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jay13
Yup, that simple for Neris. Keep that splitter coming. What a filthy pitch that makes his fastball even better.
EonADS
Mauricio Cabrera has perhaps the most pedestrian 101 mph fastball I’ve ever seen. I mean, yeah. Radar gun pop. But the spin is pretty average and it barely moves. His secondary stuff is solid, though.
realgone2
All very true statements.
baseball10
He needed a little more AAA time. Glad they didnt rush him back to the bigs
metseventually 2
Sounds like Bobby Parnell
johnsilver
Joe Kelly also. He’s throwing 99-101 every fastball, but there is nothing to it. Curve and slider is what is getting his outs with.
outinleftfield
Kelly has really good movement. 12.8 MOV on his 2 seamer, which is his most used FB. His 4 seam is his most effective pitch, but he throws it less often. It also has great movement at 12.1 MOV. Kelly’s biggest problem has not been the effectiveness or movement, it’s been walks. He is walking 5 plus per 9 this season. I think if he dialed down both his 2 seam and the 4 seam FB just a notch he would have more control and he would be more effective.
johnsilver
He’s stopped the change for the most part this season. i think (just me) he doesn’t have command of the thing anywhere. He shows the FB and still the secondaries (slider, especially curve) to get outs.
When he was starting the FB wasn’t sitting nearly this high and it was the same old Kelly. Catcher target inside and kelly would throw high.. Outside.. etc.. Nothing personal against the guy. if the ball was really moving, he’d have more k’s to show
SuperSinker
The ball really is moving. Unless you trust human eyes (notoriously unreliable) more than Trackman/PITCHf/x (notoriously more reliable).
outinleftfield
It isn’t so much about hs movement, it about his control. He threw more balls than strikes with his fastball. If you can hit triple digits, and Cabrera topped out at 103.5, just put it over the plate and you will do pretty well. If you are walking 5-6 a game then any hits are going to be compounded by the free passes.
The movement on his fastball was a 10.2 MOV according to Pitch F/X or above average compared to other pitchers that have 100 mph 4 seam fastballs.
realgone2
Why would anyone be surprised at the Braves’ pen? They brought back the same jobbers they had last year.
Phillies2017
Krol has actually been much better of late. 2.35 ERA over his last 7 appearances. One thing to note about his inflated ERA, he allowed 5 runs on 1 appearance which was 0.1 IP. Honestly, when a reliever is doing that poorly, its on the manager to pull him. There are 7 relievers for a reason.
tropicaldelivery
Odd the mets would call up cecchini wnose batting .274 but not there number 1 prospect Rosario whose batting .377 do they want to win there division
bleedblueandorange
Not odd at all. Cecchini already has service time and will ride the bench. If Rosario is getting called up it’s to play everyday and that’s not happening right now. Plus Balderson isn’t about winning he’s about controlling the player as long as possible.