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Someone needs to remind Mr. Cano that selling one's soul for athletic prowess is not a good long-term life decision.

I've been watching Major League Baseball for XX (insert large number here) years, and I don't think I've ever seen anything like this, as far as someone with his track record coming out of nowhere and doing historic things. And he's apparently unflappable. Closed out the 9th tonight, a one run lead against the best team in baseball, on 8 pitches. Bautista seems like he's averaging that number of pitches per hitter.

Color me impressed.

 

 

 

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Been an O's fan since sitting in the bleachers at Memorial Stadium as a pre-teen in the 70s. Thought I'd make my first post about just placing $75 on Cano to win the AL Cy Young 😛 (pays $15,000).

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Yennier Canó deserves his own season thread after his clutch outing tonight. Hyde has no reliable setup arms in the bullpen and he turns to the new guy Canó in the seventh inning clinging to a one run

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1 hour ago, emmett16 said:

Wonder if teams are going to stop swinging.  His stuff is so nasty it often ends out of the zone.  The swing & Miss he gets is like nothing I’ve seen.  

If it's a fastball it's a strike.  If it's a changeup then it dies 3/4 of the way to home plate.  Apparently hitters can't really tell the difference between the two because he hides his changeup so well.

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2 hours ago, Ridgway22 said:

Someone needs to remind Mr. Cano that selling one's soul for athletic prowess is not a good long-term life decision.

I've been watching Major League Baseball for XX (insert large number here) years, and I don't think I've ever seen anything like this, as far as someone with his track record coming out of nowhere and doing historic things. And he's apparently unflappable. Closed out the 9th tonight, a one run lead against the best team in baseball, on 8 pitches. Bautista seems like he's averaging that number of pitches per hitter.

Color me impressed.

 

 

 

I'm not saying the comp is perfect by any means, but Zach Britton was a bad starter for 3 MLB seasons then all of a sudden became one of the most dominant closers in baseball for 3 years.  His stuff was similar in terms of its movement and ground-ball inducing nature.

And I'd agree Britton had at least shown a little something at the ML level prior to the switch being turned to begin 2014.

My main fear about Cano is that he can't continue with his current, amazing success without increasing his K rate substantially.  Britton had a similar K/IP rate over his 3 top seasons, but still had an opposition BA of .185 and Opp BABIP of .250.  Cano currently has .054 Opp BA and .088 Opp BABIP.  That's not sustainable, but it suggests to me he could be as effective as Britton was for those 3 years if he continues to induce ground balls at a similar rate.

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6 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

No, he should have been able to get Cano for cheaper than Jorge Lopez /s

That’s correct. We can’t enjoy this and know that we got him in a 4 for 1 swap for a reliever that had a half season where he was throwing out of his mind like he never had before. 
 

No, we’ve gotta bitch incessantly about how we could have gotten him for cheaper and maybe never had to trade for him in the first place. 
 

Remember, nothing’s ever good enough. 

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6 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

No, he should have been able to get Cano for cheaper than Jorge Lopez /s

29 teams could have traded for Cano.  But Elias DID.  Actions speak louder than words.   

And it was Holt's pitching system that got Cano to make the adjustments to turn him into the pitcher  we are watching.  He was not this pitcher when he was was the Twins.

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7 hours ago, Hallas said:

If it's a fastball it's a strike.  If it's a changeup then it dies 3/4 of the way to home plate.  Apparently hitters can't really tell the difference between the two because he hides his changeup so well.

Correct.  But I’m wondering if they just flat out stop swinging.  It’s pretty clear they have issues identifying the pitch.  He’s throwing the FB for a strike but all his off speed stuff is landing outside of the zone and is getting whiffs

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