Atlanta Braves Thread VI

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Yes. His ERA was 2.13 coming in. Just awful.

Do you watch the Braves consistently? If not, with all due respect stfu Nati. If you watched him consistently you would be able to tell how bad he has been. He tried to cough it up last night. Thank Jebus they gave J Blaze that trap or he very well could've blew that one too.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

well they take data from pitch f/x, so ill trust that over TV/stadium guns

Oh well, but of course.

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

Another thing for the VN pitching coaches to learn is that nasty curve isn't the same when a lefty gets to watch it all the way in.

he actually has better career numbers vs LHB.

trying to find splits for pitch types. would be awesome to see LHH vs his SL/CB

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Do you watch the Braves consistently? If not, with all due respect stfu Nati. If you watched him consistently you would be able to tell how bad he has been. He tried to cough it up last night. Thank Jebus they gave J Blaze that trap or he very well could've blew that one too.

You're right. 2.13 is not awful...it's putrid.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Lotto ya boy broke into AA in a big way

@MBraves: Tommy La Stella's Double-A debut: 2 doubles, a triple and 5 RBI. M-Braves lead the Biscuits 19-2 in the 8th.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

he actually has better career numbers vs LHB.

trying to find splits for pitch types. would be awesome to see LHH vs his SL/CB

So freaking awesome.

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

That's fine. I'll look at people hitting his fastball all day and go from there.

thought we were talking about velo. but ok

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

You're right. 2.13 is not awful...it's putrid.

Since you don't pick up on things, I have a HW assignment for you.

How many blown saves does he have this year thus far? How many did he have all of last year? How many HRs has he served? How many did he serve all of last year?

 

[GAVol]

This is so dumb. I just watched the pitch sequences on those last two hitters. Kimbrel bounced two curveballs and obviously wasn't feeling it. Also, for all the whining about velocity, strike one to Choo was 97 mph and the HR pitch was low at 96. Calm down people.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Let me help you Nati:


@ajcbraves: Kimbrel has given up three home runs in his past three appearances, after giving up three HRs in each of his previous two seasons

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Lotto ya boy broke into AA in a big way

@MBraves: Tommy La Stella's Double-A debut: 2 doubles, a triple and 5 RBI. M-Braves lead the Biscuits 19-2 in the 8th.

I should have gone to the game, i woulda got my moneys worth

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Also want to add in that I was thinking about something earlier...

Y'all think Mo Rivera would be better if hitters could "sit" on that cutter?

 

[GAVol]

If you want to get on somebody, lets talk about EOF.

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

obviously small sample size, but his fastball is getting hit this year at a .143 clip. last year was .140. career is .173. his season BABIP is .320. his slider is actually getting hit .200, compared to his career average of .117.

fascinating. wonder if he is getting unlucky on hits against the slider and that has boosted the BABIP.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

This is so dumb. I just watched the pitch sequences on those last two hitters. Kimbrel bounced two curveballs and obviously wasn't feeling it. Also, for all the whining about velocity, strike one to Choo was 97 mph and the HR pitch was low at 96. Calm down people.

So two pitches off the mark warrant scraping the pitch entirely? I'm not just using tonight for reference, but the entire season.

 

[The Orange Pants]

I will be calm when the 9th isn't in question.

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

obviously small sample size, but his fastball is getting hit this year at a .143 clip. last year was .140. career is .173. his season BABIP is .320. his slider is actually getting hit .200, compared to his career average of .117.

Awwwwww **** son...

 

[AV_12]

If you want to get on somebody, lets talk about EOF.

This. And his numbers against RHB career wise

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Let me help you Nati:


@ajcbraves: Kimbrel has given up three home runs in his past three appearances, after giving up three HRs in each of his previous two seasons

DFA his ass.

 

[GAVol]

So two pitches off the mark warrant scraping the pitch entirely? I'm not just using tonight for reference, but the entire season.

Brian Jordan nailed it in the postgame. He was pitching backwards and falling behind doing it.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Also want to add in that I was thinking about something earlier...

Y'all think Mo Rivera would be better if hitters could "sit" on that cutter?

Are you serious right now? You're trying to correlate the greatest pitch of all time to Kimbrel's breaking (secondary) pitches? LOL OK. Im gonna start calling you Huffines, Huffines.

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

this is cool. here is a velocity chart for his career. it looks like his fastball gains velo as the season goes on. this year seems to fall in line with that.

Craig Kimbrel » PitchFx » Velocity Graphs » FA | FanGraphs Baseball

 

[VOLinthaNATI]

Are you serious right now? You're trying to correlate the greatest pitch of all time to Kimbrel's breaking (secondary) pitches? LOL OK. Im gonna start calling you Huffines, Huffines.

Yes exactly. Totally serious and totally legit.

Best pitch in the game is a located fastball.

Lick 'em.

 

[GAVol]

If you want an example of a meaningless stat . . . EOF got credit fora Hold tonight.

 

[AV_12]

cut.

Keyword. 92 and cutting over 97 and straight.

As Bobby would say, these major leaguers can time a jet