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jpx7 said:
Again: saying he needs to improve his command/walk-rate is definitively not “jumping ship”. Y’all need to corral your exaggerations.
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I don't get to see the games live, so I'm picking nits out of the air, but Anderson seems to throw a lot of pitches/inning. Threw almost 90 in 5 innings last night. Again, I may be grasping, but I think that's a sign that he doesn't have a consistent "out" pitch. He is going to have nights when he gets results, but I think that has to improve as he moves up.
 
50PoundHead said:
I don't get to see the games live, so I'm picking nits out of the air, but Anderson seems to throw a lot of pitches/inning. Threw almost 90 in 5 innings last night. Again, I may be grasping, but I think that's a sign that he doesn't have a consistent "out" pitch. He is going to have nights when he gets results, but I think that has to improve as he moves up.
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He has a high K rate which would suggest against that. He also has a relatively high BB. rate.

My guess is his short outings are driven by minor league pitch counts that he reaches by having a lot of full counts and walks due to command that needs improvement.
 
jpx7 said:
Again: saying he needs to improve his command/walk-rate is definitively not “jumping ship”. Y’all need to corral your exaggerations.
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Come on Jpx - You are clearly more level headed in your criticism but there are many that are quick to jump off as a dig for the prior front office (even though the same guys that ran the draft rooms are still here today).
 
Zimmermann dominates again.

He's a fifth round college pick, so he is supposed to be dominating Low A. Florida should be a better measuring stick.
 
Southcack77 said:
He has a high K rate which would suggest against that. He also has a relatively high BB. rate.

My guess is his short outings are driven by minor league pitch counts that he reaches by having a lot of full counts and walks due to command that needs improvement.
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I think what it suggests is that his "out" pitch is heat and that often doesn't hold up as a guy ascends.
 
50PoundHead said:
I think what it suggests is that his "out" pitch is heat and that often doesn't hold up as a guy ascends.
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If we are just looking at his stat line on fan graphs, we don't have any way of determining (as far as I know) how he gets his Ks.

If you are adding some personal scouting into the mix, I'll have to defer to you.

Based on what I've read about him and based on his walk rates and strike out rates, I think the most likely explanation would be that walks and strike outs drive his pitch counts and he's a cold weather pitcher whose usage has been handled carefully. But hell, I don't know.
 
Jaw said:
Zimmermann dominates again.

He's a fifth round college pick, so he is supposed to be dominating Low A. Florida should be a better measuring stick.
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He’s a guy that even a front-office conservative about promotions should promote aggressively, given his age/experience.
 
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Southcack77 said:
If we are just looking at his stat line on fan graphs, we don't have any way of determining (as far as I know) how he gets his Ks.

If you are adding some personal scouting into the mix, I'll have to defer to you.

Based on what I've read about him and based on his walk rates and strike out rates, I think the most likely explanation would be that walks and strike outs drive his pitch counts and he's a cold weather pitcher whose usage has been handled carefully. But hell, I don't know.
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I'm not adding any personal scouting of him, so I don't honestly know. I am just spitballing.
 
thethe said:
Come on Jpx - You are clearly more level headed in your criticism but there are many that are quick to jump off as a dig for the prior front office (even though the same guys that ran the draft rooms are still here today).
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Please provide a few quotes where people "jump off" Anderson.

Just because someone does not project him to be an Ace like you do every single Braves pitching prospect does not mean they hate him.

Anderson is a good pitching prospect. He is not elite. That is a good thing and does not mean I hate him.
 
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