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[Dominican Power]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/06/marlins-unlikely-to-trade-giancarlo-stanton.html

Build around a player that doesn't want to be there? lol

 

[MiKeD]

Marlins 13-9 in June, the turnaround begins.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Stanton Ozuna future should be a good one.

 

[MiKeD]

Hmm, Stanton - Ozuna - Yelich - Marisnick has got some potential for future years. See if they pan out.

 

[MiKeD]

Damn, Gyorko got pulled of after his first AB at his first rehab game. Hopefully not a major setback or anything.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Stanton should just demand a no trade clause and Loria will trade him.

 

[sangreal]

Fuck, didn't even realize the game was on

 

[MiKeD]

Oh, Beltre got his first career hit.

Spoiler

Engel, that is

 

[alstein]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp...tebook_id=51873794&vkey=notebook_atl&c_id=atl

Braves also need a utility guy with Pena being down for the year- and you do not want Pastornicky attempting to play SS, especially being surrounded by Chris Johnson and Dan Uggla, who could be outplayed in the field by a pair of garden gnomes.

 

[MiKeD]

Profar bomb!

 

[sangreal]

This team is so hopeless against lefties

 

[Dominican Power]

Pathetic.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Zack Wheeler is tipping his pitches:

CHICAGO (AP) -- New York Mets manager Terry Collins said top prospect Zack Wheeler is tipping his breaking pitches.

Collins said in his pregame media session Wednesday the Mets noticed the flaw in Wheeler's motion during his second big league start a night earlier. Wheeler allowed four runs in 5 1-3 innings against the Chicago White Sox.

''We saw it. We tried to address it during the game a little bit,'' Collins said.

The 23-year-old right-hander is scheduled to start again Sunday, and Collins says pitching coach Dan Warthen will work with Wheeler during a bullpen session Thursday.

''Guys look for it all the time. It starts with the glove,'' said Collins. ''Moving the glove there's different things to look for and then all of sudden you start to look when he speeds up, when he slows down, what the pitches are. You start to get a read on it.''

Collins said he's talking publicly about it because the problem was so obvious he received about 10 text messages and emails alerting him to the issue.

''This is going to get out as a scouting report, but he's been tipping his off-speed stuff more than his fastball,'' Collins said. ''We've got to fix it. We'll fix it tomorrow.''

Collins said Wheeler was also tipping is pitches in his debut, when he tossed six shutout innings.

''It shows you what kind of stuff he's got,'' said Collins.

 

[Friggz]

This team is so hopeless against pitchers

fixed.

this offense is putrid. i cant stand watchnig them anymore. NObody is fun to watch.

Its a shame that this is the team that they put out there for Mo's final season.

 

[MiKeD]

Damn, Holland is schooling this team.

 

[Friggz]

Damn, Holland is schooling this team.

no, the yankees are just that bad.

 

[MiKeD]

no, the yankees are just that bad.

Also. But gotta give Holland credit aswell, barely made a mistake today.

 

[Branduil]

Dang Holland don't do it to them like that.

 

[Friggz]

Also. But gotta give Holland credit aswell, barely made a mistake today.

id like too, but his stuff wasnt really overwhemling. Yankees are really that bad. Cano cant do it all.

 

[Branduil]

Weirdly enough, Holland has probably been the Rangers' most consistent starting pitcher for the last month.

 

[captmcblack]

Not having an offense is SO MUCH FUN

 

[Dominican Power]

id like too, but his stuff wasnt really overwhemling. Yankees are really that bad. Cano cant do it all.

Look at our corner Infield and OF.

 

[Friggz]

Look at our corner Infield and OF.

i dont get what you are saying. I know the yankees are brutal. Cano and Gardner and their best offensive players. ANd they cant do it all.

 

[MiKeD]

id like too, but his stuff wasnt really overwhemling. Yankees are really that bad. Cano cant do it all.

Talking more about location of his fastballs, getting ahead in pitch counts etc...
Not all pitchers have an overwhelming pitching arsenal and it's not a given to shut out an offense over 9 innings, even if you're playing against a depleted Yankess offense.

 

[MiKeD]

Oh snap, Corbin vs. Strasburg. Should be fun.

 

[Dominican Power]

Not having an offense is SO MUCH FUN

Remember when people were complaining about HRs? lulz.

 

[cashman]

Looks like the Yankees wanted to catch their flight a little bit more then the rangers did today.

