Here's my article for today. I understand if nobody wants to tail after I was all over Arizona, only to get crushed by the Cardinals. It was rather embarrassing, not least because I am a Cards fan. I really don't get why the Diamondbacks couldn't hit Lynn or Bowman and why they only put in Chafin when they were down 20 runs. Oh well. It was a tough week overall for me, and now I get to try it again as I wrote this article for Detroit/Cleveland and it's not being published, again. I simply have faith in both starters today, that's all.
Expect Few Runs in Pitching Duel In Detroit
In a battle between youth and experience, Cleveland's starter Mike Clevinger and Detroit’s veteran ace Justin Verlander both search for consistency when they lead their teams against each other in Sunday’s series finale.
The Tigers and Indians meet on Sunday after playing a doubleheader on Saturday. They will soon grow even more familiar with each other because on Friday they will begin another three-game series—this time in Cleveland. Cleveland batters are in fact already very familiar with Tigers’ veteran Justin Verlander. Cleveland’s lineup possesses a few left-handed or switch hitters who have enjoyed relative success against Verlander. Look out for Jose Ramirez, who is 9/23 (.391 BA) lifetime vs Verlander, with three doubles and a home run, and for Francisco Lindor, who is also 9/23 against Verlander, with a double, a triple and a home run. Tigers’ batters have yet to see Indians’ starter Clevinger this season.
Probable Pitchers
Detroit ace Justin Verlander (5-4 4.47 ERA) will see Cleveland for the third time this season. His first outing in Cleveland was a disaster in which he gave up three home runs. Three weeks later, however, he turned it around, giving up only two runs in seven innings. Because of the disparity between his two performances vs Cleveland, one wonders which Verlander we will see when he faces them a third time. One wonders this as well because this season as a whole has been highly unusual for Verlander, whose K/9 rate is down, and whose BB/9 rate and ERA are up, from last season. Verlander has been struggling with the effectivity of his pitches: opposing batters are making contact with them at a higher rate. They are fouling pitches off until they see a pitch that they can hit, whereas last year they were more likely to swing and miss. Verlander is also struggling with his command. He is walking more batters because he is unable to effectively locate his pitches. So even if his pitches find the strike zone, they have been more hittable. Even though his overall numbers look rather gloomy, he seems to be turning things around, only his ERA isn’t showing it. His FIP, which is like ERA but factors out luck, was 1.85 in his last outing vs Kansas City and an astonishing -0.22 the week before in Seattle. He has walked only two batters in his last two games overall and struck out 17. Despite the amount of hits that he has given up, and the high ERA, he is inducing soft contact at a higher rate than his season average.
Here's my article for today. I understand if nobody wants to tail after I was all over Arizona, only to get crushed by the Cardinals. It was rather embarrassing, not least because I am a Cards fan. I really don't get why the Diamondbacks couldn't hit Lynn or Bowman and why they only put in Chafin when they were down 20 runs. Oh well. It was a tough week overall for me, and now I get to try it again as I wrote this article for Detroit/Cleveland and it's not being published, again. I simply have faith in both starters today, that's all.
Expect Few Runs in Pitching Duel In Detroit
In a battle between youth and experience, Cleveland's starter Mike Clevinger and Detroit’s veteran ace Justin Verlander both search for consistency when they lead their teams against each other in Sunday’s series finale.
The Tigers and Indians meet on Sunday after playing a doubleheader on Saturday. They will soon grow even more familiar with each other because on Friday they will begin another three-game series—this time in Cleveland. Cleveland batters are in fact already very familiar with Tigers’ veteran Justin Verlander. Cleveland’s lineup possesses a few left-handed or switch hitters who have enjoyed relative success against Verlander. Look out for Jose Ramirez, who is 9/23 (.391 BA) lifetime vs Verlander, with three doubles and a home run, and for Francisco Lindor, who is also 9/23 against Verlander, with a double, a triple and a home run. Tigers’ batters have yet to see Indians’ starter Clevinger this season.
