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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #405 on: May 07, 2011, 04:31:40 pm »
Im glad to see Brandon Guyer continue to do well whether he's a Cub or not.

brjones

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #406 on: May 07, 2011, 06:21:02 pm »
Todd Wellemeyer has retired.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #407 on: May 08, 2011, 02:57:26 am »
Didd Wellemeyer even make any minor league starts?  What made him retire?  Injury?

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #408 on: May 08, 2011, 06:36:22 am »
Suckiness

Jes Beard

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #409 on: May 08, 2011, 07:00:31 am »
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/grota-cubs/2011/05/whats-wrong-with-tyler-colvin.html


What's Wrong With Tyler Colvin?
AJ Walsh on 05.07.11 at 3:07 PM

Yes, the Fangraphs guys have been all over this subject material with a number of major leaguers, but they say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, don't they?

Tyler Colvin got a rare start on Saturday, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He now sports a .121 batting average from 58 at-bats with six walks -- although he's one of just four Cubs to have more than one home run this season.

But homers aside, .121? What the hell? And it's not because Colvin's pitch selection has gotten worse -- in fact it seems to have gotten better.


Stay classy, Tyler.


Last season, Colvin swung at 38.2% of pitches he saw outside the strike zone; this year, that number is down to 34.4%. His whiff-rate is down, from 14.2% to 11.1%; his walk-rate is up, from 7.6% to 10%; and his K-rate is down, albeit slightly, from 28% to 26%.

So if it's not pitch selection, the next place one should look is at batted balls, and indeed that's where things get interesting for Colvin. Just 10% of the balls he's put into play have been line drives, way down from last year's rate of 17%.

Perhaps that lower LD% is the result of a change in how pitchers are pitching to him. Colvin is seeing more fastballs this year (up from 53.7% last year to 60.4% this year), and more pitches in the zone (up from 42.3% to 47.3%). One theory: maybe pitchers thought Colvin would chase the outside breaking ball last year, but ended up getting burned by too many mistakes (Fangraphs says Colvin was an above-average hitter against the cutter, curve, and change-up last year). Now pitchers are challenging him in the zone with well-located fastballs, and so far Tyler hasn't been able to adjust.

This may be a case of the league adjusting to a young hitter, forcing him to adjust his game to continue having success. Fortunately Colvin has already shown improvements in some parts of his game, namely pitch selection. Hopefully, Quade can keep finding ways to get Colvin into the game, he stays patient and keeps putting the bat on the ball, and starts squaring it up sooner rather than later.


Read more: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/grota-cubs/2011/05/whats-wrong-with-tyler-colvin.html#ixzz1LlGnxKS9

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #410 on: May 08, 2011, 11:03:50 am »
Seems Jiggy is uncharacteristiclly quiet now that Colvin is struggling.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #411 on: May 08, 2011, 01:07:04 pm »
jiggs' posting had actually fallen off even before the start of the season, and at one point had indicated he likely would not make the move, though the has posted here a couple of times.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #412 on: May 08, 2011, 01:12:48 pm »
A new strip club must have opened.

guest61

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #413 on: May 08, 2011, 04:02:33 pm »
Im here every day and I follow the Cubs just as much as I ever have.

The only problem is I coach baseball and umpire during the Summer and with us sucking I dont really have much to say.

As far as Tyler Colvin goes you all have to understand that Im somewhat new when it comes to evaluating prospects and my judgement isnt by any means the word of God.

I like Tyler but he did struggle for prolonged periods of time in AA so Im not shocked to see him go all to hell now that he's in the majors but I also saw him look like the next coming of Josh Hamilton at times so I became a believer.

Now looking back at the prospects Ive seen that have succeeded and the ones Ive seen that have flamed out I think I have a better understanding of what it takes to be a big leaguer and as much as I like Tyler he might not be.

If I where a betting man though I wouldnt give up on him yet.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #414 on: May 08, 2011, 04:20:28 pm »
"my judgement isnt by any means the word of God."

Never thought I would hear that from Jes's illegitimate son.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #415 on: May 09, 2011, 10:36:10 am »
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StrikeZone

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #417 on: May 09, 2011, 01:20:59 pm »
I presume that article was written by Jim Hendry.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #418 on: May 09, 2011, 01:35:20 pm »
Just read this in the comments on Bruce Miles' blog...here are some of the major league "leaders" in lowest percentage of walks per plate appearance:

1. Crisp: 1.7 percent
2. C. Johnson: 1.8
3. Pierzynski: 2.7
4. Castro: 2.8
11. Soriano: 3.3
13. Barney: 3.3
16 Byrd: 3.6

Four of the top 16 are everyday players for the Cubs.  That is why the offense sucks...half the offense is hacking away at everything.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #419 on: May 09, 2011, 01:54:58 pm »
I presume that article was written by Jim Hendry.

Either him or Scotti.