Also Engel Beltre got his first two hits!

 

[The Frankman]

Zack Wheeler is tipping his pitches:

According to Darling, Wheeler was slowing down his delivery when throwing his off-speed pitches. He didn’t do this during his first start, against the Braves, and, according to people who watched him in Las Vegas, he wasn’t doing this in Triple-A. So, it was clearly an anomaly and something I’m sure this group of professionals will be able to tackle.

conflicting reports.

 

[MiKeD]

Reaaaally don't want a Tigers Walkoff win here. We can get back to a game and half behind them after tonight.

 

[MiKeD]

Oohhh yea. Albert.

 

[MiKeD]

Intentionally walking Kendrick, loading the bases, to get to Hamilton.

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

Spoiler

Grand slam coming up

 

[turnbuckle]

So glad the Angels aren't going to make the postseason again this year

 

[MiKeD]

Alright KlubGOD. Shut out the O's tonight, you can do it.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

conflicting reports.

Fangraphs quick look:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/zack-wheeler-is-tipping-his-pitches/

I don’t know about you, but I see three different pitches, three distinctly different resting spots for his glove. The curveball is close and at the letters, the fastball shows more separation from his body at about the same height, and the slider comes to a rest close and a little bit lower than the curve.

This is the sort of thing that young starters deal with from time to time, and the Mets’ staff is sure that they can fix this quickly. It’s probably just as easy as identifying the one, most comfortable resting spot at each point in his delivery, and repeating this. As long as this is actually where the tipping is happening (and his release point seems fine), then it’s more easily fixed than most other mechanical issues. He’s at rest. Just find a good resting spot. Rinse and repeat.

So Zack Wheeler is tipping his pitches. But it’s probably not that big of a deal. The control? That’s the more difficult problem.

 

[The Frankman]

I meant he wasn't tipping in the Braves game. I watched him that start and he was pretty consistent.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I meant he wasn't tipping in the Braves game. I watched him that start and he was pretty consistent.

Sounds like the tipping they were referring to was also something to do with the glove though, so it might not just be the delivery speed.

But as the article mentions, it'll all likely be addressed quickly anyway.

 

[turnbuckle]

This may have already been posted previously but I hadn't seen it -

Baseball Prospectus started a couple new podcasts this season.

Baseball Prospectus - Fringe Average
Mike Ferrin (from MLB Network Radio) and Professor Parks discussing stuff from the majors and minors. It's very similar to Up and In - Mike isn't Kevin Goldstein but he's pretty good so far.

Baseball Prospectus - TINSTAAPP Podcast all about pitching. They talk a lot about pitching mechanics, what they're seeing from pitchers around the league and in the minors, and they do a weekly "matchup" where they talk in depth about what they're seeing from the starting pitchers of a specific game. I've only listened to the episode that went into detail on the Verlander/Darvish matchup from a month ago but I thought it was a good listen and quite insightful.

I haven't listened to the awful Baseball Tonight podcast in months. I listen to Keith Law's weekly podcast and the ESPN fantasy focus podcast, but these BP podcasts are scratching a different itch for me.

 

[Lexxism]

The Jays are back!

 

[The Elite]

Well. Maybe there will be heavy rain and they'll call the game. After the first inning I thought this was going to be a big game for the Jays. Lester looks like crap. Maybe they'll come back.

 

[Lexxism]

What's more, I can't believe Bautista didn't catch the damn ball! They might be able to minimize the damage if he caught it.

 

[The Elite]

What's more, I can't believe Bautista didn't catch the damn ball! They might be able to minimize the damage if he caught it.

At least it wasn't a Rios home run helper. It was pretty bad though. Did they call that a double?

 

[Link]

Looks like the Mets are back to their usual routine: Great starting pitching with no run support.

 

[The Elite]

The fuck is going on. Heavy air? Lol.

 

[Sanjuro]

No Wang jokes, pls.

 

[The Elite]

Jays hitters look flaccid tonight.

That was a big boner by Bautista.

 

[McNei1y]

Oh man Zimmerman almost went yard.

 

[Link]

Byrd!

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Byrd!

Great pick up.

 

[Link]

Great pick up.

He's been a great replacement for Scott Hairston.

That was a huge strikeout by Rice, btw.

 

[Windu]

more people were interested in a burning light bulb than the bottom of the 11th at nats park. Natitude knows when it has lost.