Jimenez.....Yikes!

[TheBee]

Yeah. He was great. You can't expect a better outing against that lineup.

I only got to hear parts. I heard the two dps, was he inducing grounders or were there lots of fly balls? Any idea on velocity?

[scOtt]

I only got to hear parts. I heard the two dps, was he inducing grounders or were there lots of fly balls? Any idea on velocity?

9 GO/4FO. No idea on velo.

[TheBee]

9 GO/4FO. No idea on velo.

Awesome - thanks.

[weams]

9 GO/4FO. No idea on velo.

Awesome - thanks.

I heard he sat 91.

[TheBee]

I heard he sat 91.

The ground balls are great...he was at over 50 percent early in his career and started climbing back up last year at 43. I won't lie, I thought he was hitting mid 90 s again vs us the last time he faced us last year though fangraphs puts his ave right where he was today. Overall, a good showing today, and he can obviously be successful in the low 90s. I am going back to the Cleveland papers for coverage of that last start vs us. Maybe my memory is wrong. Would like to see that velocity up a bit.

[TheBee]

After O's start in Sep..."Over his past three appearances, Jimenez has stayed around 93-94 mph with his fastball, topping out at 96-97 mph at a handful of turns. That is more reminiscent of 2010, when the righty led the Majors with an average fastball of 96.1 mph. This is a recent trend, however, considering Jimenez's fastball has been a career-low 91.5 mph on average this year, according to fangraphs.com."

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130904&content_id=59567546&notebook_id=59567938&vkey=notebook_cle&c_id=cle

Like to see him start creeping back up a bit, but the grounders are great. Can't wait to see him again.

[OFFNY]

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[OFFNY]

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Pitch count is for the first 4 innings only.

UBALDO JIMENEZ O (vs. D-RAYS, 3/27) O[spring Training]

IP:O 5.33

H:o. 6 (1 Home Run, 3 Doubles, 2 Singles)

R:O. 3

BB:. 2

SO:. 4

Pitches: 64 (40 Strikes, 24 Balls) *

2013 ERA: 5.28 (Spring Training)

* Pitch Count is for the First Four Innings only

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PITCHES BY INNING

13 (81 Strikes, 51 Balls)

81 (51 Strikes, 31 Balls)

28 (17 Strikes, 11 Balls)

15 (10 Strikes, 51 Balls)

[Roll Tide]

4.76 after tonight ...a few more 5+ innings and he be back at a mid three

[LookitsPuck]

Was actually a lot better than his line showed. That RBI by Longo was a gift. It was a breaking ball that was a couple inches off the ground and Longo reached and it blooped. A couple Baltimore chops as well. Nice game by Jimenez.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Was actually a lot better than his line showed. That RBI by Longo was a gift. It was a breaking ball that was a couple inches off the ground and Longo reached and it blooped. A couple Baltimore chops as well. Nice game by Jimenez.

Yea. He did not get smacked around. Bloopers and nub shots.

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[BohKnowsBmore]

4.76 after tonight ...a few more 5+ innings and he be back at a mid three

It's almost like the initial panic may have been premature...

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[OrangeJerseys]

Ubaldo out pitched the Mighty Price.

[gmelson26]

It's almost like the initial panic may have been premature...

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I get where this is coming from, and is probably true for some. However, I think most of were lamenting his bad start, but realized he historically has a bad April.

[BohKnowsBmore]

I get where this is coming from, and is probably true for some. However, I think most of were lamenting his bad start, but realized he historically has a bad April.

And if that was your position, perfectly fine. I'm simply referring to the loud minority who acted as of it was a guaranteed waste of money already.

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