Jimmy Yacabonis (Formerly Means and Yacabonis)

Means hasn't exactly thrived since his move to AA.

As they always say, you don't know what you really got until they hit AA. I'm going to try and go down and see his next start in Bowie.

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1 earned run over 6 innings.

All 5 hits that Means ceded were singles.

Means retired 11 out of the final 13 batters that he faced, ceding only a walk and a hit batsman in that span.

18 OUTS: 6 Groundouts, 4 Strikeouts, 3 Flyouts (Including 1 Double Play), 2 Lineouts, 1 Popout, 1 Caught Stealing

JOHN ALAN MEANS oo (vs. AA-Richmond, 8/14)

IP:l 6

H:;; 5 l(5 Singles)

R:l) 2

ER:)1

BB:)2 *

SO:)4

Pitches: 102 (65 Strikes, 37 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.95 l(AA-Bowie)

* Means also had 1 Hit Batsman

PITCHES BY INNING

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13 (10 Strikes, 31 Balls)

12 (71 Strikes, 51 Balls)

32 (19 Strikes, 13 Balls)

17 (12 Strikes, 51 Balls)

15 (91 Strikes, 61 Balls)

13 (81 Strikes, 51 Balls)

Do they discourage strikouts in Bowie?

Means:

Frederick - 9.7

Bowie - 2.8

Lee:

2015 - 6.1

2016 - 3.3

Barker:

AA Mississippi (ATL) - 8.0

Bowie - 4.8

Jason Garcia has typically had good K numbers through the minors, and he's striking out 4.7 per 9 at Bowie. Same with Bridwell and he's at 4.5.

From the games I've been to, it really seems like they encourage "pitch to contact."

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1 earned run over 6 innings.

0 walks.

Excellent Strikes-to-Balls ratio.

All 7 hits that he ceded were singles.

18 OUTS: 5 Popouts, 5 Flyouts, 3 Groundouts, 3 Lineouts, 2 Strikeouts

JOHN ALAN MEANS oo (vs. AA-Binghamton, 8/25)

IP:l 6

H:;; 7 l(7 Singles)

R:l) 2

ER:)1

BB:)0

SO:)2

Pitches: 86 (60 Strikes, 26 Balls)

2016 ERA: 4.70 l(AA-Bowie)

PITCHES BY INNING

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23 (18 Strikes, 5 Balls)

10 (71 Strikes, 3 Balls)

17 (11 Strikes, 6 Balls)

19 (14 Strikes, 5 Balls)

10 (51 Strikes, 5 Balls)

71 (51 Strikes, 2 Balls)

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18 OUTS: ) 6 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 4 Strikeouts, 3 Flyouts, 3 Lineouts, 1 Popout

JOHN ALAN MEANS o)))o (vs. AA-Harrisburg, 8/30)

IP:l lll6

H:;; l.6 l(2 Triples, 4 Singles)

R:l) l)3

BB:ol2

SO:).4

Pitches: l105 l(65 lStrikes, l40 lBalls)

2016 ERA: l4.68 ll(AA-Bowie)

PITCHES BY INNING

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11 l)(81 lStrikes, .ll31 llBalls)

12 l)(81 lStrikes, .l41 llBalls)

20 l)(13 lStrikes, lll71 llBalls)

10 l)(61 lStrikes, lll41 llBalls)

22 l)(14 lStrikes, lll81 llBalls)

30 l)(16 lStrikes, ll14 .llBalls)

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Although Means' overall outing was not good, he struck out 7 batters in only 5.67 innings pitched.

17 OUTS: )7 Strikeouts, 6 Flyouts, 1 Groundout, 1 Popout, 1 Lineout, 1 Picked Off of 1st Base

JOHN ALAN MEANS oo (vs. AA-Akron, 9/04)

IP:l .)l5.67

H:;lll )4 l(2 Doubles, 2 Singles)

R:l)ll )3

BB: l)2

SO:)l)7

Pitches: ))88 )(55 Strikes, )33 Balls)

2016 ERA: ))4.69 l(AA-Bowie)

PITCHES BY INNING

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14 ol(10 Strikes, ll41 lBalls)

12 lo(91 Strikes, .l31 lBalls)

14 ol(91 Strikes, l)51 lBalls)

91 o.(61 Strikes, )l31 lBalls)

26 o.(14 Strikes, l)12 )Balls)

13 o)(71 Strikes, ol61)Balls) ))  *

* ))  Means did not record any outs before departing in the 6th inning.