Probable Pitchers
Detroit ace Justin Verlander (5-4 4.47 ERA) will see Cleveland for the third time this season. His first outing in Cleveland was a disaster in which he gave up three home runs. Three weeks later, however, he turned it around, giving up only two runs in seven innings. Because of the disparity between his two performances vs Cleveland, one wonders which Verlander we will see when he faces them a third time. One wonders this as well because this season as a whole has been highly unusual for Verlander, whose K/9 rate is down, and whose BB/9 rate and ERA are up, from last season. Verlander has been struggling with the effectivity of his pitches: opposing batters are making contact with them at a higher rate. They are fouling pitches off until they see a pitch that they can hit, whereas last year they were more likely to swing and miss. Verlander is also struggling with his command. He is walking more batters because he is unable to effectively locate his pitches. So even if his pitches find the strike zone, they have been more hittable. Even though his overall numbers look rather gloomy, he seems to be turning things around, only his ERA isn’t showing it. His FIP, which is like ERA but factors out luck, was 1.85 in his last outing vs Kansas City and an astonishing -0.22 the week before in Seattle. He has walked only two batters in his last two games overall and struck out 17. Despite the amount of hits that he has given up, and the high ERA, he is inducing soft contact at a higher rate than his season average.
The Indians counter with 26-year-old Mike Clevinger (3-3 3.56 ERA). Clevinger is a finesse pitcher who relies on the location, movement and variety of his pitches. So there are a number of variables that contribute to the quality of poorness of his performance, which is why we’ve seen him flirt with a no-hitter against one of the best lineups in baseball in Houston, only to get shelled by Kansas City and Oakland in consecutive outings. In his most successful outings, he has kept pitches either lower in the strike zone or away from the more hittable locations and kept hitters off balance by throwing a more balanced mixture of his three breaking pitches (slider, change and curve). When he faced Baltimore on June 22nd, he did everything wrong. He threw the slider 25% of the time, thus neglecting his other breaking pitches. Perhaps he didn’t ‚have‘ his change or curve that day. That would explain why he walked a relatively high number of batters (four). Perhaps he simply lacked confidence. At all events, he struggled to get ahead of counts and therefore threw his fastball at a relatively high rate (63%). So it was all very predictable for Baltimore: Clevinger would get behind in the count and probably throw a fastball, or maybe a slider, which would have been very easy for batters to distinguish because of the disparity in movement between those pitches. He was lucky in that game to only give up a couple of runs. But his FIP of over 7 tells a truer story. But that one bad outing was sandwiched in between two good ones, in which he had confidence in the full repertoire of his pitches. He walked fewer batters and commanded the location of his pitches more effectively. Batters didn’t know so well what was coming and when they did, they dealt with pitches whose location and movement made them difficult to hit. So his FIP was 1.89 in Minnesota and 3.30 at home vs Texas.
The Verdict
Verlander’s command and stuff have been improving in recent weeks. I feel safe trusting this veteran ace. Clevinger has also shown his best and, like with any pitcher, we can only hope that has his stuff and is feeling confident in it. He seems to be developing confidence and consistency with two positive outings in his last three tries. I think a talented in-form pitcher with a lot of upside is worth backing.
The Indians counter with 26-year-old Mike Clevinger (3-3 3.56 ERA). Clevinger is a finesse pitcher who relies on the location, movement and variety of his pitches. So there are a number of variables that contribute to the quality of poorness of his performance, which is why we’ve seen him flirt with a no-hitter against one of the best lineups in baseball in Houston, only to get shelled by Kansas City and Oakland in consecutive outings. In his most successful outings, he has kept pitches either lower in the strike zone or away from the more hittable locations and kept hitters off balance by throwing a more balanced mixture of his three breaking pitches (slider, change and curve). When he faced Baltimore on June 22nd, he did everything wrong. He threw the slider 25% of the time, thus neglecting his other breaking pitches. Perhaps he didn’t ‚have‘ his change or curve that day. That would explain why he walked a relatively high number of batters (four). Perhaps he simply lacked confidence. At all events, he struggled to get ahead of counts and therefore threw his fastball at a relatively high rate (63%). So it was all very predictable for Baltimore: Clevinger would get behind in the count and probably throw a fastball, or maybe a slider, which would have been very easy for batters to distinguish because of the disparity in movement between those pitches. He was lucky in that game to only give up a couple of runs. But his FIP of over 7 tells a truer story. But that one bad outing was sandwiched in between two good ones, in which he had confidence in the full repertoire of his pitches. He walked fewer batters and commanded the location of his pitches more effectively. Batters didn’t know so well what was coming and when they did, they dealt with pitches whose location and movement made them difficult to hit. So his FIP was 1.89 in Minnesota and 3.30 at home vs Texas.
