Comments on: Nuke Nippert http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/nuke-nippert/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:42:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Walkingshaw http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/nuke-nippert/#comment-41987 Eric Walkingshaw Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:16:09 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/nuke-nippert/#comment-41987 You're nervous about giving Daisuke Matsuzaka the ball? Must be nice to be a Red Sox fan. You’re nervous about giving Daisuke Matsuzaka the ball? Must be nice to be a Red Sox fan.

]]> By: Scappy http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/nuke-nippert/#comment-41883 Scappy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:32:54 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/nuke-nippert/#comment-41883 Being a Sox fan Buchholz and Matsuzaka come to mind for me. Both have great movement on their pitches and neither can find the strike zone. They both strike out over 8 per nine, but walk almost 5 per nine each. It is amazing that one of them has some how managed to have a 2-9 record while the other is 16-2. I'd say Buchholz needs to keep the ball on the ground more, but his rate is already 47.7% versus Matsuzaka's 38.5%. The home run rates are the two things that I see that separate these two. Buch is giving up 1.3 per nine and 14.7% of his fly balls leave the yard. Matsuzaka has a nice 0.6 HR/9 and about an amazing 5.7 HR/FB. Makes me nervous to give Matsuzaka the ball. Being a Sox fan Buchholz and Matsuzaka come to mind for me. Both have great movement on their pitches and neither can find the strike zone. They both strike out over 8 per nine, but walk almost 5 per nine each. It is amazing that one of them has some how managed to have a 2-9 record while the other is 16-2.

I’d say Buchholz needs to keep the ball on the ground more, but his rate is already 47.7% versus Matsuzaka’s 38.5%. The home run rates are the two things that I see that separate these two. Buch is giving up 1.3 per nine and 14.7% of his fly balls leave the yard. Matsuzaka has a nice 0.6 HR/9 and about an amazing 5.7 HR/FB.

Makes me nervous to give Matsuzaka the ball.

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