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Community Projection Review: Matt Morris
PLAYER POS. COMMUNITY ZiPS ACTUAL Matt Morris SP 164.3 IP, 82 K, 47 BB, 5.25 ERA 188 IP, 106 K, 60 BB, 4.98 ERA 22.3 IP, 9 K, 7 BB, 9.67 ERA Pirates fans, who watched Morris' disintegration in 2007 firsthand, beat ZiPS here, but I don't know why people predicted he'd pitch...
Player to Watch: Patrick McAnaney
Following up on my post about State College below, where I said that Dave Littlefield had left little land mines all over the place, there's a pitcher named Patrick McAnaney in the low levels of the Diamondbacks system you may want to watch. The Pirates drafted him in the 38th round last year but...
Hardball Times: Velocity Begins to Decline at 29
Via U.S.S. Mariner, check out this important article at Hardball Times, which offers evidence in support of the tentative hypothesis that, on average, pitcher velocity starts to decline quite considerably at age 29, dipping about 4 MPH by age 34. It also suggests that velocity increases a bit, on...
1-2-3, count with me . . .
welcome back, walter jocketty. the guys at SB Nation brother site Red Reporter asked my opinion of their team’s new gm over the weekend, and i gave ‘em some thoughts; read all about it. and au revoir, matt morris. he’s the second not-that-long-ago mainstay of the stl rotation to...
Pirates 5, Phillies 1
Following on the heels of a week of horrible baseball and the release of Matt Morris, this was a refreshing display of competence. Paul Maholm walked four batters, but he had a 99-pitch, complete game two-hitter. Meanwhile, Nate McLouth hit two homers, raising his season total to six, and Jose...
TEMPLATE
PIRATES LOSE TO _________, DROP __TH IN A ROW Pirates starter _____ _______ gave up ___ runs in the first inning, thanks to subpar stuff and errors by _____ ______ and ____ _____. Led by Nate McLouth and ____ _____, the Pirates attempted to mount a comeback after the starter's exit in the...
Dodgers 11, Pirates 2
This one was ugly. Dodgers starter Hong-Chih Kuo was, at least, interesting, walking in a run before striking out a bunch of batters and flashing great stuff (for a lefty), before being pulled after four innings. More than anything else, though, this game was just another data point in support of...
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