The Verdict
Verlander’s command and stuff have been improving in recent weeks. I feel safe trusting this veteran ace. Clevinger has also shown his best and, like with any pitcher, we can only hope that has his stuff and is feeling confident in it. He seems to be developing confidence and consistency with two positive outings in his last three tries. I think a talented in-form pitcher with a lot of upside is worth backing.
A pyrrhic first inning for Clevinger, who needs to have more confidence to throw his stuff for strikes, which imo is looking pretty good, he's just throwing it for balls, starting behind the count. 30 pitches in the first inning, 3 walks, is insane.
A pyrrhic first inning for Clevinger, who needs to have more confidence to throw his stuff for strikes, which imo is looking pretty good, he's just throwing it for balls, starting behind the count. 30 pitches in the first inning, 3 walks, is insane.
Command just not there for JV. I don't care how familiar Cleveland is with him. If you can't throw your fastball for strikes, you can't pitch effectively. This play needs some help.
Command just not there for JV. I don't care how familiar Cleveland is with him. If you can't throw your fastball for strikes, you can't pitch effectively. This play needs some help.
No i just want to read it. lol I kinda knew it might be you over there but figured id throw the ball in your court on the off chance . ive caught a few guys here stealing reviews and posting them here as their own
No i just want to read it. lol I kinda knew it might be you over there but figured id throw the ball in your court on the off chance . ive caught a few guys here stealing reviews and posting them here as their own
Oh lol well I haven't looked into that one. I've been so cold this week that i've just been capping when I have to for SBR. Otherwise I blindly back certain pitchers--Greinke at home, Sale, Scherzer. Capping takes a while because I like to know as much as possible. But one thing that strikes me is Maeda's struggles away from home and Chacin's dominance at home. I'm pretty sure Chacin has the largest home/away disparity this season. So maybe there's some First 5 RL value for the Padres as they look to avoid the sweep at home.
Oh lol well I haven't looked into that one. I've been so cold this week that i've just been capping when I have to for SBR. Otherwise I blindly back certain pitchers--Greinke at home, Sale, Scherzer. Capping takes a while because I like to know as much as possible. But one thing that strikes me is Maeda's struggles away from home and Chacin's dominance at home. I'm pretty sure Chacin has the largest home/away disparity this season. So maybe there's some First 5 RL value for the Padres as they look to avoid the sweep at home.
these writeups are seriously BS. Guy didnt know anything abt football but suddenly in baseball he has the authority to provide this lengthy writeups somewhere lol no thanks. Dont believe it at all
these writeups are seriously BS. Guy didnt know anything abt football but suddenly in baseball he has the authority to provide this lengthy writeups somewhere lol no thanks. Dont believe it at all
these writeups are seriously BS. Guy didnt know anything abt football but suddenly in baseball he has the authority to provide this lengthy writeups somewhere lol no thanks. Dont believe it at all
What is b/s is your unabated hatred in one thread after another. You are half a step away from he Penalty Box.
these writeups are seriously BS. Guy didnt know anything abt football but suddenly in baseball he has the authority to provide this lengthy writeups somewhere lol no thanks. Dont believe it at all
What is b/s is your unabated hatred in one thread after another. You are half a step away from he Penalty Box.
