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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    If espn is correct, we'll get our first look at our full rotation this week:

    Tuesday - gausman
    Wed - soroka
    Thurs - Julio
    Friday - folty
    Sat - fried

    The Wilson promotion must be for the pen then.
    Sexy. And that makes sense. with the off day folty will slide into touki's spot and Wilson is relief depth until then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    If espn is correct, we'll get our first look at our full rotation this week:

    Tuesday - gausman
    Wed - soroka
    Thurs - Julio
    Friday - folty
    Sat - fried

    The Wilson promotion must be for the pen then.
    At this point, we've got to do something about the pen. So maybe this is the something! LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by UNCBlue012 View Post
    At this point, we've got to do something about the pen. So maybe this is the something! LOL
    I know a guy.

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    Unless a big money team loses their closer then CK is looking like he may wait till the draft to sign to open up his options a little. We could have a hand shake agreement in place with him to wait till June if he really is wanting to come back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    Sexy. And that makes sense. with the off day folty will slide into touki's spot and Wilson is relief depth until then.
    A healthy Folty and Soroka can really give this team a boost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    If espn is correct, we'll get our first look at our full rotation this week:

    Tuesday - gausman
    Wed - soroka
    Thurs - Julio
    Friday - folty
    Sat - fried

    The Wilson promotion must be for the pen then.
    This is the rotation we've been waiting to see.

    When some of Fried's more unsustainable numbers (5% HR/FB rate, .247 BABIP, 86% LOB) normalize he will be closer to the 4 ERA pitcher his xFIP suggests, but he looks like he's going to be a solid SP going forward as long as the control (2.42 BB/9) is as improved as early results have shown.

    I was clamoring for him to add a SI, but it looks like the addition of the SL is serving him just as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    This is the rotation we've been waiting to see.

    When some of Fried's more unsustainable numbers (5% HR/FB rate, .247 BABIP, 86% LOB) normalize he will be closer to the 4 ERA pitcher his xFIP suggests, but he looks like he's going to be a solid SP going forward as long as the control (2.42 BB/9) is as improved as early results have shown.

    I was clamoring for him to add a SI, but it looks like the addition of the SL is serving him just as well.
    Seems that all the is likely but his GB% mixed with our defense might help suppress his era a bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oklahomabrave View Post
    Seems that all the is likely but his GB% mixed with our defense might help suppress his era a bit.
    Fried's GB rate is 55.3% while the MLB average is 42.5%.

    I agree that his CU will generate a lot of GBs, and it's already doing exactly that.

    All the other numbers are a function of luck that is very unlikely to continue long term, especially the HR/FB rate...just like Newk's early season luck in 2018 that had some folks around here calling him better than Folty. Remember that glorious misunderstanding of unsustainability?

    I explained why Newk's success was unsustainable. I explained why JD's slow start was unsustainable. Now I'm explaining why Fried's success is unsustainable. Logic certainly has never stopped folks from making incorrect assessments on a player's value in the past, so it won't stop folks from proclaiming Fried an Ace right now either.

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    8:28 Lots of potential but come on, false.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Fried's GB rate is 55.3% while the MLB average is 42.5%.

    I agree that his CU will generate a lot of GBs, and it's already doing exactly that.

    All the other numbers are a function of luck that is very unlikely to continue long term, especially the HR/FB rate...just like Newk's early season luck in 2018 that had some folks around here calling him better than Folty. Remember that glorious misunderstanding of unsustainability?
    Yeah I agree with all the sustainability aspects, I certainly don’t think his GB% suppresses it to its current degree, just that it gives me hope he could have an ERA slightly better than his other numbers since he’d benefit the most from our infield defense.

    And yeah I never have personally bought into Newk at all being more than a 4/5.

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    He is an ace. Shut the book!

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    If espn is correct, we'll get our first look at our full rotation this week:

    Tuesday - gausman
    Wed - soroka
    Thurs - Julio
    Friday - folty
    Sat - fried

    The Wilson promotion must be for the pen then.
    Bottom line is, with that rotation, you should go into every game with a good chance to win and expect a competitive start from every member.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    He is an ace. Shut the book!
    Still small sample size.

    3/4 with a ceiling of 2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jpack1 View Post
    Bottom line is, with that rotation, you should go into every game with a good chance to win and expect a competitive start from every member.
    This I have no doubt and they don't walk a lot of people unless they get squeezed like Fried last night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oklahomabrave View Post
    Yeah I agree with all the sustainability aspects, I certainly don’t think his GB% suppresses it to its current degree, just that it gives me hope he could have an ERA slightly better than his other numbers since he’d benefit the most from our infield defense.

    And yeah I never have personally bought into Newk at all being more than a 4/5.
    Some pitchers can sustain results better than their xFIP/FIP. Julio was (is?) a perfect example, and my theory is he outperformed his xFIP/FIP by getting extra outs in high leverage spots with his excellent pick-off move.

    Here's a decent write-up on ERA-FIP variance:

    https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/20...arting-pitcher

    The money quote:

    most of the difference between ERA and FIP -- for qualified starting pitchers in the first half of this season -- by looking at their BABIP and LOB%

    A lot of GBs can certainly help lower that BABIP, but usually by around half a run over the long term.

    Good defense is mostly responsible for LOB%, which is why that credit isn't given to the pitcher in WAR calculations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AerchAngel View Post
    Still small sample size.

    3/4 with a ceiling of 2.
    If he adds an above average SI (which I think his low spin rate supports) and the control remains plus, he is an Ace...no question in my mind.

    That SI/CU/SL/CH arsenal with some spotted up FAs and plus control would be deadly from a LHP. The potential to add other impact pitches is why I was always hesitant to trade Fried.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    If he adds an above average SI (which I think his low spin rate supports) and the control remains plus, he is an Ace...no question in my mind.

    That SI/CU/SL/CH arsenal with some spotted up FAs and plus control would be deadly from a LHP. The potential to add other impact pitches is why I was always hesitant to trade Fried.
    Hopefully he can add one, but even with his current arsenal I think he can be a 2 if he can maintain a respectable walk rate. Him and Soroka give me a lot of hope for the current rotation to fill out nicely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AerchAngel View Post
    Still small sample size.

    3/4 with a ceiling of 2.
    Who was the last true ace we had? Maddux? Huddy maybe? It seems like we’re always talking about how this guy’s a 2 or 3/4 but we can never find an ace.

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    Everyone acting like Fried is a Cy Young winner after 4 starts needs to slow their roll.

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