Rosenthal says deal done Jimenez (4/$50M - Official)

[scOtt]

Hopefully, he's a pitcher who has evolved and is set for awhile. Supposedly, the Indians pitching coach made some mechanical adjustments last year that paid big dividends. Also, I checked out Pitch FX and Jimenez went from a pitcher who average 96 mph and threw 66% 4 seamers, to a pitcher in 2010 who threw a lot of two seamers. His velocity dropped (too many two seamers?) and he started throwing more changeups. Last year he threw his slider over 22% of the time and his 4 seamer only 33$ of the time. He his really mixing things up now but it appears his command really started to come around last year after being the worst of his career in 2012.

Some of those vids that have been posted, UJ's backdoor slider to lefties is just SICK.

[Orioles89]

So any idea when we will see a press conference?

[Hank Scorpio]

I have a feeling watching Jimenez pitch may drive me insane.

We shall see, I guess.

[fearthenoodle]

So any idea when we will see a press conference?

I would guess probably Thursday, if all goes well. Hopefully announce tomorrow with a presser scheduled Thursday.

[Austin]

I have a feeling watching Jimenez pitch may drive me insane.

We shall see, I guess.

Maybe, but I'd rather go insane watching Ubaldo than go insane watching Zach Britton.

[scOtt]

Saw the video and it looked pretty precise. Was that the 13 strikeout game? His command looked exceptional that day. Of course, I just saw the highlights.

Yeah the 13 K game, and yeah... it's all highlights. But [weneedanickname] has some wicked pitches sometimes. I commented somewhere else about an up and way in 4S to a righty. Just overmatched hitters.

e: Many staring at strike three.

[weams]

So any idea when we will see a press conference?

DrShorebird attended the Yoon conference for us and I will get photos up in ten minutes.

[blid]

Man I really hope we get the good Ubaldo Jimenez, at least for a few years. That'd be huge for the whole pitching staff & team.

Last season ERA

3.30 Jimenez

3.71 Tillman

3.78 Gonzalez

4.07 Chen

Pretty nice 1-4 just based on last year's numbers, and then between Norris, Gausman, and Britton, you should have a good 5 also.

[weams]

I would guess probably Thursday, if all goes well. Hopefully announce tomorrow with a presser scheduled Thursday.

Sounds right.

[weams]

DrShorebird attended the Yoon conference for us and I will get photos up in ten minutes.

Ok they are up. His write up will be up within 20 minutes

[weams]

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[VeveJones007]

I have a feeling watching Jimenez pitch may drive me insane.

We shall see, I guess.

At 17.3 pitches/inning, I doubt it will be much different from watching Tillman pitch.

[weams]

At 17.3 pitches/inning, I doubt it will be much different from watching Tillman pitch.

It might be similar. Is Ubaldo good for 120 pitches a game?

[weams]

Yeah for all the Tillman love around here, the guy can be kind of a pain in the ass to watch pitch. I remember freaking out in his first game when he coughed up 5 runs in 3.2 IP.

Tillman was worth 4.5 WAR last year. I'd take that again.

[Can_of_corn]

Oh no doubt, I'm speaking about just the nail biting way in which he pitches sometimes. And just that he had me scared after his first start of the season last year.

Just skip the first couple of innings.