd pass Babe, Aaron and maybe even Bonds on the all-time home run list. Alas, it wasn't meant to be as age and injuries prevented him from an Adrian Beltre/Nelson Cruz/Big Papi sunset to his career. It will be interesting to see if another team signs him, or if he just hangs them up. Even though he's been awful for years now - I must say I've still stopped what I was doing when a Pujols highlight came on TV - or when he came to bat during an Angels game - just to marvel at one of the absolute greatest hitters of all-time and certainly of my generation.
  25. Brownie19
    Holy s***.
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