Thoughts about David Hess in 2019?

[OsEatAlEast]

He has a good arm. I say send him down and teach him to throw a sinker. See how he does with it. What could it hurt?

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, OsEatAlEast said:

He has a good arm. I say send him down and teach him to throw a sinker. See how he does with it. What could it hurt?

If he didn't learn a sinker under Dan and Buck I don't see it happening under Elias.

[OsEatAlEast]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

If he didn't learn a sinker under Dan and Buck I don't see it happening under Elias.

It would seem to be a waste of a good arm though. I think a team would do well to try it with just about any good arm that doesn't pan out with the traditional fastball, curveball and change-up.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, OsEatAlEast said:

It would seem to be a waste of a good arm though. I think a team would do well to try it with just about any good arm that doesn't pan out with the traditional fastball, curveball and change-up.

Maybe make him a Slider, Forkball Foshball guy?

[OsEatAlEast]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Maybe make him a Slider, Forkball Foshball guy?

I'm all for just about anything that will work. But I would like the O's to have a bat busting sinker baller. It's my thing I guess.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, OsEatAlEast said:

I'm all for just about anything that will work. But I would like the O's to have a bat busting sinker baller. It's my thing I guess.

I dig K's and pop ups.

[Moose Milligan]

I've seen enough.  Another AAAA type.  No different than Yefrey Ramirez.  Has a good arm, spotty command, underwhelming secondary offerings.

That velocity though!  

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

56 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I've seen enough.  Another AAAA type.  No different than Yefrey Ramirez.  Has a good arm, spotty command, underwhelming secondary offerings.

That velocity though!  

Also see: Miguel Castro and the artist formally known as Mike Wright.

[Moose Milligan]

4 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Also see: Miguel Castro and the artist formally known as Mike Wright.

Tyler Wilson falls into the category of starters like Yefrey and Hess.  Wright, too.  Was mainly talking about starters, IMO book is still out on Castro.

[OFFNY]

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Hess has ceded 20 Home Runs in 61 Innings Pitched so far this season.

61% of the outs that Hess recorded (11 out of 18) came via the Groundout and the Strikeout.

Hess' Strikes-to-Balls ratio was extremely high, at )) 90 Pitches ) (63 )Strikes, )27 )Balls).

 

 

18 OUTS: ) 8 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 4 Lineouts, 2 Strikeouts, 2 Flyouts, 1 Popout

 

 

DAVID JAMES HESS  ))))))) (vs. RANGERS, 6/06)

IP:ll6 - PLUS

H:lll 8 ))(1 Home Run, 1 Double, 6 Singles)

R:llll 4

ER:l3

BB:l1

SO:ll2

Pitches: )l 90) (63 )Strikes, )27 )Balls)

2019 ERA: )l 7.08  )  61.00 IP  (48 ER)

2019 WHIP: )l 1.508  )  61.00 IP  (92 H/BB)

2019 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )l .280  )  (69 for 246)

 

PITCHES BY INNING

*******************

91 ll(71 lStrikes, lll2 lllBalls)

21 ll(16 llStrikes, lll5 lllBalls)

91 ll(61 llStrikes, lll3 lllBalls)

17 ll(91 llStrikes, llll8 lllBalls)

20 ll(18 llStrikes, llll2 lllBalls)

81 ll(41 llStrikes, lll4 lllBalls)

61 ll(31 llStrikes, lll3 lllBalls) ) *

 

* )) Hess did not record any outs before departing in the 7th inning.

 

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(vs. BLUE JAYS, 6/12)

 

Hess was solid for 4 innings, and then came apart in the 5th.

4 Walks in only 4 - Plus Innings Pitched.

Hess was a tad unlucky in that the Blue Jays had 3 Infield Singles while he was on the mound, although only 1 of them played a part in the disastrous 5th inning.

 

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[Moose Milligan]

4 hours ago, RZNJ said:

True, but they seem to have done something in regards to John Mean's changeup so you never know.  Game day showed Hess throwing a fair amount of change ups. Not sure how accurate that is. However, his fastball was 90-93 and the changeup was 86-87 which doesn't seem like enough separation.  Could be something he's working on.

IMO, it's about command.  And maybe a little bit about movement, too.  His fastball looks very straight and he can't keep it out of the middle of the zone.  He seems to miss targets regularly.

[Lucky_13]

I'd like to see what Hess would do out of the bullpen throwing max effort.  An uptick in velocity might make up for his command problems. 

 

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Is Hess Really Changing Roles?

(By Roch Kubatko)

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/06/is-hess-really-changing-roles.html

 

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(vs. D-RAYS, 7/13) )))))) [GAME TWO]

 

After John Means pitched the worst game of the season for him, Hess came in and immediately ceded 3 runs in the 7th inning.

The following inning, he immediately gave up a single and a double, but managed to get the next 3 batters out (2 Strikeouts and a Groundout) without giving up any more runs.

 

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