http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/a-minor-review-of-2009-cincinnati-reds/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/a-minor-review-of-2009-cincinnati-reds/#comment-102078 Charlie Scrabbles Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:10:43 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10160#comment-102078 No Lotzkar did not pitch this season. he broke his elbow last season after 40 innings or so and from what i heard he re-broke it this past spring. Not sure if that's true though. No Lotzkar did not pitch this season. he broke his elbow last season after 40 innings or so and from what i heard he re-broke it this past spring. Not sure if that’s true though.

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/a-minor-review-of-2009-cincinnati-reds/#comment-101969 Snake Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:44:35 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10160#comment-101969 I don't think Lotzkar pitched in 2009. He made 10 starts in 2008. He suffered an elbow fracture at the end of 2008. His mechanics are terrible: http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/2009/3/5/781840/wow-this-is-ugly I don’t think Lotzkar pitched in 2009. He made 10 starts in 2008. He suffered an elbow fracture at the end of 2008. His mechanics are terrible: http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/2009/3/5/781840/wow-this-is-ugly

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/a-minor-review-of-2009-cincinnati-reds/#comment-101959 Bryz Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:01:56 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10160#comment-101959 It's quite possible that the "changeup" that this site's pitch types credit Herrera with throwing is actually a screwball. It's mentioned here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/another-junkballer (although Herrera himself admits he does throw a changeup) and here: http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090809&content_id=6337244&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin. It’s quite possible that the “changeup” that this site’s pitch types credit Herrera with throwing is actually a screwball. It’s mentioned here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/another-junkballer (although Herrera himself admits he does throw a changeup) and here: http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090809&content_id=6337244&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin.

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