Pitching

When Andy Pettitte announced that he was coming out of retirement … well, wait. He never really announced it. The Yankees just signed him out of the blue one Friday afternoon in mid-March and that was it. There were no indications that was plan...

Glass Half Empty / Afternoon Cloud: Like I worried about in my last post it appears the Rangers are human after all.  Remember everyone was falling over themselves proclaiming how good they are?  Now they're 4-6 in their last 10.  ...

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Since starting the season 4-8, the Reds have proceeded to win 19 of 30 games. Not that it matters at all right now, but they’re currently .5 games behind the reeling Red Birds, who are getting a short vacation from havoc in San Diego. The Reds...

To throw a baseball effectively and efficiently, one must understand the components of backside balance, front-side balance, direction, rotation, and arm path. If there is no comprehension of these, then pitching a baseball becomes extremely difficul...

Starting pitching was supposed to be a strength coming into the season, or at least starting pitching depth was supposed to be a stretch. The Yankees have already used seven different starters this season after using just nine starters last year, and...

Scott Diamond pitched seven shutout innings, Brian Dozier hit his first career homer and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Sunday.

Most readers of this blog are aware of the limitations of ERA in evaluating pitcher performance.  Two of the biggest issues are: (1) ERA gives pitchers full credit/blame for results of batted balls in play despite the fact that they share that re...

To follow-up on my previous post on wOBA, Base Runs and WERC, I have done the calculations for Tigers pitchers.  The statistics in the Table 1 below are:  Weighted On-Base Average (wOBAA)  Base Runs Above Average (RAA) or number of runs saved c...

In the aftermath of yet another strong Jeff Niemann performance against the Yankees — whose seven-inning, one-run outing last night improved his career ERA against New York to 2.75 over six starts — I couldn’t help but wonder what N...

The Tigers had an other uninspiring week going 3-3 versus the White Sox at home and the Mariners in Seattle.  As a result. they are now two games behind the Indians who are off to a good start again this year. The Tigers continued to slump offensi...

Via Marc Carig, left-hander Andy Pettitte will officially return to the team this weekend and start against the Mariners on Sunday. Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogPettitte will start for Yankees on SundayPost from: River Ave. Blue...