Bautista 2023

[Sports Guy]

 He is completely dominating right now. These big leaguers don’t stand a chance when he is pitching like this.

[yark14]

La Montańa.

He is completely unhittable if he stays locked in like this.

[Frobby]

He’s so fun to watch.  

[RZNJ]

All I can think of when he comes into the game is how nervous he makes @Moose Milligan!

[Spy Fox]

If you want some amusing proof that WAR calculations do not work with small sample sizes, Felix Bautista's current listed rWAR is -0.1. 

Kyle Stowers' is +0.1. 

[O's84]

His stuff was just off the charts.  As dominating as a performance as I've ever seen.  

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, O's84 said:

His stuff was just off the charts.  As dominating as a performance as I've ever seen.  

He’s been better.  He did walk a guy and completely lost his feel for the splitter that one AB.  I was expecting an immaculate inning so I consider it somewhat disappointing.  Lol

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Bautista now has 15 strikeouts in 6.2 innings pitched for an SO9 rate of 20.5 and a 1.35 ERA.

[emmett16]

Whenever I see him pitch all I can hear in my head is Ben MacDonald saying “the ball looks like a dang ping pong ball in his hand”

[emmett16]

16 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Bautista now has 15 strikeouts in 6.2 innings pitched for an SO9 rate of 20.5 and a 1.35 ERA.

Video game numbers. 

[Alasdaire]

The splitter is almost literally unhittable. The whiff rate is something like 90%. It looks identical to the 100 MPH heater before the rug suddenly gets pulled out. He's perfect in the closer role.

[IPlayGM]

If he locates the fastball, I agree. I’m not sure how you hit him.

[Frobby]

9 hours ago, Spy Fox said:

If you want some amusing proof that WAR calculations do not work with small sample sizes, Felix Bautista's current listed rWAR is -0.1. 

Well, it’s 0.0 after last night.  But I honestly don’t understand how that’s even possible, given Bautista’s low ERA and excellent peripheral numbers.  I don’t think small sample size has anything to do with it; there’s something in Bautista’s numbers that rWAR doesn’t like, but I have a hard time fathoming it.  The 1.4 HR/9 and 4.1 BB/9 aren’t great, but they’re not that awful in the context of his other numbers.  

Fsngraphs has him at +0.2 fWAR. 
 

[Alasdaire]

 

[Bahama O's Fan]

So...he can't pitch three days in a row, with TWO days off coming up this week AND we have to face Cease tomorrow so it's very likely he won't be needed? Who decided he couldn't pitch? Hyde?