Wojciechowski Pitches Best Game of the Year

[BarclaySouthway]

2 minutes ago, weams said:

 

Ugh.  No.

This is why people believe fake news.

[HowAboutThat]

1 minute ago, interloper said:

You look at the pure stuff he was working with last night and it feels like the answer is "of course he can", but sometimes guys just get locked in for a game and that's it. We'll see. 

Exactly. Every single person in the major leagues can get a strike out or hit a home run, or they wouldn’t be here.

The good players are those who do it consistently, and the great players are those who do it constantly.

This team is full of mediocrities, which means their good things are limited and they do them only sporadically.

I’m really hoping Wojo is Means 2.0: he's found something, fixed something, changed something and is on a new road.

We shall see...

[HowAboutThat]

Don’t you get two points for a K?

[weams]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

Don’t you get two points for a K?

Evidently not. 

[weams]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

Don’t you get two points for a K?

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To determine a starting pitcher's game score:

• Start with 50 points.
• Add one point for each out recorded, so three points for every complete inning pitched.
• Add two points for each inning completed after the fourth.
• Add one point for each strikeout.
• Subtract two points for each hit allowed.
• Subtract four points for each earned run allowed.
• Subtract two points for each unearned run allowed.
• Subtract one point for each walk.

 

[weams]

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On December 14, 2014, Tom Tango introduced Game Score Version 2.0^[7] in an attempt to, as he demonstrates, "fix the gaps" in the original Game Score calculation devised by James more than thirty years previously.^[8] Key changes made by Tango to the original formula included applying a base of 40 points to starting pitchers' game scores (instead of 50); equalizing the penalty for giving up a walk with that of giving up a hit; and introducing home runs given up into the equation.^[8]

The new 2.0 formula is:

• Start with 40 points
• Add two points for each out
• Add one point for each strikeout
• Subtract two points for each walk
• Subtract two points for each hit
• Subtract three points for each run (both earned and unearned)
• Subtract six points for each home run

Tango subsequently published his new formula on April 11, 2016 on FanGraphs.com,^[8] a well-known and respected baseball analysis and statistics website, which at the same time also began including the new measure on their game log pages for individual pitchers for whom the building block data are available.

 

[Moose Milligan]

9 minutes ago, BarclaySouthway said:

Ugh.  No.

This is why people believe fake news.

Care to expound?  The game score scoring rules are pretty clearly defined, it's not open for interpretation.  

[BarclaySouthway]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Care to expound?  The game score scoring rules are pretty clearly defined, it's not open for interpretation.  

He got an 84.  Not a 94.

[LookinUp]

https://eutawstreetreport.com/asher-wojciechowski/

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By season’s end on September 29, newcomer Asher Wojciechowski will be the second-best pitcher in the O’s rotation.

 

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, LookinUp said:

https://eutawstreetreport.com/asher-wojciechowski/

 

Being the second best starter on this team is not a huge bar to get over, but saying that, let's remember, this was one start. If he was able to carry that kind of stuff consistently he would obviously be a great pitcher, but his history, including his good but not dominant stats in AAA this year suggests otherwise.

For some reason statcast is calling his slider a curve this year, but the good news is his spin rates have all improved since his 2017 numbers. Not sure what's he done, but here's his spin rates this year vs 2017 and 2015 (cutter/slider):

Fastball: 2065 (2017) vs 2238 (2019)
Slid/CB: 2213 (2017) vs 2326 (2019)
Cut/SL: 2086 (2015) vs 2418 (2019)

The good news is that his spin rates are all better then in the past, but why wasn't he dominating AAA? His last 4 starts in AAA were pretty good, but I'm guessing it's about consistency for him. He clearly can bring A stuff to the mound and his slider (curveball for statcast) is a definite out pitch, but we'll need to see him pitch over an extended period of time to see if he can consistently bring similar stuff to the mound.

[LookinUp]

47 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Being the second best starter on this team is not a huge bar to get over, but saying that, let's remember, this was one start. If he was able to carry that kind of stuff consistently he would obviously be a great pitcher, but his history, including his good but not dominant stats in AAA this year suggests otherwise.
 

Fully agree. He's been with like 9 teams, right? I'm not getting my hopes up, but it's fun for now. If nothing else, he does seem like he could be a useful bullpen arm when the rotation fills up, but his ceiling is neat to think about.