Pretty much says what we all know already:
Control has improved, and he will need a change.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/welco...-sean-newcomb/
Pretty much says what we all know already:
Control has improved, and he will need a change.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/welco...-sean-newcomb/
I imagine a vast majority of the change is due to a much better strike zone in the major leagues.
That article was about 390 words too long.
Promising stuff. I think Flowers has helped, and it's pretty clear to me that he's taken some off his fastball in order to have a better idea of where it's going, and it has worked so far. We all know he can run it up to 96, but a lot of the time he's sitting 92ish. Hopefully he'll be able to more consistently sit near the top of his velocity once he gets comfortable keeping it around the strike zone.
It's really incredible that he has been so successful with only 2 pitches. I am hopeful but skeptical that it lasts.
Two plus pitches will get you there even without a 3rd pitch. The BABIP and ERA will rise. But a sub 3 FIP is great. His calling card through 4 starts is limiting the homeruns. His K/9 is slightly below average, his BB/9 is slightly above average, but his HR/9 is super low. Not sure if it will last to quite that degree (probably not) but he has always done a great job of limiting homeruns in the minors so that's a trend that will likely continue.
Batters can't seem to square him up...
BAA in MiLB (348.1 ip) = .215
BAA in MLB (24.1 ip) = .202
Obviously it's a SSS in MLB, but it matches his MiLB record
Colon Cologne
hmm..Originally Posted by ;403206
I usually skip Eno's chats because he is one of the 2-3 worst writers on the site (too much fluff about beer and fantasy baseball), but I am very interested in what info he got from Flowers and Newk.
OKBrave and I came to the conclusion that Newk only needs to throw the change 5-10 times per game to keep hitters off his FA/CU combo, so it shouldn't take too much refinement to get it usable.
chop2chip (06-29-2017)