Comments on: Masterson Impresses http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: pounded clown http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/#comment-155408 pounded clown Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:17:41 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=19579#comment-155408 SInkerballers are the Honda Accord of pitchers… reliable but not too sexy and the lack of K’s usually relegates them to the middle of the rotation. If the K’s keep coming he could very well be a sinkerballer that belongs to the Acura class at the top of the rotation. Plus he’s on my fantasy team. I just hope he doesn’t Carmona on Cleveland…that town has suffered enough.

]]> By: R M http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/#comment-155317 R M Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:48:08 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=19579#comment-155317 Actually, more than a little extreme. He had a 4.57 FIP against lefties last year. This causes him to fall from #2 pitcher to back-end starter or even reliever in your mind? Ridiculous. I think you’re weighing this one game far too much. He’s not going to get clobbered by lefties that badly every game.

]]> By: R M http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/#comment-155316 R M Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:45:24 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=19579#comment-155316 That seems a little extreme to me.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/#comment-155042 Chris Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:32:18 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=19579#comment-155042 Yesterday during the chat I asked Dave if he thought Masterson could be the real deal after his first start this season… Unfortunately I didn’t receive a response to my question. This however, seems to help ease any fears that I had (and his great start last night!). Though it does worry me that the three lefties in the Texas lineup last night (Borbon, Hamilton, Davis) combined to go 7/13 with 3 RBI.

]]> By: Wimbley http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/#comment-155000 Wimbley Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:21:10 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=19579#comment-155000 NadavT hit the nail on the head. He gets pounded by lefties. If he can develop a pitch that’s somewhat tough on lefties, he has #2 SP potential. If not, he will settle in as a back of the rotation starter that is good on some nights, shaky on others. He could even move back to the bullpen.

Hopefully, the former comes true and he can improve against lefties…

]]> By: NadavT http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/masterson-impresses/#comment-154985 NadavT Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:43:20 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=19579#comment-154985 Great post, but you left out one important point — Masterson’s extreme platoon split. The sample is tiny so far, but his FIP against lefties is currently twice as high as his FIP against righties. In last night’s game, he gave up two singles and a HR (to Cruz) to righties, while striking out 9, and two singles and two doubles to lefties while striking out 0. If he faces a lineup with more lefty or switch-hitting power hitters than he faced in either Texas or Chicago, I’d expect his results to look much worse.

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