whats hatred??? cause i state my opinion like everyone else? Didnt bash anyone or call anyone names or get abusive?? So what, I have my take on these writeups and I think they have people following into an abyss of losses. Im allowed to speak my mind in that way without bashing someone or being abusive which happens ALOT on this forum.
whats hatred??? cause i state my opinion like everyone else? Didnt bash anyone or call anyone names or get abusive?? So what, I have my take on these writeups and I think they have people following into an abyss of losses. Im allowed to speak my mind in that way without bashing someone or being abusive which happens ALOT on this forum.
whats hatred??? cause i state my opinion like everyone else? Didnt bash anyone or call anyone names or get abusive?? So what, I have my take on these writeups and I think they have people following into an abyss of losses. Im allowed to speak my mind in that way without bashing someone or being abusive which happens ALOT on this forum.
You express your opinion with hatred and disdain in virtually every post you make. Everybody is an idiot or full of it. This post is idiotic or that person is a moron. It is always non stop putting down every one and every thing someone has to say. Take a week in the PB and think about. In stead of simply bashing EVERY single thing, thought and person here (which you are extremely adept at) try presenting opposing thoughts in a civilized manner instead of simply attacking (which you are also very adept at)
whats hatred??? cause i state my opinion like everyone else? Didnt bash anyone or call anyone names or get abusive?? So what, I have my take on these writeups and I think they have people following into an abyss of losses. Im allowed to speak my mind in that way without bashing someone or being abusive which happens ALOT on this forum.
You express your opinion with hatred and disdain in virtually every post you make. Everybody is an idiot or full of it. This post is idiotic or that person is a moron. It is always non stop putting down every one and every thing someone has to say. Take a week in the PB and think about. In stead of simply bashing EVERY single thing, thought and person here (which you are extremely adept at) try presenting opposing thoughts in a civilized manner instead of simply attacking (which you are also very adept at)
Idk why some people feel the need to troll. A couple losses on games and i'm a huge loser. Anyone could have taken my advice on Padres first 5 RL to make their money back. But at all events my write-ups are honest because they say what could go wrong and so outline the risks involved in the bet. I can't really help which Verlander shows up or not. Without being able to ask JV how he's feeling that day that's more or less a "gamble." I chose to trust a veteran ace who had been pitching well. Oops. No play is a lock and if my play loses you will understand why. A lot more honest than 99% of people who say "lock" "easy win" etc. I appreciate the defense. Houston is the best or perhaps the only mod who does something about the bashing on this site. Stopthemadness hates on everybody while he boasts about himself so he's just about self-promotion. Idk when I said I didn't know about football. I posted winners all throughout conference play in ncaab on here, check out my post history, and I still post and pm winners. Idk what "authority" is required to research and write all one wants about games. I posted what sources I use. Anybody with time and reasoning skills (I studied Philosophy at UVA) can break down a game thoroughly using those sources and by watching games. That's all the time for kindergarden today, folks.
Idk why some people feel the need to troll. A couple losses on games and i'm a huge loser. Anyone could have taken my advice on Padres first 5 RL to make their money back. But at all events my write-ups are honest because they say what could go wrong and so outline the risks involved in the bet. I can't really help which Verlander shows up or not. Without being able to ask JV how he's feeling that day that's more or less a "gamble." I chose to trust a veteran ace who had been pitching well. Oops. No play is a lock and if my play loses you will understand why. A lot more honest than 99% of people who say "lock" "easy win" etc. I appreciate the defense. Houston is the best or perhaps the only mod who does something about the bashing on this site. Stopthemadness hates on everybody while he boasts about himself so he's just about self-promotion. Idk when I said I didn't know about football. I posted winners all throughout conference play in ncaab on here, check out my post history, and I still post and pm winners. Idk what "authority" is required to research and write all one wants about games. I posted what sources I use. Anybody with time and reasoning skills (I studied Philosophy at UVA) can break down a game thoroughly using those sources and by watching games. That's all the time for kindergarden today, folks.
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