Friday, February 13, 2009

Nevermind the Bollocks


Pitchers and Catchers. Mostly pitchers. There seem to be a lot of pitchers. But it's all happening.

Somewhat interesting update


I just came across minorleaguesplits.com, a site that walks the line between interesting and pathetic. Either way, it offered me more than a slight glimmer of hope. Earlier in the week I looked at where on the hot/crazy scale the Jays starters fell, and what it meant for the potential fifth spot in the rotation. I didn't mention Brett Cecil, but apparently I should have. Looking at his minor league splits, you can see he'd be in elite company. At three levels in 2008, he posted a GB rate of 62.5%!!! And a K/BF of 26.2%!!! That would place him well into the vaunted upper right quadrant, even if you converted his numbers into their Major League Equivalents (though his FIP would increase by a full run). Either way, consider me fully on the "Brett Cecil in the rotation by June" train.

7 comments:

  1. I am harder than Chinese algebra right now...

    /sorry

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  2. I see JP has his arian nation goose stepping!

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  3. It's more of a North Korean military step, so I guess he's building an ASIAN nation.

    P.S. Spelling is important. More so than a feeling of racial superiority.

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  4. Cecil looks to be the real deal. It will be interesting to see if he can limit HR in that band box of a park that they have out in Vegas.

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  5. I think it'll be interesting to see if they steer some pitchers away from Vegas and just send all the old retreads there.

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  6. Good call. Hopefully the only split of Cecil's that changes dramatically is HR/FB, meaning he's still doing his thing.

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  7. Beej is kicking higher than Roy? This will not sit well with Mr. Halladay.

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