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Outstanding 2017 season debut for Means.

18 OUTS: )6 Strikeouts, 5 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 5 Flyouts, 1 Popout

JOHN ALAN MEANS o)))o (vs. AA-Akron, 4/08)

IP:l .)l6

H:;lll )3 l(1 Home Run, 2 Singles)

R:l)ll )1

BB: l)1 )l *

SO:)l)6

Pitches: ll)(Unavailable)

2017 ERA: ))1.50 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: ))0.667 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )).150 )(AA-Bowie) ) 3 for 20

* )  Means also had 1 Hit Batsman.

PITCHES BY INNING

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5 OUTS: )4 Groundouts, 1 Flyout

JAMES ALLIN YACABONIS ))))) (vs. AAA-Gwinnett, 4/13)

IP:l .)l1.67 l *

H:)lll )1 l(1 Double)

R:l).l )0

BB: l)0 )

SO:)l)0

Pitches: l)21 )(14 )Strikes, )7 )Balls)

2017 ERA: l) 0.00 l)(AAA-Norfolk)

2017 WHIP: l) 0.214 l)(AAA-Norfolk)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l) .067 l)(AAA-Norfolk) ) 1 for 15

* )  Yacabonis entered the game with 1 out and a runner on 2nd base in the 8th inning.

PITCHES BY INNING

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12 l(8 lStrikes, ll4 lBalls)  l *

91 .(6 lStrikes, .l3 .Balls)

* )  Yacabonis entered the game with 1 out and a runner on 2nd base in the 8th inning.

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Means is off to a good start in Bowie this year after getting knocked around a bit after his promotion from Frederick last year.  1.31 ERA in 4 GS and 20.2 IP.  That's a lot better than most of our AAA/AA SP's have been doing.  Just turned 24 on the 24th.  Could be a guy that just needs time, or an offseason, to adjust to a higher level because he doesn't have dominant stuff.  

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=means-000joh

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Outstanding game for Means.

6 shutout innings, 0 Walks and 5 Strikeouts.

18 OUTS: )5 Strikeouts, 5 Flyouts, 3 Groundouts, 3 Popouts, 2 Lineouts

JOHN ALAN MEANS o)))o (vs. AA-Richmond, 4/25)

IP:l .)l6

H:;lll )3 )(3 Singles)

R:l)ll )0

BB: l)0 )l

SO:)l)5

Pitches: ll)84 )(53 )Strikes, )31 )Balls)

2017 ERA: ))1.31 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: ))1.064 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )).211 )(AA-Bowie) ) 16 for 76

PITCHES BY INNING

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11 l.(61 lStrikes, )5 llBalls)

17 ll(11 llStrikes, )6 llBalls)

10 ll(61 .Strikes, )4 llBalls)

17 ll(11 )Strikes, ll6 llBalls)

19 ll(12 l.Strikes, )7 llBalls)

10 l.(71 l.Strikes, ll3 llBalls)

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1 earned run over 5 innings pitched.

15 OUTS: )6 Strikeouts, 4 Groundouts, 3 Flyouts, 1 Popouts, 1 Caught Stealing

JOHN ALAN MEANS o)))o (vs. AA-Akron, 4/30)

IP:l .)l5

H:;lll )2 )(1 Home Run, 1 Double)

R:l)ll )3

ER:ll )1

BB: l)3 )l

SO:)l)6

Pitches: ll)101 )(59 )Strikes, )42 )Balls)

2017 ERA: ))1.40 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: ))1.052 )(AA-Bowie) )  25.67 IP (27 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )).191 )(AA-Bowie) ) 18 for 94

PITCHES BY INNING

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16 ll(11 llStrikes, ).51 llBalls)

20 ll(12 llStrikes, lll81 llBalls)

22 ll(12 llStrikes, )10 l)lBalls)

15 ll(81 .Strikes, ))71 llBalls)

28 ll(16 llStrikes, ll12 l))Balls)

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13 out of the 18 outs that Means recorded came via the Strikeout and the Groundout. 

