Controlling something with such great movement is an amazing combination. Maddux was similar but used a variety of pitches. The movement has to be stellar with teh batter always knowing the speed.
NY Yankees 25-16 Boston 24-17 (1) Baltimore 23-17 (1.5) Tampa Bay 20-20 (4.5) Toronto 17-24 (8)
A little bit about this blog!
While much thought goes into what I put down on paper, I write this blog in a free form “stream of consciousness” way to get my thoughts down very quickly. This is not meant to be a literary masterpiece but is meant to be hardcore Yankee information that is in-depth with predictions, thoughts and insight (you can judge whether I accomplish any of this). Because of my busy schedule, it is more important I get the information down rather than spend the time re-reading, re-writing and modifying. I will apologize in advance for any homonym, typo, and spelling type of errors.
That being said, as always, I will give you my breakdown for each Yankee player and what I expect from them. I will also make predictions and then critique my thoughts/opinions/predictions after the season (or during). I will also offer very detailed analysis of in-game situations. This blog will not be a fluff piece. As I have done over the years, I will lay my thoughts out for all to see and I will let my track record speak for itself.
Finally, I will use OPS extremely often because I believe it is a great indication of the value of an offensive player. OPS is the slugging percentage (covers the power) and the on base percentage (covers the batting average and walks) added together. There are a lot of advanced stats out there, but for consistency I will use OPS because outside of not taking ball park/league differences into account the stat works great.Further, OPS against works well for pitchers as well (and is not used very often in that context)
Excellent to watch. I agree with it all!Everyone makes a big deal of his cutter, but the number 1 reason he is so good is his extraordinary control.
ReplyDeleteControlling something with such great movement is an amazing combination. Maddux was similar but used a variety of pitches. The movement has to be stellar with teh batter always knowing the speed.
ReplyDelete