Wladimir Balentien Traded to Cincinnati for Robert Manuel
by Matthew on Jul 29, 2009 11:58 AM PDT
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According, so far, only to Ed Price. Hopefully this gets confirmed elsewhere soon. Divish confirms.
A 25-year-old right handed reliever who runs great strikeout-to-walk ratios. More later, I do not want to take space away from Jeff's trade piece below.
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Surprised we got value back for Wlad.
by Graham on Jul 29, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
12:102 uBB/K ratio last year between three levels
and he’s held his own at AAA last year
Looks promising
by Poochie on Jul 29, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The day is saved!
Seriously, though, nice to see we got something useful for Wlad.
by Teej on Jul 29, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Better trade of the day.
Could be a good reliever.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 29, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Finally we trade Balentien for a relief arm
Two years too late
by Graham on Jul 29, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
HAHAHAHA
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't make me cry about 07 all over again
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 29, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Manual is a no-stuff guy
Fastball is 85-87, lives off his change-up.
Bleh.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else having trouble loading Fangraphs?
I’m trying to look at Manuel and it’s taking longer to load than USSM. Same crowd I guess.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 29, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Basic summary
5% BB, 30% K%, 30% GB% as he climbed through the ladder last year. Strike throwing and bat missing extreme flyballer. Those guys are almost always command guys with good change-ups and no fastball.
Pitch F/x confirms. Fastest pitch this year is 87.4, fastball averages 85, throws about 50% change-ups.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right-handed Jason Vargas with no potential to move into the rotation
Not exactly a premium player.
Our best bet is that he’s the next Mark DiFelice.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. A worse Jason Vargas.
Weirdly, not sure how good the MLBAM pitch ID is but average speeds on his pitches (in 2009 MLB only):
FA: 85.6 (n=30)
CH: 81.2 (n=28)
SL: 79.4 (n=20)
I would have expected to see a bigger difference in FA v CH speeds for someone who lives off his change.
Any idea if the slider is real?
by Matthew on Jul 29, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Havent seen him yet
I’ll get around to watching video of one of his appearances on MLB.tv later tonight.
by davidcameron on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm watching him right now and it is every bit as spellbinding as you'd think it is
by Jeff on Jul 29, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am picturing a man of mysterious but intriguing ethnic roots
with a knowing smile and blue bedroom eyes.
by Matthew on Jul 29, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently the scouting report in the Prospect Handbook is spot on so I'll write that up when I go home
by Graham on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BA said he had the best control in the system, for whatever that's worth
He better.
by Jeff on Jul 29, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he has a deceptive delivery
To compensate for his horribly average repertoire.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So we're getting him only to flip him to Tampa Bay?
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 29, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool
My Mariners blog - SodoMojo Twitter Feed, Fuck the fucking Angels!
by gregrabble on Jul 29, 2009 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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