Tracking Ex Oriole Thread

[LookinUp]

On 5/23/2019 at 3:34 PM, Enjoy Terror said:

Dennis Sarfate from the Miguel Tejada trade (where as Kam was in the Bedard trade) is practically a NPB Hall of Famer with a 1.57 career ERA and 234 saves over 8 seasons. That would be good for 41st all time if he was in the Majors, and 15 fewer than Aroldis Chapman.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sarfat001den

In this video, he throws about 50 pitches. All are 4S fastballs. One resulted in the player making contact. I remembered him having a big arm. 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/09/18/baseball/japanese-baseball/sarfate-thrives-perfect-situation-fukuoka/

[Enjoy Terror]

7 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

In this video, he throws about 50 pitches. All are 4S fastballs. One resulted in the player making contact. I remembered him having a big arm. 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/09/18/baseball/japanese-baseball/sarfate-thrives-perfect-situation-fukuoka/

Japan plays with a smaller ball, which probably makes a huge difference. I was watching the video of the Duente Heath forkball earlier this week; holy moly.

[Can_of_corn]

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Guess who's leading the Mexican Leagues in batting average? Felix Pie. .441/.522/.809 with 13 HRs in 38 games so far. His 1.331 OPS is the 2nd in the league after Chris Carter (who's at 1.394 OPS).

 

[Il BuonO]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Pulled from Reddit

How much money does a MXL player make? 

[Going Underground]

Adam Jones so far tonight,4-4.  with homet and 3 RBI'S. 10 homers and 31 RBI'S fot the year. 

[Cumberbundy]

Schoop continues to play well. 

[LA2]

4 hours ago, Going Underground said:

Adam Jones so far tonight,4-4.  with homet and 3 RBI'S. 10 homers and 31 RBI'S fot the year. 

Has he ever offered an explanation for the subpar performance last season?

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, LA2 said:

Has he ever offered an explanation for the subpar performance last season?

Offensively, he really just had a subpar year in the power department.   His BA and OBP were in their normal ranges.   Honestly, it was a down year but nothing that extreme compared to the yearly fluctuations most players experience.    His OPS was 43 points below his career average.    That’s nothing, really.

The thing I find most interesting about Adam so far is that his sprint speed is 0.3 ft/sec faster than last year and his home to first times are 0.1 seconds faster.    That strikes me as something he probably accomplished through better conditioning and training compared to the last few offseasons.

[SteveA]

Mike Yastrzemski called up by the Giants.

[atomic]

23 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The return of Sir_Loin! Any insights on who will be the first draft pick?

If Sir Loin had any real inside sources before why would you think he had some now?  Everyone is new.

[Frobby]

29 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Mike Yastrzemski called up by the Giants.

I hope he’s awesome.   That’ll give wildcard something to talk about. 

Giants LF’s have a collective OPS of .437.    If Li’l Yaz can post a .600 OPS, he’s ahead of the game.   

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Little Yaz just got called up by the Giants.

[atomic]

6 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Little Yaz just got called up by the Giants.

Playing in his first mlb game today.  Hope he does well.

[Moose Milligan]

wildcard texted me, said he's flying out to see Little Yaz's first game.  Made a sign and everything.

[Can_of_corn]

6 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Little Yaz just got called up by the Giants.

Boy they will play anyone with a pulse in the outfield.