Comments on: Where’d This Come From? http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glassman http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34392 Glassman Thu, 22 May 2008 21:30:31 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34392 Rick Kranitz has been an amazing Pitching Coach so far with this staff. He's proving that Leo really wasn't a "genius" after all. Anyone could've been a "genius" Pitching Coach with the staffs he had in Atlanta. All Leo kept preaching in Baltimore was to through every pitch low and away, instead of attacking the hitters. Kranitz wants them to just "throw the damn ball" over the plate and let the defense get the outs, not to worry about the K's. Rick Kranitz has been an amazing Pitching Coach so far with this staff. He’s proving that Leo really wasn’t a “genius” after all. Anyone could’ve been a “genius” Pitching Coach with the staffs he had in Atlanta. All Leo kept preaching in Baltimore was to through every pitch low and away, instead of attacking the hitters. Kranitz wants them to just “throw the damn ball” over the plate and let the defense get the outs, not to worry about the K’s.

]]> By: doorbot http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34380 doorbot Thu, 22 May 2008 17:09:24 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34380 There have been a few quotes from Cabrera about focusing on using his two-seamer almost exclusively. He mentions that it was a pitch he always had, but didn't use as often, and the new pitching coach has pushed him to use it. Looking at pitchfx data from 2007 and 2008 you can see that difference in his fastball and sinker composite totals as well. There have been a few quotes from Cabrera about focusing on using his two-seamer almost exclusively. He mentions that it was a pitch he always had, but didn’t use as often, and the new pitching coach has pushed him to use it. Looking at pitchfx data from 2007 and 2008 you can see that difference in his fastball and sinker composite totals as well.

]]> By: Michael DeVito http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34355 Michael DeVito Thu, 22 May 2008 06:25:05 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34355 no, it's Rick Kranitz, and he is working wonders for D-Cab, something that Mazzone was never able to do. no, it’s Rick Kranitz, and he is working wonders for D-Cab, something that Mazzone was never able to do.

]]> By: drew http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34346 drew Thu, 22 May 2008 02:50:18 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34346 "He’s still a power pitcher, but it appears he’s (intentionally or not) taken something off of his fastball, and this reduced velocity correlates very well with lower walk rates." Has it been proven that decreased velocity correlates with lower walk rates? Or is that just in this case? “He’s still a power pitcher, but it appears he’s (intentionally or not) taken something off of his fastball, and this reduced velocity correlates very well with lower walk rates.”

Has it been proven that decreased velocity correlates with lower walk rates? Or is that just in this case?

]]> By: Sentinel http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34335 Sentinel Thu, 22 May 2008 00:14:12 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whered-this-come-from/#comment-34335 Is Leo Mazzone still the pitching coach over there in Baltimore? Is Leo Mazzone still the pitching coach over there in Baltimore?

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