Hyde has "The Talk" with John Means

[ChuckS]

1 hour ago, Philip said:

Means Akin Kremer and who?

Cobb will be moved in the off-season, which opens a spot.

Next spring will be exciting.

I don't think Cobb will be moved unless a lot of salary is absorbed by the team.  More than likely he is back next season. 

Means, Cobb, Akin, Kremer, Lopez/Zimmerman to start the season. Lowther and Baumann should be candidates to get called up during the first half of the season. 

[HowAboutThat]

1 hour ago, ChuckS said:

I don't think Cobb will be moved unless a lot of salary is absorbed by the team.  More than likely he is back next season. 

Means, Cobb, Akin, Kremer, Lopez/Zimmerman to start the season. Lowther and Baumann should be candidates to get called up during the first half of the season. 

I don’t want to sound contentious but that’s too simple. If the team sucks up 7 million, they still save 8 million by trading Cobb, and I think they will do so because they’re not really any pressing need to keep him. The money is already spent, so anything they save will be a bonus, and that could go towards signing, for instance, a competent third baseman. As happens every year, there will be non-tenders galore, and I fully expect B-More to pick up a bunch more Jorge Lopezez along the way. I’ve made a long list of guys who will get the axe(and I’m adding Sulser and Valaika)But there will still be lots of guys, and there’s no need for Cobb.

[BohKnowsBmore]

16 hours ago, bpilktree said:

Means era 5.02still not good but that whip of 1.088 is very impressive.  The numbers don’t reflect the improvement in stuff an actually I am more confident in him after this year because of the uptick in fastball.  He went from possible back end of the rotation guy to a two or three on a contending team.

I’m surprised at how high his FIP still is. Symptom of HR rate? WHIP, K/9, and K/BB are all superior to 2019 at the moment 

[Redskins Rick]

On 9/9/2020 at 11:07 AM, Tony-OH said:

Hyde has shown to be a great communicator with his players and really does a good job is seeing those things and knowing when they need to be addressed. 

Reminds me of Davey telling Mussina, he didnt have to strike out every hitter he faced.

 

[OFFNY]

On 9/20/2020 at 3:10 PM, OFFNY said:

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88% of the Outs that Means recorded (15 out of 17) came via the Strikeout and the Groundout. 

Means' ERA went down from 5.63 to 5.02, his WHIP went down from 1.188 to 1.088, and OBA went down from .256 to .241. 

 

 

17 OUTS: )  12 Strikeouts, 3 Groundouts, 1 Popout, 1 Picked Off of 1st Base                      

 

 

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. DEVIL RAYS, 9/20)

IP:ll5.67

H:llll.3 ) l(1 Home Run, 2 Singles)

R:llll 1

BB:ll0 ) *

SO:l12

Pitches: l) 97 )(68 )Strikes, )29 )Balls)

2020 ERA: l) 5.02 )  37.67 IP  (21 ER) 

2020 WHIP: l)  1.088  )  37.67 IP  (41 H/BB) 

2020 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .241  )l (35 for 145)   

 

* )) Means had 1 Hit Batsman

 

PITCHES BY INNING  

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16  ll(11 llStrikes, ll5 l.Balls)

16  lll(10 llStrikes, lll6 l.Balls)

16  lll(10 llStrikes, ll.6 llBalls)

23  lll(19 llStrikes, lll4 llBalls)

15  lll(11 llStrikes, lll4 llBalls)

11  lll(71 lStrikes, ll.4 llBalls) ) *

 

* )) Means recorded 2 Outs before departing in the 6th inning

 

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Roch makes a reference to the latel Sammy Stewart lin the first sentence of the article.

 

Means Strikes Out 12 in 2-1 Win

(By Roch Kubatko) 

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2020/09/means-strikes-out-12-in-2-1-win.html

 

 

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[Redskins Rick]

31 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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Talk about a Porn stache.

 

[OFFNY]

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After a very rough start to the season, )John Means )has a 1.53 ERA and an 0.736 WHIP in 17.67 Innings Pitched over his last 3 starts combined  ....... his overall Strikes-to-Balls ratio in that time frame is excellent also, at l67.2 %) - - -  )290 Pitches )(195 )Strikes, )95 )Balls.)

 

TJ Zeuch  )was drafted out of high school in the 31st Round in 2013 ...... but he chose not to sign.

After attending the University of Pittsburgh for 3 years, he was drafted in the 1st Round in 2016 ...... and inked a $2.175 Million signing bonus. 

 

 

TORONTO BLUE JAYS )))))) (SEPTEMBER 26th)

Cavan Biggio - 3B

Jonathan Rafael Villar Roque - 2B

Teoscar Hernandez - RF

Vladimir Guerrero Ramos, Jr. - 1B

Lourdes Yunielky Gurriel Castillo, Jr. - LF

Travis Shaw - DH

Alejandro Kirk - C

Joseph Panik - SS

Jonathan R. "J.R." Davis - CF

Timothy James "T.J." Zeuch - RHP )) (1-0, 2.83 ERA)

 

https://www.mlb.com/starting-lineups

 

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[OFFNY]

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72% of the Outs that Means recorded (13 out of 18) came via the Strikeout and the Groundout. 

Means' ERA went down from 5.02 to 4.53, his WHIP went down from 1.088 to 0.985, and OBA went down from .240 to .220. 

In Means' last 4 starts combined, he has a 1.52 ERA and an 0.676 WHIP over 23.67 Innings Pitched ....... his overall Strikes-to-Balls ratio in that time frame is excellent also, at l67.1 %) - - -  )389 Pitches )(261 )Strikes, )128 )Balls.)

 

 

18 OUTS: )  9 Strikeouts, 4 Groundouts, 2 Flyouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Popout              

 

 

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. BLUE JAYS, 9/26)

IP:ll6

H:llll.1 ) l(1 Home Run)

R:llll 1

BB:ll1

SO:ll9

Pitches: l) 99 )(66 )Strikes, )33 )Balls)

2020 ERA: l) 4.53 )  43.67 IP  (22 ER) 

2020 WHIP: l)  0.985  )  43.67 IP  (43 H/BB) 

2020 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .220  )l (36 for 164)   

 

PITCHES BY INNING  

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18  ll(91 llStrikes, ll9 llBalls)

19  lll(13 llStrikes, ..l6 l.Balls)

14  lll(91 llStrikes, lll5 llBalls)

14  lll(10 llStrikes, lll4 llBalls)

14  lll(11 llStrikes, lll3 llBalls)

20  lll(14 llStrikes, lll6 lllBalls)

 

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[Frobby]

Wow, what an impressive finish to Means’ season.   Made one mistake but otherwise he was awesome.    We may have a TOR pitcher here.