Comments on: A Different League

By: Jeff K

Jeff K — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:40:23 +0000

Spooky…

By: 198d

198d — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:42:54 +0000

Wow. Blanket statements FTW.

Sincerely,
An inept, dimwitted Jays Fan.

Aside: Check out BLeague’s peripherals the second time through the order. Not. Pretty.

By: opisgod

opisgod — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:23:13 +0000

It’s just sample size. He also dominated the Yankee lineup into extra innings, you conveniently ignored that. I’d sooner put him back in the rotation, he pitches like a starter and there is no reason to waste a arm like his on a position where an average reliever will convert over 80% of their chances.

By: opisgod

opisgod — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:16:56 +0000

It’s fastball/splitter, its always been like that. The difference is it becomes a 85 MPH curveball when thrown in to left-handers, and a change when thrown in to right-handers.

By: opisgod

opisgod — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:36 +0000

Don’t tell the fans on the Jay’s board that, they don’t understand this type of analysis and just call you stupid.

Even though he began his career as a minor’s starter and looked good doing it, but never got a chance up here…

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:10:28 +0000

How about stretching him out one more time? I always get a vision of Chien-Meng Wang and his awesome ground ball tendencies. Getting 5-6 IPs/game out of League could be intriguing, though it didn’t go well the first time.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:33:12 +0000

I said above I think it’s a sinker, when splitter is more appropriate. League is the kind of pitcher that pitch f/x seems to hate. His fastball moves so much, its hard to make a lot of sense.

By: MPC

MPC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:24:29 +0000

Frasor was pretty good.

By: LeeTro

LeeTro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:04:01 +0000

Looking at his Pitch F/X page, there isn’t a whole lot of certainty in those numbers. The offspeed categories seem all screwed up. First it says his slider and “curveball” are the same average speed of 85.7 mph, which would be slider speed.

What’s really screwy is the horizontal movement (HM). His slider has always been a “backup” slider, with negative HM. That “curveball” listed has a HM value closer to his changeup, which leads me to believe those are mostly changeups. I also wonder if those changeups are actually splitters, since there is so much less HM on those compared to his fastball.

Whatever his offspeed collection is, there is a lot of movement, mostly downward, and his high-end velocity should result in a productive career.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:24:37 +0000

The perception that surrounds League is far worse than the reality. He’s one of the best bullpen arms around, the Jays are in no hurry to let him go anywhere.