18 OUTS: )6 Strikeouts, 6 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 4 Flyouts, 1 Popout

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. AA-Akron, 5/26)

IP:l l)l6

H:l..l )7 )(1 Double, 6 Singles)

R:l)ll )4

BB: .l4

SO:llll6

Pitches: ll)108 )(64 )Strikes, )44 )Balls)

2017 ERA: l) 4.25 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: l) 1.302 )(AA-Bowie) )   53.00 IP (69 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l).256 )(AA-Bowie) )  53 for 207

PITCHES BY INNING

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12 lll(81 llStrikes, lll41 lllBalls)

11 lll(81 llStrikes, lll31 llBalls)

11 l)(71 )Strikes, lll41 llBalls)

29 ll(15 .lStrikes, .14 llllBalls)

23 .)(12 l.Strikes, l)11 lllBalls)

22 l.(14 .lStrikes, llll81 lllBalls)

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Yacabonis' ERA for the season is now under 1.00.

Opponents' cumulative batting average is .149.

6 OUTS: ) 2 Strikeouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Groundout, 1 Thrown Out at Home Plate

JAMES ALLIN YACABONIS ))))) (vs. AAA-Gwinnett, 6/06)

IP:l .)l2

H:)lll )2 l(2 Singles)

R:l).l )0

BB: l)1 )

SO:)l)2

Pitches: l)48 )(30 )Strikes, )18 )Balls)

2017 ERA: l) 0.90 l)(AAA-Norfolk)

2017 WHIP: l) 1.033 l)(AAA-Norfolk) ) 30 IP (31 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l) .149 l)(AAA-Norfolk) ) 15 for 101

PITCHES BY INNING

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27 ll(18 lStrikes, l.9 llBalls)

21 ll(12 lStrikes, .l9 )Balls)

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14 OUTS: )5 Groundouts, 4 Popouts, 4 Flyouts, 1 Strikeout

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. AA-Reading, 6/07)

IP:l)llllll4.67

H:llll ll10 )(2 Home Runs, 3 Doubles, 5 Singles)

R:l)lll )5

BB: l.l1

SO:ll.ll1

Pitches: l) 95 )(63 )Strikes, )32 )Balls)

2017 ERA: l) 5.03 )(AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: l) 1.420 )(AA-Bowie) )   62.67 IP (89 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l).283 )(AA-Bowie) )  71 for 251

PITCHES BY INNING

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12 ll(91 )Strikes, l.31 llBalls)

25 ll(15 llStrikes, l10 lllBalls)

18 .l(13 .lStrikes, l.51 )Balls)

29 .l(18 llStrikes, .11 lllBalls)

11 ..(81 .lStrikes, ll31 llBalls) ) *

* ) Means recorded 2 outs before departing in the 8th inning.

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8 shutout innings. 

All 6 hits that Means ceded were singles. 

24 OUTS: ) 9 Groundouts (Including 2 Double Plays), 6 Flyouts, 4 Strikeouts, 3 Lineouts

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. AA-Akron, 7/01)

IP:llllllll8

H:llll lll6 )(6 Singles)

R:l)lll )0

BB: l.l2

SO:ll.ll4

Pitches: l) 112 )(67 )Strikes, )45 )Balls)

2017 ERA: l) 4.48 )l(AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: l) 1.378 )l(AA-Bowie) )   86.33 IP (119 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l) .278 )l(AA-Bowie) )  96 for 345

PITCHES BY INNING

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18 lll(11 lllStrikes, lll71 llBalls)

81 lll(61 llStrikes, ll21 l.Balls)

17 lll(91 .lStrikes, lll81 llBalls)

71 lll(51 .lStrikes, l.21 l.Balls)

27 lll(17 lllStrikes, l10 llllBalls)

10 lll(71 .lStrikes, ll31 llBalls)

11 lll(51 lllStrikes, ll61 llBalls)

14 lll(71 lllStrikes, ll71 llBalls)

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