The Main Reason I'm Willing To Be Patient With Chris Jakubauskas
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 23, 2009 11:09 AM PDT
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That's 16 inches of 12-6 break that would look terrific against lefties and righties alike. Whether Jakubauskas is a nobody stopgap or someone we'll have to take seriously - a lot of it comes down to his command of this pitch. Learn to spot that thing and we could be talking about some kind of late-blooming, right-handed Wandy Rodriguez.
Ye gods, that's fun to watch.
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The rehab is almost over!
And when I get back I will be stronger then before like the kid in Rookie of the Year
I promise that if LL wins the Twitter5K
that I will personally start updating our Twitter account regularly with exciting new tidbits.
by Matthew on Apr 23, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was not a tongue-in-cheek comment either.
I will seriously do it.
We still need 2 more people to sign up for Silver and Black Pride.
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[Obligatory bran muffin joke]
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You'd be surprised.
The computers we have at work struggle with them quite mightly. Even after letting the page load up here for a few minutes it’s still running really choppy
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
In your defense we've only been using it for a year now.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 23, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
"bug," eh?
Sort of like the “Sudden Acceleration Syndrome” that was such a big thing a decade ago?
Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism
No as it many times when you hit reply then type in your reply then you hit post your reply ends up in a different place than the screen led you to believe
by JI on Apr 23, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It's because new comments highlight automatically.
I would imagine that If you hit ‘reply’ at the exact moment of the auto-update it gets confused and puts the reply in the new comment box. It’s never happened to me and I never use the keyboard reply shortcut.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 23, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Jakabuaskas is essentially a right handed Rich Hill, no?
An underwhelming fastball, spotty command, and an awe inspiring curve.
He's not Rich Hill
untill he completely looses his emotional stability, blames his problems on back problems, gets shipped out of the organization, then really gets himself hurt.
Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.
It's a damn fine pitch but I still want him to throw his change.
He threw three last night. Three. 2 of them found the strike zone, so it’s not like he couldn’t command it.
Did they all get hammered or something?
Can't remember all three,
but at least one definitely got destroyed, either in the first or second. It was a bad change, down the middle, and scorched for a 2-run double, if I remember correctly.
Meh
It’s a big slow curve. If he throws it for a strike, it probably gets golfed into the upper deck.
I'll grant that there may be some scouting aspect I'm missing
but it’s got a ton of downward movement and it’s not really any slower than Bedard, Beckett, or Rodriguez’s. I’d like to see a lot more of it.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 23, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Big differences
Bedard’s curve moves as much sideways as down.
Beckett throws 95.
Wandy Rodriguez is an outlier.
There are a bunch of guys in the minors who have a 90 MPH fastball and a 75 MPH 12-6 curveball. Most of them suck.
by davidcameron on Apr 23, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It's worth noting
That almost all of the successful 90 MPH FB/75 MPH CB types are lefties.
Realistically, a better comparison is probably Dustin Moseley.
by davidcameron on Apr 23, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
What about Aaron Sele?
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 23, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't throw close to 90MPH
(Maybe when he first came up or something, but Sele was lobbing it up there at 85-88 for many years)
And he didn't suck to much.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 23, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Jakubauskas' curve consistently has the most vertical break of any I've looked at
About four inches more than Moseley’s. I feel like that has to be worth something.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 23, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This seems better than your average 12-6 curveball though.
It seems to have much more drop (to my eyes).
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
Barry Zito throws the same curve
With a few more starts he might be in line to be a grossly overpaid pitcher with a ridiculous curveball.
Seems like MLB has had a lot of random human interest/feel good story players making it the last couple years
whether it be coming back from drugs (Josh Hamilton), career in the indy leagues (Jak), career-threatening injury (Kapler) or whatever-the-hell-Rick-Ankiel had (Ankiel)
Nerve problem in his arm that kept him from gripping the ball, if I remember correctly.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
A bit off topic, but
Shannon Drayer is on KIRO and just mentioned that they might go with Burke at 1st tonight, so be warned.
Man, Drayer is awesome. She couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t just move Lopez to 1st and go with Cedeno at 2nd again and when asked about what Felix needs to do today she stated that he should take note of how Washburn pitched the other day and really try to mix up his pitches.
Wow.
Wak sure isn’t afraid to try new things, is he?
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
Is he on the 40?
That might be an issue. Also, they might not want to make a roster move until they know how long Branyan and Sweeney will be out.
"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."
Good point. No, he's not on the 40-man roster right now.
I’m just so sad. Chone projects Shelton to be our most productive player after Branyan. ZiPS, Bill James, and Oliver have him even better.
Per Condotta (filling in for Baker)
He doesn’t have a choice. Sweeney and Branyan have back spasms, and Cedeno has a hammy flaring up…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Apr 23, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah... wow.
Check out Tony’s strange bullpen usage too. Was it really necessary to bring Motte in for one final out?
We don't question Tony's logic in Cardinal land
However outlandish and insane it may be…
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
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