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Comm. KTE, 5/7-5/8: Here We Are Now, Going To The South Side

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 07 2013 05:03 PM Edited 4 time(s), most recently on May 09 2013 09:27 AM

Thanks to injuries up and down the starting rotation, lefty strikeout artist/erstwhile reliever/Newark native/Bloomfield Tech alum Hector Santiago starts tonight. Santiago brings an array of fastballs to the table (2-seam, 4-seam, split) and a couple of other offerings that fall directly off of said table (sinker, screwball-like change). Command was formerly an issue-- hence his previous slot in setup/long work-- but has improved a little, making his velocity changes difficult to handle. Trying to catch his oft-nasty stuff will be Georgia native Tyler Flowers, who "calls a good game" behind the plate (read: cannon arm with no precision/not so good at blocking pitches), is positively Buckian astride it so far (.296 OBP, w/ a sub-.400 SLG despite 16 HRs in 349 PAs), and, failing major-league success, may have a nice second career lined up in civic service of the canine-catching variety. Who's on first, team?

Zvon May 07 2013 05:10 PM Re: Pitch-In KTE, 5/7-5/9: South Side

gj&nice try

Edgy MD May 07 2013 06:12 PM Re: Comm. KTE, 5/7-5/9: Here We Are Now, Going To The South

Playing first is erstwhile DH Adam Dunn, who doubtlessly is the greatest clout-or-an-out player in history, hitting a staggering .159 with 11 homers two years ago, and then bouncing back to .209 with 41 homers last year. More astounding is his so/bb numbers, leading the league in both last year, with 105 walks, and 222[/bigpurple]strikeouts, which somehow isn't a record, coming up one short of Mark Reynolds 2009 campaign. But mercy, that's a three-true-outcome dude, and some people love that. Segunbase?

seawolf17 May 07 2013 06:26 PM Re: Comm. KTE, 5/7-5/9: Here We Are Now, Going To The South

When you think White Sox second basemen, you think Julio Cruz. But he retired a long time ago, so now it's Jeff Keppinger, who we know because he was a Met and is terrible. .194/.191/.213 so far this year.

Frayed Knot May 08 2013 04:59 PM Re: Comm. KTE, 5/7-5/9: Here We Are Now, Going To The South

The hell with the individual players, this seems to be all we need to know: R/G - last in AL: 3.35/G Team BA - last in AL: .223 Team OBA - last in AL (by 30 points): [u:4am5tq5l].276[/u:4am5tq5l] Team SLG 0 2nd last in AL: .368 (.002 ahead of Minnesota) OPS+ = 70 - last in AL BBs - last in AL Ks - 5th most in AL Hell, after seeing this chart I'm starting to think that Harvey really isn't all that good. Of course we have to score too at some point.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 08 2013 05:09 PM Re: Comm. KTE, 5/7-5/9: Here We Are Now, Going To The South

Manning the hole is Alexei Ramirez, a Cuban refugee who most certainly did not walk off the island (166 career walks in 3163 PAs), and who is something of a declining strongman himself, with the bat (with his wRC and slugging numbers-- currently at .345 on the year-- decreasing for four years running). Good-to-great defender, with good baserunning (if very iffy at stealing bases)... but most of the local press around him seems to give off a Angel Pagan-with-the-Mets-but-we're-more-Midwesternly-polite kinda vibe. Skinny. Prone to giving good skinny-dude weirdface. Who's at the hot corner? And does anyone have any info about that guy on the mound tonight?